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Illia, I was so happy to read your post about tufts chicks from non-tufted parents. I feel a little vindicated because I posted earlier that there was a possibility of that. (Reduced penetrance vs myth) Carmel, I don't know about getting a black from a splash, except that I have a black...

ps- has anyone else noticed that the new BYC is painfully slow to load? The thread comes up, but then I can't scroll until the multitude of ads finish loading. Grrr.

Wow! All these posts since I've been here last! Cobredor's eggs have all hatched, and I now have 7 rumpless babies, and 3 have little tufts! I hope they all grow up to become healthy, happy PULLETS! Thanks Carmel!

Hi All! I'm taking a break from my endless stream of studying for exams. Cobredor sent me hatching eggs, I have most of them in my friend's incubator with her batch from Smoothmule (I think). The eggs that didn't fit are in my homemade incubator. We're hoping to see some pips around the 21st...

Lanae, I know exactly what you mean. If this love of the Araucana breed, were a human relationship, my friends would be telling me to leave him! So much disappointment, but the successes are just that much more treasured. And I just love their "bustles".

Ha! Mine too. Although every so often its a false alarm. Of course, by the time I get there, the layer is back out eating, so I haven't figured out who is laying the really true blue eggs. I've narrowed it down to three suspects. None of the suspects have tufts, and only one is rumpless. Oh well.

That is my mistake for thinking that a non-expressed gene may be expressed in future generations. My information on the 4-14 % reduced penetrance of a heterozygous tufted bird was based on info in the research article "Ear Tuftedness: A Lethal Condition in the Araucana Fowl" in the Journal of...

Not to nitpick, but there is a slightly less than 50% chance of getting tufted chickes from a tufted mated to a non tufted. That is because the dominant tufting gene has reduced penetrance, meaning that a chick will inherit the tufting gene but may not have tufts. Which is another reason to...

I'm so bummed! I opened the coop this morning, and the two roosters that have been getting along forever have bloodied heads (combs mostly) and the young (bigger) rooster has almost no injuries. And wouldn't you know, it's Scooter, my favorite and the only rumpless one, that seems to be hurt the...

I'm so sorry, Lanae! I feel the same way about leaving home. And I also believe that the scale of the catastrophe is directly proportional to how much fun I have when I go out/travel. My only rumpless hen is limping. Do you think that's from the youngest roo being a bit "unchivalrous"...

Sorry. I read that Cathy has a nice rump! You have nice chickens. I can only dream right now.

Wow, he's gorgeous, Rumbull! Does he have Barred Rock in him?

Lanae has very good stock, and she's on the west coast. Also check out Sky Blue Eggs.

Your chicks are so cute! Seeing them make me anxious for warm weather. Wish I could help you out on the color. I'm too new at this. I want cute rumpless babies!! But Alas, there are few true Araucana breeders in MA. Even the university which runs the local blue egg program (local farmers selling...

Hi! Illia, thanks for posting a bigger version of your beautiful pic, and the birds! I love the nearly black pullet. So I had a weird conversation with a poultry professor at the university. I was bringing her my deceased crossbeak, which will be necropsied in Feb in her backyard poultry...

I don't understand melanized. Is there someplace online with good info? In other news, I can't wait for longer days so my hens will start laying, and I can't wait for warmer weather so I can get more chicks! I've only got 11 now, of which 2 are EE's, and 3 are roos. I have 1 rumpless hen and 1...

Beth, its funny that the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. I've always been jealous that CT doesn't have state income tax. Is that still true? I checked my cert, and it says my birds are free from Pullorum Typhoid and negative for avian influenza. Hope that helps...

Quote: Yeah, but it's a small consolation for me; your state has all the really good soapmaking supply houses!

Pullorum typhii I think. When I get back to the barn, I'll checj the certificate.

Just catching up now. MA is great for NPIP, the state does it for free, and in short response time. Elsinor's parents are a pure slpash araucana roo and a pure blue ameraucana hen.