Wheaten, Blue Wheaten, and Splash Wheaten Ameraucana Breeding Chart

[Lindsay Helton]

A few interesting facts about Wheaten, Blue Wheaten and Splash Wheaten Ameraucana:

✔️ Wheaten, Blue Wheaten and Splash Wheaten Ameraucana are built on eWh.

✔️ Wheaten, Blue Wheaten and Splash Wheaten Ameraucana all look the same at hatch. Their color variety becomes apparent at a few weeks of age as they feather in.

✔️ Wheaten, Blue Wheaten and Splash Wheaten Ameraucana hatch with flesh colored shanks and toes that turn slate as they mature.

✔️ Wheaten, Blue Wheaten and Splash Wheaten Ameraucana females reflect their color variety in their wings and tails.

✔️ The Blue(Bl) gene creates the difference in the plumage colors of the three color varieties. Wheaten Ameraucana contain 0 copies of the Blue gene, Blue Wheaten Ameraucana contain 1 copy of the Blue gene and Splash Wheaten Ameraucana contain 2 copies of the Blue gene.

✔️ The Wheaten and Blue Wheaten Ameraucana color varieties have been admitted to the Standard but the Splash Wheaten color variety has not been accepted

[kkdossey]

This is very helpful and much easier to understand with the pictures and numbers.
Thanks for making this.

[Lindsay Helton]

You’re welcome. I kept having to refer people to a blue, black and splash chart and have them replace the verbiage with wheaten, blue wheaten and splash wheaten. Figured this would be more helpful.