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Breeding / Breeding Lavender Ameraucanas to black, blue or both?
« on: February 04, 2017, 12:05:26 PM »
I have a flock of lavender Ameraucanas ordered from Paul Smith last spring. Out of 20 I've culled down to 5 good looking hens and one rooster. I want to increase genetic diversity and focus my efforts on my lavenders only.
I have a pen of blue and black Ameraucanas that are great quality but I'm wanting to discontinue breeding due to limited space. I've read that Lavender can be crossed with black to create splits and improve feather quality in the second generation. Can this be done with breeding lavender to blue? I'm only focusing on lavender and would be breeding the lavender/blue splits back to lavender. Any feedback would be appreciated.
I have a pen of blue and black Ameraucanas that are great quality but I'm wanting to discontinue breeding due to limited space. I've read that Lavender can be crossed with black to create splits and improve feather quality in the second generation. Can this be done with breeding lavender to blue? I'm only focusing on lavender and would be breeding the lavender/blue splits back to lavender. Any feedback would be appreciated.