Wheaten, blue wheaten and splash wheaten Ameraucana chicks

[Lindsay Helton]

✨️Wheaten, Blue Wheaten and Splash Wheaten✨️

What e locus are they built on?
✅️eWh

Can you tell wheaten, blue wheaten and splash wheaten chicks apart at hatch?
✅️Typically no.

Is there a way to know which color variety or varieties you have hatched?
✅️Yes. A breeding chart is available to review.

What creates the differences in plumage color among the three color varieties?
✅️The Blue gene

Wheaten: 0 copies of the Bl gene
Blue wheaten: 1 copy of the Bl gene
Splash wheaten: 2 copies of the Bl gene

Is it okay that they have flesh colored shanks at hatch?
✅️Yes. Dermal melanin comes in slowly on eWh chicks. The Standard is written for sexually mature birds.

💡The basic form of wheaten is eWh s+. Standards for the wheaten variety in other breeds can carry additional genes to create darker strains.