Araucana thread anyone?

[mmaddie's mom]

Ok... so now I want some... gotta go to work, but I'll be back!

 

[coberdor]

I've had EE's for a while now, and I finally hatched some true araucanas! None have full tufts. Here are a few pics

This is one of my araucana pullets.

Two more of my araucana pullets enjoying a corn cob.

Here is my black breasted red araucana roo, isn't he handsome!

Here is a duck winged roo, unfortunately, partially tailed.

A blue araucana pullet. She is a real sweetie and comes up to the pen door every day to be picked up.

Another pullet

I'm hoping to purchase some eggs from Jody, I have a road trip planned.

 

[cedarcreekchickens]

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NICE!

 

[megcpat]

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I WANT THIS BIRD! She is so cool. All your birds are gorgeous, congrats.

 

[coberdor]

Thanks. My pullets are just starting to lay. Beautiful blue eggs.

Hopefully, I'll be able to hatch out some tufted chicks from Jody and add the tufted gene to my line.

 

[star2525]

Do you have any pictures of your eggs?

 

[smoothmule]

Coberdor,
I bought eggs from Lanae and I'm sooo happy with my chicks! I'm still learning to match chick color to adult colors and to identify the tufts on newly hatched chicks. I just love them. I ordered eggs from 2 other breeders (Jody and Ann Charles) as well to have a fair number that are further from being related. I hope to have mine sorted by next spring and have some of them matched up.

 

[smoothmule]

Here is one of my chicks from eggs hatched I bought from Lanae

 

[havi]

I have a couple of questions..

1) If all my birds are clean faced, but have tufted parents. Will my birds be able to produce chicks with tufts?
2) Out of 6 birds(all clean faced) two have tails and one has a partial tail(flips under not out) Will I be able to get rumpless birds if I breed them with a rumpless bird?
3) What about breeding two tailed birds, can they produce rumpless birds?


I need to post some pictures. They arent the best, but will have to do for now. All I have is my camera phone.

 

[sablevulpe]

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Really/ I've never heard of this sexing technique. Are you talking about all breeds of chickens, or just the Araucana?

I can vouch for the incorrectness of this... all 3 of mine had the same line in the middle, and 2 were cocks.