Amer(I)cana? or EE?

[sara]

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Well kind of, you said ameraucanas had willow legs which they don't. Some araucanas do though.

 

[EweSheep]

Sorry I just have to disagree with the araucana having green legs.....

Its OK to disagree on the issues that we can not agree on but we have to follow the standards if you do show them even we dont like it.

 

[wilds of pa]

Ann willow and olive green are to different colors..

We had some ee's for longest time and they had dark army drab green color legs, not the color of what araucana have..

Willow to me is more yellowish with a hue greenish brownish...which i have some araucana with that color of legs. nothing like the "ee's we had though"

ques i should have said it that way....

Charlie

 

[New2Peeps]

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John W. Blehm says in his article that both Araucanas and Ameracaunas were both developed from Easter Egger stock ("Araucanas were not developed from Ameraucanas and Ameraucanas were not developed from Araucanas. They were both bred up from Easter Eggers or mixed breed chickens.")

Now that is interesting to me--- So EE's were the original birds and selectively bred to produce the other 2 breeds---from all I have read on this forum I thought they were the poor mutt crosses of the original breeds of Americauna or Araucana. Learn something new every day

 

[sara]

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Sort of. The way I understand it Araucanas and Ameraucanas were bred up from EE here in America. However you can trace the araucana's history much farther back then that.

~ from the Araucana website.
Araucanas have a most interesting and controversial history, having originated in a remote area of Chile ruled by fierce Araucana Indians who resisted European domination until the 1880’s. The distinctive traits of blue egg, tufts and rumplessness originally were found in two distinct breeds from this region. The first breed, named “Collonocas”, laid blue eggs and was rumpless. The second breed, called “Quetros”, had unusual tufts, but was tailed and laid brown eggs

The development of the modern Araucana breed begins with the great Chilean breeder, Dr. Ruben Bustros. As a young man in the Chilean army, he encountered the Araucana Indians in remote areas and observed their unique types of chickens during the 1880’s. He returned later and obtained some of the Quetros and Collonocas stock. Crossing these two breeds, over many years he developed tufted, rumpless birds that laid blue eggs, the first Araucanas. He was visited in 1914 by Professor Salvador Castello Carreras of Spain, who introduced them at the World Poultry Congress in 1918.

 

[sara]

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I'm confused, do you agree or disagree on the willow legs on araucana? The SOP calls for willow on three varieties.

 

[wilds of pa]

Sara willow and green are two different colors. Im sure some one here has EE'S with olive green legs that could be pictured.

I have a few araucana that have the willow color legs..Which is a standard for certain colors of plumage.

Charlie

 

[pips&peeps]

"Dispatch, we're going to need backup, it looks like we've got civil unrest, better send the SOP................"

 

[SusanJoM]

Okay, I think we need a post with a picture of LEGS....

Slate Legs
Willow Legs
Green Legs

Anyone got one of each?????/

 

[wilds of pa]

It could turn out to be a great leg section!!!! LOL

Charlie