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  1. Trish1974

    Dealing with a bully cockerel in an all-cockerel flock

    No clutter, just several roosting branches at different heights.
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    Dealing with a bully cockerel in an all-cockerel flock

    I have a flock of five 6 month old cockerels in an all-cockerel flock I am keeping to breed next year. Within that flock is a gorgeous cuckoo Araucana I hatched from another breeder's eggs. Unfortunately he is a bully to all the others, especially in the mornings. I removed him from the flock...
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    How do you get a good rooster????

    No I don't.
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    How do you get a good rooster????

    I think the breed has a lot to do with it. I have bred Araucanas for three years now (roughly 150 chicks hatched) and have NEVER had an aggressive cockerel or cockbird. It doesn't matter if they have been raised hands-on or hen hatched and flock raised. I have several repeat customers who buy...
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    Question about inbreeding.

    I agree 100% with Egghead_Jr, Just one deformed chick doesn't necessarily mean inbreeding. It could have been an incubation issue or just something random. My first line of black Araucanas had been inbred for several years. The breeder informed me of this when I purchased them. I asked how...
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    5 week old cuckoo Araucana

    It's a cockerel! :celebrate His comb hasn't grown much but his face has reddened. Hopefully his comb will stay nice and short. He also *tried* to crow this morning.
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    5 week old cuckoo Araucana

    Rumplessness is required for showing. With the genetics of Araucana you always have a chance of a tail or partial tail. A good bird with a tail should not be discarded as a breeder. Rumplessness is dominant so breeding a tailed bird to a rumpless one you will get mostly rumpless offspring...
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    5 week old cuckoo Araucana

    Two weeks later and not much change. I sent these pics to the breeder last night and she thinks cockerel. Now I have gotten my hopes up. What do you all think?
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    5 week old cuckoo Araucana

    Oh I hope it is a male! I traded Rachel Bayes (Willow Acres) two cockerels for some hatching eggs, which is where this chick came from. She's on her second or third year working on cuckoo. Her cockbird is GORGEOUS!!!!
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    5 week old cuckoo Araucana

    Thanks everyone. I will update in a few weeks. Fingers crossed it will be a cockerel! :fl
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    5 week old cuckoo Araucana

    I had assumed this cuckoo Araucana chick (yes its a true Araucana even though it's tailed) was a female, as it had an irregular head spot and dark body and dark legs when it was younger. As it has gotten older it has grown larger than its hatch mates and seems to partake in a lot of sparring...
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    Hen coming off of broodiness trying to crow

    So I have an unusual situation. I have a 2 year old Araucana hen that I removed chicks from last week, and now she is trying to crow. She was a first time mom and it did not go well. She was very neglectful; just kind of acted like her babies weren't there. She'd step on them and over them...
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    Fox down ..... WARNING : Graphic content

    Great job! I know first hand how hard they to shoot.
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    What is the youngest age you can butcher cockerels?

    Thank you all, your information was very helpful!
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    What is the youngest age you can butcher cockerels?

    I will have a lot of excess cockerels to butcher this year (I have someone do it for me). These are pure Araucanas, so they are on the small side of large fowl and grow slightly slower than other breeds. I will not have the room to grow them to the ideal size, so I'm wondering how soon I can...
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    Talk to me about leg color genetics

    I just spent an hour trying to get basic genetics info about leg color and not getting very far. My main question is about yellow legs. Are they dominant or recessive? Is yellow dominant or recessive to willow? Sex linked or not? Here's my situation. I am starting a white line of...
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    Looking for Araucana pullets and cockrel in PA.

    Here's a list of the PA Araucana breeders from the club's website. I know the first two are still active. If none of those work for you try Rachel Bayes/Willow Acres in Ohio. She ships. I really like her white line. Good luck in your search; I know it's a frustrating one!
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    Foxes have me anxious

    Yes, if done properly electric fence will deter the fox. It has worked wonders for me. Here is a good thread on electric fencing if you need help. https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/electric-fence-basics.1398976/#post-22958802
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    Pure Araucana ???

    They probably are pure, just not well bred. If you are just going to breed to EEs the tail is no big deal, but if you are looking to breed Araucanas I would not breed anything with a tail.
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    my hen is being aggressive to me

    I have had an aggressive female. The "holding her down" method seemed to work, although I would have to tune her up from time to time. I ended up selling her, and the new owner said she was never aggressive with her but seemed to get in her space too much. Once the pullet started laying she...
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