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Quote: Oh Anne, your killing me here! Wow, Wow, wow!!!!! What is it about that feather pattern that just makes all the crud in life fade away for a moment? So, what is the BBS parent combo on this lovely lady here?

Quote: Splash to black creates 100% blue, yes, but the feather depth of blue is average. Blue to black is 50% of each, but the feather depth of blue can be dark. Here's an example Ameraucana from that parentage, who is so dark she's nearly black...

I have heard conflicting reports and wonder if anyone here can help clarify for me. Splash to Black produces all blue babies, right? And these are the darkest blue feathers? Blue to Splash is 50% splash, 50% blue, but less feather depth in the blues?

Quote: Seriously my dear, we need to stay in touch.....

Quote: Oh, Illia, she is so striking. Those tufts look hand painted. I just can't get over how pretty this hen is. How are her eggs?

Quote: Yeah, the one you're giving to me right??? (Hint hint hint). I would give a lot for a boy like that. Where did he come from? That "lemon blue" pair that you have. Sigh. Very NICE. So, anyone going to the Great Falls Montana Poulrty show on October 2nd and 3rd?

Quote: CONGRATULATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! In my book, anyone who is able to hatch chicks out of shipped Araucana eggs is, well, like, AWESOME! They look happy and healthy and simply adorable.

Quote: I lost a blue wheaten Ameraucana rooster (from pips and peeps) to a fox just as he was coming into his own. I think there is little in this world as glorious as the BW Ameraucana boys and wow, your roo is handsome . So sorry to hear about your missing hens; we went through a pretty...

Wendy'sChicksRock : is it true that a good way to tell if you have a real Araucana is by the feet? Im not too sure what I have, I was told by my good friend who has had chickens her whole life (and she is 65) that my hen was the Araucana,she gave me one as a gift. Im new to this so dont bite my...

Quote: By golly, what I wouldn't give to have a bird with patterned tufts. This is fast becoming one of my favorite traits. You're birds are beautiful, and that first Red/Blue is, well, WOW - are her tufts blue and red, or just blue? I can't quite tell on my screen.

Lets ask, learn, debate and enjoy this fascinating breed. I began this thread with a head full of questions and partial understandings and like you just said hinkjc, we all have to begin somewhere. As far as I'm concerned, there are no stupid questions in the pursuit of understanding. I love...

Quote: Thank you hinkj; this is what this thread is all about.

Quote: These rumples chicks, do any of their mothers have tail feathers also?

From the Araucana Club of America web site: Right now, the Buff Araucana Bantam, as in the ABA BANTAM STANDARD, appears to be described correctly. However, the Blue Araucana Bantam, as in the ABA BANTAM STANDARD, describes leg color as "Swarthy Horn". Swarthy is described as "Very dark...

Quote: You've built her a beautiful coop with a lovely run and she is, of course, on the roof. Gotta love 'em. She is beautiful! She looks like an Easer Egger with a lot of Ameraucana blood in her, maybe even a non-standard Ameraucana. Araucanas are supposed to be rumpless and have...

Quote: Willow legs are green with yellow underneath. Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow, wow. Some major pieces of the puzzle - big ol' honkin pesky pieces that never would fit in right, are suddenly falling into place!!!!!!! O.K. I have to go contemplate for a while.

So, there went my plans for the day; I was going to get so much accomplished around the property but here I am obsessing about leg color - and about to go out of my mind!!!!!! What the heck is willow leg color? I thought it was sort of a buff, light pinkish, sort of color, but when I go to the...

Quote: You're going to love this one, Lanae. Blue is only an accepted color of bantam Araucana and the standard calls for leg color on the blues to be "Swarthy horn."

Quote: Because having easter eggers makes some of us very happy.

So.... My wheaten ameraucana hens who have willow legs.... but the one sister has slate legs..... what's that all about? I know not to breed the hens with the willow legs, but now I'm very confused.