I thought I would share a photo of one of our Araucana's (wild color I know). Just to see what everyone thought of her.
I have been able to hatch out several of these, some with tails some with tufts.
She is the best one, her tufts are small but double
She is the daughter of a speckled araucana...
Thanks for all the responses about the 2-3 day old chicks
We hatch off 30 to 90 chicks a week on a year round basis from several breeds and loose a few after hatch, but not on the % like we do with the Araucana's
Has anyone tried to give supplents to the chicks at hatch? I'm thinkng of guardian...
Ok I'm disapointed help me out
We have got eggs from
skyblue
birch run farm
upintheholler
shaffer
thom on ebay
and a few others
Most of the eggs that did hatched, the bilaterally tufted chicks died at 2-3 days old
The other thing is now that we are breeding our own, again the bilaterally...
I've joined the Araucana Club and got a color chart card.
Is this color chart card the same as the one for Ameraucana's
I have both breeds, but have not joind the Ameraucan club yet!
My Araucana's will be hatching this weekend.