Ameraucana Breeders Club
The Official Forum of the Ameraucana Breeders Club => Breeding => Topic started by: Lindsay Helton on May 09, 2024, 01:19:32 PM
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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
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This is very helpful and much easier to understand with the pictures and numbers.
Thanks for making this.
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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.
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This will be so much more fun when I toss chocolate wheaten, mauve wheaten, and splash mauve wheaten into the mix hahahahahahaha
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Haha!