Araucana thread anyone?

[Brahma Chicken5000]

I'm surprised your pullets haven't gone broody yet. Araucanas are such a broody breed.

Oh dear God I hope they don’t go broody. I had to break each of my 3 rescue Bantam hens already. I just don’t have the room for more chickens sadly.

 

[Trish1974]

Oh dear God I hope they don’t go broody. I had to break each of my 3 rescue Bantam hens already. I just don’t have the room for more chickens sadly.

LOL I pray for broodies!
I'd rather them hatch and raise the chicks than me!

 

[Trish1974]

Speaking of... Ratchet is still setting. Her eggs are due to hatch a week before the incubator eggs.

 

[chickengr]

...and if that is the case, I guess it's best I don't hatch eggs fathered by him. But gosh darn it he's so sweet and handsome!

would trimming hens around the vent help? your hens might fix that defect. breeding is a hard work and take years.

 

[chickengr]

LOL I pray for broodies!
I'd rather them hatch and raise the chicks than me!

x2

 

[Trish1974]

would trimming hens around the vent help? your hens might fix that defect. breeding is a hard work and take years.

I have tried that and it didn't make a difference.

 

[Trish1974]

Because I am stubborn, I will try a different Araucana hen with Cholo in the future. The hens Cholo is in with now are Easter Eggers and hatchery layers. Their body shapes are so different I could see why he wouldn't be able to successfully mate them. Also, all but the two EEs are bigger than him.
Bluebell was only with him for the last 3-4 hours of the day for almost 2 weeks. I guess realistically it could have taken longer for fertilization to show itself. Especially since the layers are so mean, I could see them beating Cholo off of her like they did to the EEs when I introduced them.

 

[chickengr]

Because I am stubborn, I will try a different Araucana hen with Cholo in the future. The hens Cholo is in with now are Easter Eggers and hatchery layers. Their body shapes are so different I could see why he wouldn't be able to successfully mate them. Also, all but the two EEs are bigger than him.
Bluebell was only with him for the last 3-4 hours of the day for almost 2 weeks. I guess realistically it could have taken longer for fertilization to show itself. Especially since the layers are so mean, I could see them beating Cholo off of her like they did to the EEs when I introduced them.

can you cage them for a few days?

 

[Trish1974]

can you cage them for a few days?

I no longer have the hen.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

You could put the clean faced Blue Araucana hen in with Cholo and see if her eggs are fertile.