I think EE and mongrels are different than Split Ameraucana .
In 2005 the Board of Directors voted to accept the EE definition that is found on the FAQ page of the website.
As an ABC officer and club member I accept that definition, but personally had and have reservations. If your Peafowl are classified like Turkeys in our APA Standard, then all Peafowl are the same breed - Peafowl. You then have different varieties and if you cross two varieties you still get Peafowl, but generally crossing two varieties result in offspring that would not be of any recognized variety. They would be mixed or \"split\" for variety only.
All our Turkeys are classified under the same \"breed\" - Turkey, but there are several varieties.
Likewise the only breed of Guinea Fowl is Guinea Fowl, but there are different varieties.
With chickens there isn\'t a breed called \"chicken\", but rather many dozens of breeds. Some breeds only have one variety and sometimes, as in the case of Vorwerks, the variety name is the same as the breed name. Most breeds come in more than one variety.
If you cross two breeds of chickens you still get chickens, but here the offspring are mongrels because they are no longer a recognized \"breed\"
The only concern I have with our ABC EE definition is that when two show quality Ameraucana chickens of different varieties are crossed the offspring would be considered Easter Egg chickens, even though they may fit the Standard\'s breed description perfectly. It would be like crossing two German Shepherd dogs of different colors and saying the pups that don\'t fit an AKA description are mongrels.
Of course if an animal doesn\'t met both a breed and variety it should not be shown. It is just my opinion that an animal can fully fulfill a breed Standard description without meeting a variety description.
Last year I crossed a silver Ameraucana with a wheaten Ameraucana. The offspring are both \"split\" for wild-type/recessive wheaten and also silver/gold. They are not showable, even as an AOV variety, but boy if you can get past the colors those Easter Eggers sure look like Ameraucana chickens. They were bred for a propose to be used in breeding programs this year to hopefully make improvements to both original varieties. Time will tell.
No, I\'m not out to change the ABC\'s EE definition.