Araucana thread anyone?

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These were 1 month from hatch date. Totally can tell which ones are rumpless or not. The 2nd to right has a partial tail/tail growing out. You can see it.

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See the yellow looking one? Fully rumpless. Tuffed birds can be seen earlier on as young as day old. Some have 1 huge tuff, then 1 tiny tuff.

Awww! They are adorable! I think that that is when they are the cutest!! In the 'ugly' stage.

 

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I have a Araucana. She is a devil. Buddy is her name and she is a scary, scary chook. But I love her.

(She is an Australian Araucana, so she has a tail)

 

[chickengr]

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

 

[willchickeneat]

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Same! Hope everyone is doing well. Wishing for potential Araucanas in 2022 lol.

I have some bcm/ee/am eggs in the incutator. My few layers started laying 1-2 eggs every other day as well. At least the winter solstice is behind us.

 

[chickengr]

bad luck again. my araucana cockerel passed away. I have 3 clean faced pullets. I am looking for a double tufted male now. wish me a good luck as they are hard to find.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

bad luck again. my araucana cockerel passed away. I have 3 clean faced pullets. I am looking for a double tufted male now. wish me a good luck as they are hard to find.

Would you like a link to where my chicks are coming from? Their website is claiming to have a double tufted male available (Pretty pricey though). They respond to Email and phone calls

 

[chickengr]

Would you like a link to where my chicks are coming from? Their website is claiming to have a double tufted male available (Pretty pricey though). They respond to Email and phone calls

I would love to but they do not ship to europe.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

I would love to but they do not ship to europe.

Ahh, fair enough. Forgot that not everyone lived in the U.S. for a few moments

 

[willchickeneat]

bad luck again. my araucana cockerel passed away. I have 3 clean faced pullets. I am looking for a double tufted male now. wish me a good luck as they are hard to find.

Oh bummer. I'm surprised you were able to even find any in Greece. JW how hard they are to come by where you live at? Did you find a local breeder or did you have eggs/chicks imported to Greece? Also wonder, what does Greece have to offer that you live there, lol.

I live in California, and even though we have 1,100 of coastline plus tons of valleys and mountains, they are still hard to come by. We are a pretty big aggie state as well, still pretty hard to come by.

 

[willchickeneat]

Would you like a link to where my chicks are coming from? Their website is claiming to have a double tufted male available (Pretty pricey though). They respond to Email and phone calls

Cost of adult Araucanas are not too bad. Depending on whether the birds are tuff or not, they range between $100 - $150/each. You pay for quality. Some folks sells em cheap. That's when you should ask them lots of questions to see how legit they are. Yes, that is higher than the usual feedstore breeds, but we are talking about Araucanas here. Game birds sell for even higher.

It's the shipping costs for adult birds. It's ridiculous. Many times, the shipping cost for shipped birds will cost more than the selling price of Araucana adults.