Well darn it, I was hoping it was the combo of the two. I was noticing when Hinkjc crossed a smooth faced tailed with tufted tailed they got 50/50 tufted and smooth face. Is this the statistic most of the time with that cross? Maybe I can just keep tufted tailed birds and cross them with smooth...
We have had araucanas in the past and the tufted rumpless birds look good and all but I always liked the tailed tufted birds better. We are thinking about getting more araucanas in the spring through purchased eggs. I have finally talked the family into keeping the tufted tailed birds.
My...