Araucana thread anyone?

[JacinLarkwell]

I was looking, cackle might have some. I'm going to call this spring. I know they won't be amazing, but it will be something, and I can work on them as they grow

 

[Trish1974]

I was looking, cackle might have some. I'm going to call this spring. I know they won't be amazing, but it will be something, and I can work on them as they grow

There are no hatcheries that sell Araucanas. If they say they do, they are just mislabeled Easter Eggers.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

There are no hatcheries that sell Araucanas. If they say they do, they are just mislabeled Easter Eggers.

These ones were specified as arucanas. The rumpless, tufted chicken.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I figured I'd call and see if they even had some, they had a few breeds that sounded like they didn't sell them anymore and just never girly rid of the page for some reason

 

[willchickeneat]

I figured I'd call and see if they even had some, they had a few breeds that sounded like they didn't sell them anymore and just never girly rid of the page for some reason

No commercial hatchery sells Araucanas. Profit margin is not there. They'll state, these birds are derived from Araucanas/Ameraucanas but it's all BS. Their way of marketing to unsuspecting new chicken owners. Mypetchicken, Cackle and Meyer finally started carrying true Ameraucanas last few years. All other still market EE as Ameraucana/Americana/Araucana/etc. If you want Araucanas, you will have to seek out an Araucana breeder. Ask tons of questions, if they are passionate about their birds they will be willing to share. Most mean people planning to just make a buck will not be able to answer your questions or will get offended when you ask them about their breeding practices. If can not explain their breeding practices, they are not a breeder - just a backyard chicken owner. They are no better than commercial hatcheries - maybe even worse.

 

[willchickeneat]

Yikes. That's rather worrying. I'm definitely going to try and find someone willing to ship chicks/older birds then if I can cause I'd have to have eggs shipped to me too

25-30% is considered good for Araucanas. Shipped eggs in general doesn't matter the breed, if you can hatch 50% that's pretty darn good.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

25-30% is considered good for Araucanas. Shipped eggs in general doesn't matter the breed, if you can hatch 50% that's pretty darn good.

Yeah, but if that's good without being shipped, then I can't imagine risking a 10-15% chance of hatching with their prices

 

[Mylied]

Yeah, but if that's good without being shipped, then I can't imagine risking a 10-15% chance of hatching with their prices

So my friend got 10 eggs. 7 made it to lockdown. 3 hatched. That's 30% hatch on shipped eggs. They tend to die in shell at the end unfortunately. I can find out who she bought them from. I think it was someone in GA.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/6-Araucana...753365?hash=item5db2dc7ed5:g:l64AAOSw32Veohl-

 

[willchickeneat]

So my friend got 10 eggs. 7 made it to lockdown. 3 hatched. That's 30% hatch on shipped eggs. They tend to die in shell at the end unfortunately. I can find out who she bought them from. I think it was someone in GA.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/6-Araucana...753365?hash=item5db2dc7ed5:g:l64AAOSw32Veohl-

Was any of the growouts Lavender?

 

[Mylied]

Was any of the growouts Lavender?

No, unfortunately not. I got 1 black and 2 whites. None have tails, one has tufts.