aracaunus egg color

[endo12]

We have an Aracaunus who lays brown eggs. All the others lay the traditional bluish eggs. How common is it to get brown eggs from this breed? Just wondering.

 

[knjinnm]

Hi,
Does the hen have a pea comb or straight comb? The hens are probably EE not Aracaunus, Aracaunus are rump-less.
Joe

 

[Jajika]

My best advice would be to take a picture of
your hen and post it. Some of the folks on this
board are extremely knowledgable about breeds.

A pic will help.

 

[endo12]

I had to go look because they actually have little to no comb, as a group. The comb on this one is rather flat. None of our Aracaunus are rumpless. So it looks like I ordered Aracaunus and got something else. Obviously some of them do lay blue eggs. They are nearly four years old and we get a blue egg everyone once in awhile - sometimes several a day - out of these four hens. This one was injured and is now temporarily isolated so I know she's laying brown eggs. Thanks for the genetics lesson. Makes sense. If we order them again, are there breeders that give "true" Aracaunus?

 

[Chicken.Lytle]

I thought Araucana was the rumpless one and Ameracauna had the big boo-tay. Are you sure you did not get a mongrel Easter Egger?

Where did you get the birds? I am thinking about Ameraucanas for my next batch.

 

[Katy]

Quote:
If you ordered them thru a hatchery they're EE's. Even tho they sell them as Aracaunas they aren't really. Hinkjc has true Aracanaus.

 

[kano]

Sorry, but the name of the breed is ARAUCANA.

 

[endo12]

Thanks for the correction. Yes, we got them from a hatchery. This is the only one we've isolated to know and found out egg color. We do get some blue eggs from others. Will try to get pic.