Any ideas what this cockerel might me?

[cashdl]

Georgous Lavender Araucana. His comb is floppy but what a nice color. As others have stated the Uk araucana is different than the american araucana. The british allow for muffs, tails, and beards. They have a slightly different ancestry, they are blue egg layers and the British call them Araucana.

He is beautiful.


Lanae

 

[Lbrad7]

Beautiful bird..makes me sick to think someone would just set him out to fend for himself. Looks like you have given him a great home! Glad you were there to take him in.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Even considering UK standards, he looks to have the wrong comb type.

 

[pips&peeps]

It's a pea comb, just an overdeveloped lop sided one.

 

[Chris09]

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Since the OP lives in England you might want to use the correct standard.. (It might help)

http://www.araucana.org.uk/photos.html
http://www.araucanas.co.uk/
http://www.omlet.co.uk/breeds/breeds.ph … d=Araucana

Chris

 

[YoYofranko]

Thanks guys hes definately a lavender Araucana. Hes a really nice bird i cant believe someone did that to him. My boyfriend spent 2 hours trying to catch him cause hes a fast little bugger lol. Were introducing him to our other Rhode Island cockeral Rodney in a few days not sure how thats gonna go down. If anyone has any advice on introducing two cockerels please say because we want them both to free range together,would be a bit of a shame otherwise. Cheers again peeps x

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[donrae]

Or, if they don't get along, you could just pop him over here to me........I'm sure "THEY" would make an allowance and let such a handsome gentleman in our country, no questions asked...........right?

What a nice find. His color is amazing.

 

[Mrs. Feathers]

Wow, what a lucky find. He isvery handsome....floppy comb and all.

 

[EricH]

weirdest looking "araucana" ive ever seen... BEAUTIFUL bird! americana/EE probably but could be a pure ameraucana. "pure" is not a word to be taken lightly with this breed it seems from my disappointing experiences...

 

[Illia]

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Read the previous posts.

This is a real Araucana, they are just bred to different standards where the OP is from.

And if you really want a pleasant experience, try looking for reputable breeders.