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The Official Forum of the Ameraucana Breeders Club => Ameraucana Marketplace => Topic started by: Guest on September 12, 2010, 04:12:56 PM
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Well my project is advancing along nicely...slow but I like the quality I am seeing. Here are the results of a Wheaten Rooster x Lavender hens, they look very much like brown reds. Late fall I plan to cross these back together and hopefully produce a lavender wheaten...though the percentage is very low so I will have to hatch a bunch. I also plan to cross a second pen of wheaten hens with a lavender roo to diversify the gene pool for the 3rd crossing. Well anyway here are few of the F1 generation.
Full Grown Rooster
(http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr70/chicken2008_photos/Picture052.jpg)
(http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr70/chicken2008_photos/Picture057.jpg)
Pullet
(http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr70/chicken2008_photos/Picture053.jpg)
Rooster, pullet and cockeral
(http://i470.photobucket.com/albums/rr70/chicken2008_photos/Picture054.jpg)
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Wow, they do look alot like brown reds. I wonder what you would get if you bred the splits with a real brown red......
You would have to do some serious record keeping to prevent the lavender gene from popping up.
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oohh god please don\'t suggest another project...I already have to many going on right now.. :p
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Brown reds are already difficult enough to breed without introducing eWH, E, and lav. You would end up with mongrels. There are a number of crosses that could be made to produce birds that \"look like\" brown reds.
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I\'m just going to stick to my current lavender wheaten project and when I am finished with these splits I will sell them as EE\'s
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Anyone else have any project pictures??