Are these really Araucanas?

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attleborosilkie

attleborosilkie

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I purchased these birds from Mt. Healthy. They were 6 weeks old on tuesday. I ordered 2 Welsummers, 2 Silver Laced Wyandottes, 2 Gold Laced Wyandottes, and 4 Araucanas. I was sent 12 birds though as a bonus. I have a feeling the first two pictures here I think is a Roo and I'm hoping the third picture is a Pullet. Still trying to get clearer pictures of the others, but these two chicks have different coloring than the others.




 
They're EEs, actually, and very cute ones!
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Araucanas are known for their ear tufts, plus, I don't know of any hatchery that sells them.

~Alex
 
The one on the third picture I have a feeling may be a little older, since she was bigger than my other chicks when she arrived. Already had some feathering. I suspect she's a pullet based on the single comb compared with the the three peaked comb of the first Roo.
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attleborosilkie said:
I purchased these birds from Mt. Healthy. They were 6 weeks old on tuesday. I ordered 2 Welsummers, 2 Silver Laced Wyandottes, 2 Gold Laced Wyandottes, and 4 Araucanas. I was sent 12 birds though as a bonus. I have a feeling the first two pictures here I think is a Roo and I'm hoping the third picture is a Pullet. Still trying to get clearer pictures of the others, but these two chicks have different coloring than the others.




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Those are Easter Eggers. A lot of hatcheries misleadingly sell their birds as Araucanas or ''Amiracanas''. Also, if they are only 6 weeks old, than all three are cockerels.
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