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Ok, Now I'm Paranoid.

post #1 of 10
6/15/12 at 6:29pm
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So this morning I threw a picture out to all of you about a silver laced wyandotte hen/roo and you all told me it was a roo because of certain features... Now I'm worried that I may have another roo, an Araucana. I really would be disappointed because, man, did I want those beautiful eggs. Here is it's picture fl.gif

 

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post #2 of 10
6/15/12 at 6:54pm

How old is it?

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post #3 of 10
6/15/12 at 7:29pm
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It's 9 Weeks old.
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post #4 of 10
6/16/12 at 6:08am
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Also, it hasn't made any crowing noises yet... but that could be because the SLW is doing all of the talking.

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post #5 of 10
6/16/12 at 6:39am

Easter egger boy. (Not an aracauna either, sorry =( )..

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post #6 of 10
6/16/12 at 9:56am
Agree, Easter Egger male.

Breeds: Lavender, Buff, Black and White Orpington & Tufted Rumpless Araucana (lavender, white and nonstandard colors)

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Breeds: Lavender, Buff, Black and White Orpington & Tufted Rumpless Araucana (lavender, white and nonstandard colors)

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post #7 of 10
6/17/12 at 8:50am
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Easter egger boy. (Not an aracauna either, sorry =( )..

 

Funny. After doing all this research to see if they were roos, I found out that our Araucana was probably not an Araucana! Feed Stores were selling them as such but they were just easter eggers. Oh well. But like I said in my other post... If you think he's pretty enough, and you're near Maryland, I can sell him to you real cheap! wink.png
 

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post #8 of 10
6/17/12 at 9:19am
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Funny. After doing all this research to see if they were roos, I found out that our Araucana was probably not an Araucana! Feed Stores were selling them as such but they were just easter eggers. Oh well. But like I said in my other post... If you think he's pretty enough, and you're near Maryland, I can sell him to you real cheap! wink.png

 

From what I have read, any feed store selling hatchery-bred birds will not have Araucanas, no matter what the hatchery labels them as. If they have real ones, they got them from a private breeder.

Same almost certainly goes for Ameraucanas. MyPetChicken is offering genuine Ameraucanas (next year?) and they use Meyer Hatchery, but I'm going to hazard a guess that the average feed store arau-anything, isn't.
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post #9 of 10
6/17/12 at 4:24pm

Not an Araucana or Ameraucana, not a girl. Easter Egger cockerel. 

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BLUE CAMAS BANTAMS


Blue/Black/Splash Bantam Plymouth Rocks

 

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post #10 of 10
6/17/12 at 5:08pm

Yeah ... from my understanding, that red on the wings is a sure sign of a boy.

Mine grew in that same dark red and sure enough, crowed at around 9-10 weeks.

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