Ameraucana Forum
The Official Ameraucana Forum => Breeding => Topic started by: Cesar Villegas on July 28, 2015, 06:09:20 AM
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Hi everyone, I noticed from Ameraucana Facebook groups or ads for Ameraucanas on other outlets, that the term BBS is used a lot when describing their "variety (singular)." I said variety because thats what it sounds like when people use (BBS) it sounds like its one variety instead of three.
Each color is their own variety and I think breeders tend to forget that (BBS) is not one variety.
That being said, Is keeping a mix breeding flock of Blue,Black & Splash a.k.a (BBS) irresponsible breeding? I would assume you may not get consistent offspring by keeping a breeding flock of all three varieties. I know the genetics complement each other. I understand you might use one variety to improve another. However, Should mix breeding the three varieties on a consistent basis be discouraged? Or is it just not a big deal?
I would love to hear the opinions from everyone on this.
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Hi everyone, I noticed from Ameraucana Facebook groups or ads for Ameraucanas on other outlets, that the term BBS is used a lot when describing their "variety (singular)." I said variety because thats what it sounds like when people use (BBS) it sounds like its one variety instead of three.
Each color is their own variety and I think breeders tend to forget that (BBS) is not one variety.
That being said, Is keeping a mix breeding flock of Blue,Black & Splash a.k.a (BBS) irresponsible breeding? I would assume you may not get consistent offspring by keeping a breeding flock of all three varieties. I know the genetics complement each other. I understand you might use one variety to improve another. However, Should mix breeding the three varieties on a consistent basis be discouraged? Or is it just not a big deal?
I would love to hear the opinions from everyone on this.
I pretty much agree with your opinion on it. I don't know who started the "BBS", but saw it used many times before I figured out what they meant. I bred blues and blacks to get blues and blacks, but years ago after studying the genetic makeup of blues more came to the conclusion that to get good/true/"standard" blues, blues should be mated to blues. An occasional outcross to another variety for improvement is understandable as you said.
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As far as I'm concerned, anybody advertising BBS is a good source to stay away from for blues. They don't know how to breed them properly.
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I'm with Mike.
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Hi Folks, Here's an article from Tom Kernan on breeding Blues
http://showbirdbid.proboards.com/thread/2031
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BBS was a marketing term to sell chicks really had nothing to do with quality. I personally knew Basil Smith where Tom got his birds and he was a very well respected breeder in this area of Pa especially for game type breeds. I was told he was the fellow to contact for quality sumatras. I got some birds from him back in the 1970's or 1980's but can not recall what breed they were but visited his place several times. Very nice fellow.
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Hi Folks, Here's an article from Tom Kernan on breeding Blues
http://showbirdbid.proboards.com/thread/2031
Nice! 8)