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Honestly I find Araucanas just as easy or difficult to sex as any bird with a pea comb and varied duckwing-based colorations. As for aggressive chicks, honestly my young gals and boys of any breed (with the exception of gamefowl) will spar at the same rate, and thankfully for me that has never...

I see a pullet. Aggression doesn't mean male. I've had a lot of really pushy gals before. My Araucanas are pretty tough, and if someone tries something with them, they'll show 'em who is boss. That or they'll do the opposite, but usually my Araucanas are fairly independent, strong birds. Not in...

Smoothmule, that hen on the right of your avatar is amazing! Just had to say. On the blue/gold chick, - That's not a blue birchen, blue birchens have absolutely no gold or red or tan coloration. He's a blue with gold leakage from having one duckwing or wheaten gene showing through (but...

The one in the background yes, the one in the foreground is either a blue-silver duckwing with extra melanizer or something else. Oh, I'm aware of the comb/wattle issue and sadly little realize that rump is really lacking, but I already commented on leg color on the photo. I was just quite...

Hey gang! Long time no, umm, me being on the forum. Anyway, I have to ask while dropping in and saying Hi - Anyone know about Spectrum Ranch and their mottled duckwing what-I'm-assuming-is-an-Araucana? I saw a photo of theirs tonight that looked a whole lot to me like a mottled duckwing (some...

1060 unread posts since I was last here. Wow, that's a lot to catch up to! Just dropping in for a quick moment, in case anyone is curious to know, my patterned girl "Josephine" is dead, a predator finally got her after all these years of her insisting on being a wild, free, and loose hen. I...

That is in fact a mottled chick, super jealous. Wow, over 100 unread posts, I have been way too busy lately. Hey all, latest news here is that I've got some broody Araucanas, pullets from last fall's hatch of course, and Josephine's chick count went from 6 now to 4. One was eaten by one...

Your Polish are dun. It's called chocolate but is genetically dun, and works like blue. Chocolate as an actual true-breeding gene found in Orpingtons is indeed sex-linked. ETA - spoke too late, but wow, gorgeous chick!

Agreed. If there is no mottling in BOTH parent's background then it is likely just baby white bits from being a split or a pure black. The first male looks to be a columbian or pretty red. The brown gal will be some form of duckwing, the other will look like my Josephine & Jos Jr. Black with...

Definite cockerel on that one in question. If you ever have a bird you're wondering the gender of who's over 7 weeks old, here's a big question that will answer yours - Are any of the feathers on the back, neck, or wings glossy? If yes, it's a boy. If no, it's a girl. Well, great news, got...

I'm pretty close, but I bet it's a bantam right?

Trust me you didn't get Ameraucanas either. Ameraucanas are just as hard to find as Araucanas, and are just as falsely claimed so by mutt sellers like hatcheries and feedstores. You have Easter Eggers.

Ooh I can talk you out of it They sound like fun but gaah they are sooo much to clean up and they eat down the grass/greens so much.

3 out of 8? Well that's a let-down. 8 would have been pretty nice. . . Do tell me their colors though! If you got any blues with a yellow face or any form of striped, you've got some Marango-colors in there.

Personally I've only had fertility issues with one pair, otherwise it's usually very nice here, I think the big scare is in the lethal thing, the fact that shipped eggs (most of your Araucana sources) are extremely risky, and then there's the high dislike for rumpless birds. People just aren't...

Pretty sure that's just a black who's skin is showing through. I used to think my BCM chicks had the same odd striping, often only seen after so old and under bright light, but I'm pretty sure it is just less dense fluff there, especially considering the hips are there. Congrats big time on...

Yeah I came across a Craigslist who was the same way too, it's soo nice when you come across people like that. The person actually even asked me where they could find real Araucanas.

LOL That is just brilliant! Love the video! Gorgeous gals too, especially the duckwing.

Wow! If that were struttin' around my place it would become a chicken-snack in no time. That's some tuft!

Tuft envy strikes again! The only good tufts I'm getting so far are out of my Olive Eggers. The rest have been one big, one small or two smalls. But anyway, latest pics of my Josephine and her clutch. She's been pretty good with them so far. I've got one tailed, the rest are rumpless. Today...