LF Red Ameraucanas

[Elijah Ensor]

Out of curiosity, I was wondering if anyone has ever worked on (or currently is working on) a LF red variety(or bantam for that matter.) Not looking to raise or get any, just curious.  A few years ago when my friend was getting out of Ameraucanas she put an extra Rhode island red male with her hens (blacks) and ended up hatching a few of the eggs for layers.   She has two, one a red Ameraucana looking bird with white skin, but more of a pink legs, she lays blue eggs.  The other also a red Ameraucana looking bird, but with a small single comb and laying a green egg and a blue tail.   They've been great layers for her and make wonderful yard birds, in thinking about them I thought I'd ask. 

Thanks,
-Elijah. 

[Laurie Ashley]

Johnny Parks has a small flock of red Ameraucana he has been working on for a few years, I believe he is on F3 or 4 now.  We had tried last year to get a few going as well, by crossing our Bantam buckeye onto bantam black, results were leakage on black, with awesome body depth and width, great wingset, tighter feathering, red bay eye color, but yellow skin, and lacking full beard and muffs in first generation. Laid green eggs on the 4 pullets we kept.  We had to scrap the project due to cross country move.  But I was encouraged with the progress we had in F1, and maybe will resume it some day.  They made excellent table birds.

[Elijah Ensor]

Awesome, thanks for sharing. 

[John W Blehm]

Here is a link to an old thread on Bantam Red Ameraucanas.