Araucana thread anyone?

[megcpat]

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Lovely color! Are both of these egg colors out of your Araucanas?

 

[Bootsie]

Does anyone know if the Araucana egg is lower in Cholesterol than any other chicken? I have heard that it is but my chickens eggs look just as healthy as the red sex link , the white layer has a paler yolk for some reason.

 

[Goose and Fig]

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I don't know about that- but free-range/pastured eggs are healthier for you. And they have nice orange yolks instead of pale yellow.

 

[Illia]

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Every chicken egg is just the same, no matter what breed - The only difference is the diet the chicken is given. The reason a chicken would have a paler yolk is that it is not getting out and foraging as often.

 

[wilds of pa]

yes megcpat they are from the araucana..

The lower Cholesterol in a blue egg is a myth.. they are pretty much all the same, but

like Illia said the diet may make the difference in a lower or higher % of Cholesterol in any egg..

 

[Birch Run Farm]

Mother Earth News did a study between free range and commercial battery eggs and found significant nutritional differences. I came to the conclusion that the biggest factors causing the difference were stress on the animal and that battery birds never were exposed to sun and the elements. Feed can also affect quality but the other factors seemed to weigh more.

 

[WestKnollAmy]

Really good reading on this list. I so enjoy going back and reading all this info again and drooling over all the pretty Aras.

I have set my first eggs from my three flocks to see whom is working on his job and who is being lazy with the cold weather. I may have to rearrange the boys to increase the interest. Or sometimes only rearrange a few girls to start the roo to doing more of his job. Thank goodness spring is coming.

 

[Leonoj]

I have posted a thread in relation to The Laughing Crow of the Araucana Rooster under Breeds, Genetics & Showing in case anyone is interested. This topic seems fascinating.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=303442

 

[megcpat]

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Awesome!

Can't wait to see what happens with that thread.

 

[josh44]

have an egg question about Araucanas.

I bought a set of 25 -26 Araucana eggs, and only 7 of them are fertile,

is this common in the Araucana.

Does this have to do with the death gene?

Or were the eggs just not fertile?

Also I had an egg smell & explode in the incubator after 1-2 days of incubation.
Is This Possible?

My incubator temp. is exact so I know heat had nothing to do with it.

Do you think I was sold Bad or old batch of eggs?

Please Help

Thank You,