Araucana Nest
FreeBird
Next year, plan is to maybe get some lavender/blue Araucanas? However, it seems that they are hard to come by. Ann told me that she has blues, but she only sells 9ct eggs and stated that if she was to send them, she could only guarantee like 2 will be from her blue pen. I Will keep searching.
Beautiful Lavender is my goal also. I love that color and blue. I contacted Ann and made some requests a couple of months ago, LOL. My first time dealing with her and I'm very new to Araucana as anyone can tell. I agreed to the assortment of started chicks she planned to send with the understanding she'd send eggs from her blue pen later because I also ordered eggs. I only received two eggs from the blue pen. I didn't know it would only be two out of ten eggs and really wish I would have had more clarity around what she was sending. One of those eggs was clear and didn't develop. The other hatched as a lavender looking, very little thing which she mentioned is most likely a recessive white. I'm thinking it's a pullet. She's about half the size of the largest chick. I have four blues from Simone so I'm not totally bummed about the situation. I love my Araucana from Simone. It was visiting her place that got me hooked on the Araucana to begin with. I do like the black, clean-faced pair I received from Ann. They are super calm which is my priority. Very nice looking chickens.
I will breed to my Lavender Orpingtons in a few months and begin that journey.