Araucana thread anyone?

[Kassaundra]

I have no clue as to color, but they are adorable!!!!

 

[KirstenJL]

Thanks all!

 

[cmsdvm]

I have a nice young splash bantam cockerel. Pretty good tufts. I can post pictures if anyone is interested. I also have a FABULOUS white bantam pullet- tufts to die for- she would be the best thing I've bred all year except her legs are too light for show. She is quite tame and would be excellent eye candy for anyone looking for a blue egg layer to turn heads. These are youngsters- around 12 weeks old. I also have a few black bantam pullets with so-so tufts for anyone looking for good bantam tufted breeding stock. All are rumpless, of course, and from show lines.

 

[Ray_n_Debi]

OK, I haven't posted pics here since they changed the format, so I will just try one first. These chicks hatched Sunday from eggs shipped from Ray_n_Debi.




Does anyone know what color the black/brick red chick in the front will be??

BBR X BLACK

 

[Ray_n_Debi]

We have tufts! Is this one blue?

YUP blue

 

[Ray_n_Debi]

These are the rest of the decent pics from this morning.




What color is the blue-ish one with the light face in front of the hen?



Is this wild type one a BBR? Probably



Blue and splash? Blue and I think a recessive white.



This one looks like it has some blue in it.



Will this one turn black? I think you will see some mottling on this one.

Any input is welcome. These are my first Araucanas.

 

[hennesseyt]

I have a nice young splash bantam cockerel. Pretty good tufts. I can post pictures if anyone is interested. I also have a FABULOUS white bantam pullet- tufts to die for- she would be the best thing I've bred all year except her legs are too light for show. She is quite tame and would be excellent eye candy for anyone looking for a blue egg layer to turn heads. These are youngsters- around 12 weeks old. I also have a few black bantam pullets with so-so tufts for anyone looking for good bantam tufted breeding stock. All are rumpless, of course, and from show lines.

I might be interested in the splash cockerel and a few pullets. What are you asking?

 

[Kassaundra]

Here is a pic from today of my one lone araucana boy

 

[cmsdvm]

I might be interested in the splash cockerel and a few pullets. What are you asking?

I guess email me privately- it depends on whether you're 4H, show, etc. [email protected]

 

[cmsdvm]

Ah, that is good to hear. Sorry, I guess when I saw you say you were going to relocate, in my head it meant you were taking the cat elsewhere to be feral. Animal shelter for euthanasia is the best option. I don't think I could ever shoot a cat, either. I even got teary when I know the sick or very old feral cats I worked with were going to be put down. At least any who were former pets or not completely wild would be worked with, and eventually placed for adoption. But some cats, ones who've never had any human contact, there isn't any hope trying to work with them.

Yes. I agree. It is important for all poultry people to realize that it is irresponsible to trap and relocate a predator- whether feral cat, raccoon, or opossum. Once trapped, they cannot usually be trapped again, and you just give a problem predator to someone else. Don't trap them unless you are prepared to make sure it is euthanized. (The only time I ever break this rule is if someone's obvious house cat looks up at me and mews piteously- they are released. Feral cats are obvious by their poor health and wild temperament.)