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Messages - Lindsay Helton

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News and Information / Re: ABC Renewal Time
« on: February 14, 2024, 08:28:15 AM »
We have two weeks left in our grace period. Be sure to get your renewal in!

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News and Information / Re: New handbooks are stocked
« on: February 13, 2024, 09:11:59 PM »
Thank you for the great participation with the release of our latest handbook! The first batch of books have sold out and our second batch will arrive from the publisher on 2/21. If you have recently placed an order we will drop it in the mail on the same day.

http://ameraucanabreedersclub.org/abc_store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=74

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News and Information / New handbooks are stocked
« on: February 09, 2024, 10:38:29 AM »
Our 2024 handbook has been released!

Are you a collector? This limited edition handbook features a cover that spotlights the recently approved splash variety in large fowl. It contains 90 pages of material about breeding Ameraucana!

Order yours today before it sells out!

http://ameraucanabreedersclub.org/abc_store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=74

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Website Changes / Re: No Emojis?
« on: February 09, 2024, 09:21:12 AM »
Lol

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Website Changes / Re: No Emojis?
« on: February 07, 2024, 04:37:30 PM »
Settle down gentlemen. :)

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Breeding / Transverse pigment bars on lavender plumage: What causes it?
« on: February 07, 2024, 10:54:16 AM »
Here are two articles if you want to read about what is happening from a scientific standpoint.

There is defective peripheral accumulation of melanosomes to the dendrites. This results in the patchy transfer of melanosomes into the keratinocytes of the growing feather. The dilution effect is essentially the result of a mixture of pigmented and unpigmented regions within the feather barbs.

Disruption of a triprotein complex reduces the capacity for melanosome translocation to the periphery of the cell in readiness for transfer to the keratinocytes of the developing feather.

https://bmcgenomdata.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/1471-2156-9-7

Lavender melanocytes, both in vivo and in vitro, produce melanosomes normally but are defective in melanosome translocation. This defect results in a congestion of melanosomes perinuclearly and the absence of dendritic pigment.

In lavender melanocytes prominent pigmentless dendrites emanate from melanosome-congested perikarya. The apparent defect in lavender melanocytes in vivo involves aberrant melanosome distribution. In lavender, melanosomes migrate only as far as the region of dendrite initiation resulting in melanin-congested perikarya and pigment-less dendrites.

In lavender melanocytes, melanosomes fail to move beyond the region of dendrite initiation. Melanosomes are restricted to perinuclear regions in some lavender melanocytes while in others, melanosomes migrate as far as the bases of the dendrites.

In a wild-type melanocyte melanosomes are evenly distributed throughout the cell body and dendrite, and accumulate in the dendritic tip in preparation for melanosome transfer. In a lavender melanocyte melanosomes are restricted to perinuclear regions. The production of melanosomes is normal although their distribution is not.

https://scholar.google.com/scholar_lookup?&title=Lavender%2C%20a%20chick%20melanocyte%20mutant%20with%20defective%20melanosome%20translocation%3A%20a%20possible%20role%20for%2010%20nm%20filaments%20and%20microfilaments%20but%20not%20microtubules&journal=J%20Cell%20Sci&volume=51&pages=25-51&publication_year=1981&author=Mayerson%2CPL&author=Brumbaugh%2CJA#d=gs_qabs&t=1707318319070&u=%23p%3DiAAMiky2i3oJ

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News and Information / Re: Member handbooks
« on: February 05, 2024, 04:16:26 PM »
The new handbooks arrived! Marketplace shipments will be caught up tomorrow.

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Upcoming Meets / Re: 2/2/2024, Dixie Classic Spring Show, Knoxville, TN
« on: February 03, 2024, 11:36:13 AM »
I won’t be at this one! I have my breeding pens set up for Spring! Thanks for checking!

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Breeding / Re: LF Self Blue Ameraucana Progress
« on: February 02, 2024, 07:16:19 PM »
Thanks!

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Upcoming Meets / 2/2/2024, Dixie Classic Spring Show, Knoxville, TN
« on: February 02, 2024, 12:01:34 PM »
Show Name:  Dixie Classic Spring Show
Meet Type: Club
Show Start - End Dates: 3/2/2024
Host Club:  Tennessee Valley Poultry Club
Show Facility:  Jacobs Building
Show Secretary:   Harry House
Show Secretary's Email:   hhouse30@hotmail.com
Show Location: Knoxville, TN

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Upcoming Meets / 3/16/2024 Cascade Spring Show, Monroe WA
« on: February 02, 2024, 11:56:38 AM »
Show Name:  Cascade Spring Show
Meet Type: Club
Show Start - End Dates: 3/16/2024
Show Facility:  Evergreen State Fairgrounds
Show Secretary:   Rachel Gatlin
Show Secretary's Email:   cascadespringshow@gmail.com
Location: Monroe, WA

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Breeding / LF Self Blue Ameraucana Progress
« on: February 02, 2024, 11:46:43 AM »
Looks like the following birds will be my breeding stock for 2024.

I kept two self blue cockerels, two self blue cocks, and 13 self blue and black split pullets/hens.

Cheers to making more progress with the self blue variety in 2024!

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Ameraucana Marketplace / Re: Self Blue Cockerel
« on: January 31, 2024, 09:05:15 AM »
Yay! You figured it out!

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News and Information / Re: Member handbooks
« on: January 23, 2024, 04:11:07 PM »
You’re welcome.

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News and Information / Paint/Ermine/Erminette
« on: January 23, 2024, 12:44:35 PM »
To meet the requests of all ABC members working with the project color, three variety names are being utilized on our meet reports for the popular paint/ermine/erminette project color for the time being. 

If an approval process is started and the APA approves a name for the variety, meet reports can be transitioned to whatever name they select.

Thanks!

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