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Breeding / Re: Brown red bantams
« Last post by Lindsay Helton on July 10, 2024, 10:50:41 PM »Check with Rob Sando in OH.
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Breeding / Brown red bantams
« Last post by Kyle Porosky on July 10, 2024, 09:46:00 PM »Does anyone else raise bantam brown reds in this group?
Been struggling with fertility and don’t want to have to cross to wheaten if I don’t have to
Been struggling with fertility and don’t want to have to cross to wheaten if I don’t have to
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Breeding / Re: Chocolate Wheaten project expansion
« Last post by Lacie Bateman on July 10, 2024, 12:31:35 AM »Will do 
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Breeding / Re: Chocolate Wheaten project expansion
« Last post by Lindsay Helton on July 09, 2024, 03:08:22 PM »Perhaps check with Jessica Rodgers.
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Breeding / Chocolate Wheaten project expansion
« Last post by Lacie Bateman on July 09, 2024, 02:48:53 PM »Just wondering if we have any club members in WA state who would be interested in working the chocolate wheaten project along with me
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Breeding / Re: The Ameraucana head
« Last post by kkdossey on July 07, 2024, 08:49:31 PM »Wish I had those birds to try it!
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Breeding / Re: The Ameraucana head
« Last post by Lindsay Helton on July 07, 2024, 10:37:41 AM »Haha. I can’t bring myself to remove the bantam blue cock’s photo from the website. He has brought us too many laughs.
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Breeding / Re: The Ameraucana head
« Last post by Birdcrazy on July 06, 2024, 03:51:55 PM »Wow, the pictures on the right are a perfect mate for Kris's Blue Bantam cock on his posts that he often has something to relate about. Could you just imagine the outcome of those pairings?
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Breeding / The Ameraucana head
« Last post by Lindsay Helton on July 05, 2024, 10:34:43 PM »A member that is a visual learner asked for photos of a proper Ameraucana head. Notice the differences in the heads of the birds on the left versus those on the right.
I have included a few quotes on the Ameraucana head that may be helpful.
“I look for a beak that is deep at the base and not overly long. Then I look for some downward curve to it, especially the lower mandible. Of course long, hooked upper mandibles are to be avoided. I also try to select for wider heads, but that can be a tough task in some varieties of bantams.”
“If you select for low combs with a good base at the skull, it will help. You need a broad base from skull to comb and if this area is narrow, combs will flop over at maturity. It will be wise to check hens and pullets for this as well, since they are half of your bloodlines.”
“Getting back to judging I find that every judge has to look at something on a bird first. I look at the head. I think that I do have a lasting picture of a bird’s head.”
I have included a few quotes on the Ameraucana head that may be helpful.
“I look for a beak that is deep at the base and not overly long. Then I look for some downward curve to it, especially the lower mandible. Of course long, hooked upper mandibles are to be avoided. I also try to select for wider heads, but that can be a tough task in some varieties of bantams.”
“If you select for low combs with a good base at the skull, it will help. You need a broad base from skull to comb and if this area is narrow, combs will flop over at maturity. It will be wise to check hens and pullets for this as well, since they are half of your bloodlines.”
“Getting back to judging I find that every judge has to look at something on a bird first. I look at the head. I think that I do have a lasting picture of a bird’s head.”
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Breeding / Chocolate Ameraucana
« Last post by Lindsay Helton on July 05, 2024, 10:31:30 PM »*Color variety originally created by Jean Ribbeck
Are you interested in learning more about how the chocolate plumage color is created?
Chickens have 39 pairs of chromosomes.
They have two categories of chromosomes known as:
1) Sex chromosomes
2) Autosomes
SEX LINKED RECESSIVE CHOCOLATE:
Sex linked recessive chocolate (choc) is found on the sex chromosome. A male must have two doses of the chocolate gene to express the chocolate plumage color and a female must have one dose of the chocolate gene to express the chocolate plumage color.
The chocolate (choc) gene operates in the following way:
Chocolate x Chocolate= 100% chocolate
Chocolate male x Black female= Black males that carry one copy of the chocolate gene and chocolate females
Black male that carries one copy of the Chocolate gene x Chocolate female= 25% black males that carry one copy of the chocolate gene, 25% chocolate males, 25% chocolate females & 25% black females
Black male that carries one copy of the Chocolate gene x Black female= 25% black males that carry one copy of the chocolate gene, 25% black males, 25% black females & 25% chocolate females
Black male x Chocolate female= 50% black males that carry one copy of the chocolate gene & 50% black females
*Any black females produced in a chocolate project pen do not have any copies of the chocolate gene.
Our chocolate Ameraucana are created from the sex linked recessive chocolate gene!
DUN:
Dun (I^D) is a gene that is autosomal and also used in some breeds to create brown plumage color. An autosome is simply defined as a chromosome that is not a sex chromosome. An autosomal gene always comes in two doses (one dose from each parent). Dun is an allele of the dominant white gene (I). If you are familiar with how the Blue (Bl) gene operates, the dun gene operates in a similar way.
In its heterozygous form (one copy of the dun gene, known as I^D/i+), black feathers are diluted to create a light chocolate plumage color. In its homozygous form (two copies of the dun gene, known as I^D/I^D), black feathers are diluted to create khaki plumage color. The genotype for the non-mutated version is i+/I+.
Hopefully this educational post will help you as you work with the chocolate project color!
Are you interested in learning more about how the chocolate plumage color is created?
Chickens have 39 pairs of chromosomes.
They have two categories of chromosomes known as:
1) Sex chromosomes
2) Autosomes
SEX LINKED RECESSIVE CHOCOLATE:
Sex linked recessive chocolate (choc) is found on the sex chromosome. A male must have two doses of the chocolate gene to express the chocolate plumage color and a female must have one dose of the chocolate gene to express the chocolate plumage color.
The chocolate (choc) gene operates in the following way:
Chocolate x Chocolate= 100% chocolate
Chocolate male x Black female= Black males that carry one copy of the chocolate gene and chocolate females
Black male that carries one copy of the Chocolate gene x Chocolate female= 25% black males that carry one copy of the chocolate gene, 25% chocolate males, 25% chocolate females & 25% black females
Black male that carries one copy of the Chocolate gene x Black female= 25% black males that carry one copy of the chocolate gene, 25% black males, 25% black females & 25% chocolate females
Black male x Chocolate female= 50% black males that carry one copy of the chocolate gene & 50% black females
*Any black females produced in a chocolate project pen do not have any copies of the chocolate gene.
Our chocolate Ameraucana are created from the sex linked recessive chocolate gene!
DUN:
Dun (I^D) is a gene that is autosomal and also used in some breeds to create brown plumage color. An autosome is simply defined as a chromosome that is not a sex chromosome. An autosomal gene always comes in two doses (one dose from each parent). Dun is an allele of the dominant white gene (I). If you are familiar with how the Blue (Bl) gene operates, the dun gene operates in a similar way.
In its heterozygous form (one copy of the dun gene, known as I^D/i+), black feathers are diluted to create a light chocolate plumage color. In its homozygous form (two copies of the dun gene, known as I^D/I^D), black feathers are diluted to create khaki plumage color. The genotype for the non-mutated version is i+/I+.
Hopefully this educational post will help you as you work with the chocolate project color!