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  1. NagemTX

    Ameraucana Breeding Conundrum. Input?

    Best examples are from the club web sites. Also the best reliable source for information on the breed will be there as well. They are Ameraucana Alliance and Ameraucana Breeders club. They both have listing of breeders that are apart of the clubs.
  2. NagemTX

    Ameraucana Breeding Conundrum. Input?

    Cackles blue egger deal is for any of their breeds that can lay a blue egg. This can be Ameraucana, Easter Egger, and Cream Legbars.
  3. NagemTX

    Ameraucana Breeding Conundrum. Input?

    Some of the interesting breeds used to produce today's Ameraucana are Australorp, American Orpington, and Sumatra.
  4. NagemTX

    Ameraucana Breeding Conundrum. Input?

    There have been alot of EEs that have been sold as Ameraucana resently. Mostly of the blue and lavender varieties. I also think people buying don't read all the info on add. I had a guy come buy 3 EE pullets from me and asked if they where Ameraucana. My add stated the crosses that made the EE...
  5. NagemTX

    Ameraucana Breeding Conundrum. Input?

    The breeders I've seen or messaged via email consider them pet quality. I would say EE*Ameraucana but that might only matter to the person that has them. I'm also not in either clube to propose anything of the sort.
  6. NagemTX

    Ameraucana Breeding Conundrum. Input?

    They should not be laying brown. There is a guide card from the clubs for the different shades of blue. On new colors being developed, if it has a cross in from another breed you could get green. If it's early in the project you could get brown but if it's finished it should only be blue.
  7. NagemTX

    Ameraucana Breeding Conundrum. Input?

    They are separate from BYC. They are part of the association that sets standards for all poltry in the USA. APA is that association.
  8. NagemTX

    Ameraucana Breeding Conundrum. Input?

    No you would need to stay with in wheaten and blue wheaten. If you cross a straight blue in you can mess up the wheaten.
  9. NagemTX

    Ameraucana Breeding Conundrum. Input?

    Also if you want different colors and to be able to keep and breed them together I would go blue or blue wheaten. You get in the case of blue: blue, black and splash. For blue wheaten you get blue wheaten, wheaten, splash wheaten.
  10. NagemTX

    Ameraucana Breeding Conundrum. Input?

    That would be a correct assumption. The color wouldn't be recognized but the bird itself is still an Ameraucana. I think they show as Ameraucana but in all other. That is how they work towards getting new colors recognized. There's alot more work to it than just mixing them to get new colors...
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