Araucana thread anyone?

[Trish1974]

Has anyone else seen the pics in the fb group of the young cockerels for sale? I realized that they must have been Edd's line.

Yes I saw that

 

[willchickeneat]

Has anyone else seen the pics in the fb group of the young cockerels for sale? I realized that they must have been Edd's line.

Saw it on FB. Does look like an Edd Sheppard type rooster. I think someone ended up wanting it? I have some Edd's bird. Kind of small in size, but the rooster I have is super nice and treats the ladies well.

Low hatch rate for my keepers that I hatched out from Edd, but the ones that do hatch and don't die have double tuffs, but mostly males. Some had tails, so I ended up culling, but the dispositions of the chickens are friendly.

 

[RinaRoo]

Saw it on FB. Does look like an Edd Sheppard type rooster. I think someone ended up wanting it? I have some Edd's bird. Kind of small in size, but the rooster I have is super nice and treats the ladies well.

Low hatch rate for my keepers that I hatched out from Edd, but the ones that do hatch and don't die have double tuffs, but mostly males. Some had tails, so I ended up culling, but the dispositions of the chickens are friendly.

She did confirm that they were from Edd's line.

On a happy note, I paid for my shipping eggs from Ann. She said she'll ship within a week, yay.

 

[willchickeneat]

Here's a couple of my juvie growouts. Mostly silver duckwing. A few have tails and are mostly cleanface. Out of this bunch only like 3 have tuffs (single & double). Gal third down has a decent right single tuff. They are curious, fast and fly very well.

Had some Cream Legbars earlier in the year but decided to stick with Araucanas and BBS Ameraucanas. 2nd chick down is my last CLB pullet. Sold the rest of CLB chickens/pairs. Found that finding good SOP CLB was almost non-existent although CLB are sold everywhere, even in feedstores.

 

[willchickeneat]

Silver and Gold duckwing roosters are easy to tell apart. Hens, however to me are harder. Tips with photos of comparing the two hens would be appreciated.

 

[willchickeneat]

Here is one of Edds stock. I think rooster, but a few more weeks will tell. Fully rumpless and has huge double tuff pointing backwards. Also an escape artist. Found him outside the pen today.

 

[Trish1974]

Silver and Gold duckwing roosters are easy to tell apart. Hens, however to me are harder. Tips with photos of comparing the two hens would be appreciated.

I can't tell the difference between a SDW and GDW hen either.

 

[willchickeneat]

I can't tell the difference between a SDW and GDW hen either.

I marked the chick color difference at hatch, but as they mature the pullets don't look too different. If it wasn't due to me marking them, I wouldn't be able to tell??

 

[Crazy Chicken Helen]

Here are my 2 lavenders at 12weeks, watching a bit of Bob Ross

 

[Crazy Chicken Helen]