Am i right on :) ??

[davejw]

Hi all
Just a small update on photos

Here go's

the top 4 are about 13 weeks of age

This ones a no brainer .
Ara black/red

arau red/black Im guessing its a hen

arau black ... red around the eyes etc ...Male ?

arau black . No red on wings /around the eyes

This next lot are about 2 weeks younger .

Ls
Im not sure about this one It can look very male at times and spar >< Yet going but the lack of redness and woddle at this age ( going by other pics iv seen on here it could be a hen)

French copper maran . Im guessing its a hen , its got no red on wings only around the neck

Lav bant ara . Sorry bad photo but seems to have more redish around the face But stand/walks like a girl Still i think its not ><

So do u think im right

Many thanks
david

 

[ging3rhoffman]

From what i can see and their ages they all looked like pullets to me. Someone else with more experience will come alot soon.

 

[stormylady]

I don't know about the last one in the set of 3 pictures at the end, but the first 2 look like pullets to me.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Those are easter eggers, not araucanas: they all have crests, muffs/beards and tails, none have tufts, and the head shape is wrong. Body shape in 2nd & 4th photos looks pretty good, though. Can't tell on the last photo.

I don't know sussex or marans, so can't knowledgeably comment.

 

[davejw]

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I get my eggs down the road from http://www.highdownpoultry.co.uk (
I Know araucanas are classed/judged different here then in the USA They are pure blue layers As EE lay mixed eggs, I dont think they are classed as them . ( dont shoot me

i dont mind what they are ) still this breed seem to be award winners here in the uk .

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Didn't realize you were from across the pond

Yes, y'all have muffed & bearded araucanas, but they should still have tufts and be rumpless. Yes, not all araucanas have the tufts--that's the way it is when you are dealing with lethal genes. And some breeders do keep tailed araucanas to help with breeding as some believe that the rumplessness decreases fertility.

I don't remember about crests--maybe Krys or another person from the UK will pop in with that answer.

 

[davejw]

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No problem I have been doing alot of reading about arau's and as of yet it seems very conflicting about what they should be/where they come from ie the mix ..My ones do have tufts its just the 2nd pic one is only just getting them ' They dont have to be rumpless here But we do have them too , Going by what i have read rumpless is dominant from ( Colloncas ) but with breeding the 2 chicken breeds that make up araucanas it was breed out , as the other quetro ( i think that was the name) do have tails.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

I am "fairly" certain that there is a variety in UK Araucanas that are supposed to have tails, be bearded and muffed and have crests.

http://www.omlet.co.uk/breeds/breeds.php?breed_type=Chickens&breed=Araucana

(I think someone needs to tell them that their "female" on the left hand side is a male...)