I have a 34 week old hen (Australian Araucana) and she hasn’t seemed to lay any eggs yet. She has a very red comb, has been squatting for weeks as well. She’s a happy sweet chicken (not
Crowing).
It’s sunny and warm where I am and the daylight hours are increasing as we head to summer.
I’ve...
We have our first eggs!
We have a 25 week old light Sussex (Blizzard), a polish (Cutie pie), an Araucana (Quaxly) and a Black Copper Maran (Gudetama).
We also have two 21 week old Olive Eggers (Kinsey and Verity).
We have two Easter eggers and an araucana still under 20 weeks ( 18 weeks and...
We have this Easter egger and the person who sold her to me said she is a cross with an araucana hen and a Sussex rooster. I just wondered about her colouring? Lavender something ? Her sister is plain white.
The owner said she has another hen from this pairing and she lays blue/ teal eggs.
I...
I was told this one is a pure araucana - but he/ she has feathers on their legs. No red in comb or wattles (black!). Born around March 4th so around 11-12 weeks old now.
Thanks!
This chicken is about 12 weeks old and is an Australian Araucana mixed with a Welsummer and maran.
Hen or roo? Up til now I was sure it was a hen as it has no comb or wattle growth … the comb is not red at all.
(1) Are you new to chickens / when did you first get chickens?
I had chickens as a child - and before we had kids some came with our home but they passed away and 12 years later our kids are a bit bigger so we decided to get some new chicks.
(2) How many chickens do you have right now? 9...