Frazzemrat1
Free Ranging
Araucana can come without tufts. Its called clean faced, but its not at the Standard of Perfection (SOP). The reason some come without is because the tufting gene is lethal. If the chick inherits tufts from both parents, it will die in the shell at about 18 days, right before hatch. I actually have two clean faced araucana. That said, araucana are rumpless, meaning their tailbone stops before it forms a tail at all. Some breeders, trying to create more colors in the breed, have culls that have partial tails... but those are culls.
So, OP, your chicken may be a cull. May be. I'd be more apt to call her an easter egger. And also, not all easter eggers have beards or muffs. I had a hatchery EE that didn't have either. I currently have one, who's an ameraucana x araucana, and she has very full muffs and beard (when the other chickens haven't pecked them off).
So, OP, your chicken may be a cull. May be. I'd be more apt to call her an easter egger. And also, not all easter eggers have beards or muffs. I had a hatchery EE that didn't have either. I currently have one, who's an ameraucana x araucana, and she has very full muffs and beard (when the other chickens haven't pecked them off).
