Recent content by Ashburnham

I would think that your American standard Araucanas would be one of the most difficult birds in the world to breed, with all those lethal recessives etc. I find my Australian Araucanas are one of the easiest breeds with fantastic egg laying ability and fertility. Of course it takes some work to...

Thanks for the offer mate, but it is almost impossible to import chickens into Australia.

They look to be good quality chooks. You shouldn't have any trouble selling some. If you are trimming the wings, I recommend only doing one wing as that will unbalance them and make flying difficult.\ If you do both wings they learn to compensate.

Both incubators are full again. This time Light Sussex, Indian Game and 3rd cross Olive Eggers. Last week I hatched 50 Araucanas.

At last, A little baby girl.

Great photo! xxxx

One of my young roos, and some of the Lavender girls. (Australian standard of course.)

Just as a change from chooks, I have some other babies.

Rightio! Let's see if this stops the bloody crows from pinching my eggs.

My latest Olive Egger egg from 2nd generation hens. Compared with an Araucana egg and a first generation cross.

No - not a chance, sorry.

I have 5 pens at the moment - Black, Blue, Lavender, Splash and Olive eggers (Ara cross Marans).

First Araucana hatch for this season is underway! xxxxx

Some Australian standard Araucanas for reference. xxxx M

The most effective fox deterrent is electric wires at fox nose height. Kept my chooks safe for 25 years. xxxxx M