He might carry wheatan, you could try crossing him back to your wheatens and see what you get. If he is split to wheaten then you would get %25 wheaten out of the cross, split BBS based on what you cross him with. You could take him back to a buff, but it would almost be pointless because it...
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Unless the slate legged bird is carrying one copy of the yellow skin gene. What you said applies to pure birds.
yes sorry
And some of the leg color genes are sex linked too, so the hen couldnt be split right?
pips&peeps :
Here you go!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The one at 12 o'clock has good muffs and beard.
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Sweet!!!! A couple of them look like they have beards thats awesome!!!
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There are different varieties that are parti colored, such as Wheatan, Blue Wheatan, Silver, and Brown red.
Thank you, I wasn't aware of that. No wonder it's confusing! They can be any color but if they have yellow feet they're not Ameraucanas. I feel for people attempting to breed...
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It could be a project Ameraucana if your working towards getting Buff Tailed Blacks breeding pure, which it looks like. The close one looks like it has a Cushion comb... so I would lean towards EE, and im wondering what theyre Orp crossed with.