Araucana thread anyone?

[chickengr]

a friend of mine found araucana cockerels for me! there might be double tufted ones. I will take 2 if double tufted. just in case...

 

[willchickeneat]

One of my easter eggers has muffs/beard. Lately, she's starting to look like Santa. Has their funky looking feather growing out like tuffs on both left and right side neck below ear lobe neck area, don't think she has Araucana blood in her. Not quite sure what it's genetic makeup is, but she does lay 5-7/weekly tan/brown eggs.

Below earlobe, neck area. Fluffs.

See fluffy feather on her right neck area?

Very interesting... mutation of some sort? Anyone else seen this?

 

[chickengr]

any araucana people there?

I might get a cockerel next week. no tufts though. my 3 girls has not started to lay yet.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Was told it'd look more like May than April for hatchling, but now I'm nervous I'll have to cancel the order thanks to bird flu

 

[chickengr]

Was told it'd look more like May than April for hatchling, but now I'm nervous I'll have to cancel the order thanks to bird flu

bird flu should not last till may.

 

[ColtHandorf]

I just set my first dozen Araucana eggs last night. And before you ask, yes, they are the real deal. lol I saw the parents. I'm not getting them to mass-produce them but would like to breed nice-looking birds to offer to people interested in preserving the breed. What would you tell someone just starting out with them?

 

[chickengr]

I just set my first dozen Araucana eggs last night. And before you ask, yes, they are the real deal. lol I saw the parents. I'm not getting them to mass-produce them but would like to breed nice-looking birds to offer to people interested in preserving the breed. What would you tell someone just starting out with them?

good luck!

 

[ColtHandorf]

good luck!

I hear I'll need that. lol At least the eggs weren't shipped.

 

[DustyDivas]

I just set my first dozen Araucana eggs last night. And before you ask, yes, they are the real deal. lol I saw the parents. I'm not getting them to mass-produce them but would like to breed nice-looking birds to offer to people interested in preserving the breed. What would you tell someone just starting out with them?

Let us all know how you get on with the hatch, very interesting!
Love this breed, just fabulous birds

 

[ColtHandorf]

Let us all know how you get on with the hatch, very interesting!
Love this breed, just fabulous birds

Definitely will. They've been in the incubator since Sunday night. So I'll wait until next Sunday to candle.