Araucana Chick

[Eggs_Over_EZ]

Just wanted to share a picture of an Araucana chick we purchased last Monday from a breeder who we got the fertile Silverudd Blue eggs from. This is the first we had Araucana. I have read that Araucana with face feather on both sides are difficult to hatch. Well after 7 days it looks like we have one who is going to have them. They are fuzz now but definitely there. I cannot wait for it to mature. The black Araucana we got with it does not have them but is a character. Likes to jump on top of the brooder plate and chirp. My office sounds like a bunch of bad grocery carts rolling around. LOL

 

[TwoCrows]

Adorable!

 

[CCsGarden]

So cute!

 

[Eggs_Over_EZ]

Just walked back in my office to hear a bunch of racket in the brooder box and sure enough the black Araucana was on top of the brooder plate along with a Barred Rock (second in command) chirping up a storm. It is as though they are calling for a revolt. The Araucana started out all shy and now it acts like it is the leader of the box. Their personalities do show even as chicks.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

It is cute. It is not the chick having face feathers on both sides of its face that is the problem. It is if you breed a male with face feathers to a female with face feathers (or if both parents carry the gene for face feathering) that there can be a problem and the resulting chicks can die before hatching. It's called a lethal, or deadly, gene. So you don't want to breed together Araucanas with the gene for face feathering on both parents' sides. Yeah, it's easy to misunderstand!

 

[Eggs_Over_EZ]

It is cute. It is not the chick having face feathers on both sides of its face that is the problem. It is if you breed a male with face feathers to a female with face feathers (or if both parents carry the gene for face feathering) that there can be a problem and the resulting chicks can die before hatching. It's called a lethal, or deadly, gene. So you don't want to breed together Araucanas with the gene for face feathering on both parents' sides. Yeah, it's easy to misunderstand!

Thank you for that information. I will make sure to note that as I do not want to cause unnecessary losses. By looking at the two I have I believe they are both hens but I could be wrong. If that is true I will have to find a rooster. I know I can get one from the breeder that sold me the two chicks.