Araucana thread anyone?

[laura877]

Its so hard to get decent pics all by yourself. but here are a few Stacy.

Lime green leg band chick







Teal leg band chick..This was supposed to be green legband chick.






Mottled Roo


I'm trying to get more pics of the other birds.

 

[smoothmule]

Ok...so don't laugh I am brand new to chickens. I know ducks but not chickens. I just got my first two lil pullets (they are sooo cute) and after research am playing a guessing game. I went to a farm that had all sorts barred rocks, black stars, copper marans, different bantams,and ect. Anyhow when I was able to go there he was at work and his daughter sold me the chicks. I am pretty sure the black one is a black star sex link...but the other one is a complete mystery to me...she definitely looks mottled to me. any guesses? and do you agree i chose a black sex link?

Gwenirish,
This is an Araucana thread. There is already a thread for asking "what do I have". All I know is that they are not Araucana and this group is for Araucana's

You'll have better luck here https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/15/what-breed-or-gender-is-this

I'm not trying to be rude but it would be a better place for your questions and photo's.

 

[Stacykins]

Its so hard to get decent pics all by yourself. but here are a few Stacy.

Lime green leg band chick







Teal leg band chick






Mottled Roo


I'm trying to get more pics of the other birds.

Wow, holy tuft fluffiness! Especially on the first bird! They look wonderful, I am glad they are doing well!

 

[Brethren49619]

I'm noticing that the tufts seem to go in all directions. Is there a preferred direction? Curling up, down, backwards, etc?

 

[laura877]

First and second birds have tufts about the same length. The first ones tufts curle forward and down and the others curl backward and up. both are between 1 to 1.5 inches long. The mottled one has one side pretty thick and the other side was always real scrawny but its starting to thicken up too. That bird has so much personality. He just won't leave me alone most times.

They aren't used to being out in the sunshine yet and so when I took them out and set them on the support bar for the ladder, it scared them. some kept trying to jump on me. Most wanted to tuck right up under my chin for security.

I did lose another but it was my own fault. I had them in a horse stall and we went camping for a week with our church. The inside stall wall only goes up about 4.5 feet. While I was gone it flew up that high and somehow fell between the inside wall and the outside metal wall of the barn. I found it today and felt so bad. It was a wild looking roo. I know that I am going to have way too many roos but I still felt bad that it had to go in such a horrific way. I now have moved them to a brood mare stall that is 12 x 20. I put netting up over top and along the sides where there was bars for the horses.

We haven't had any predator problems for a few weeks and then I had some eggs start disappearing that were in nest. So out comes the traps again.

 

[hennesseyt]

Beautiful birds Laura.

 

[laura877]

Henn,
They are from Stacykins flock.

 

[Stacykins]

I just hatched some chicks! Six total. Five are tufted, three are tailed. Two are blue (yes!) and four are kinda chipmunky. I divided the chicks between two broodies, each got three, before the sun came up. I've been checking on them regularly, and each hen is acting like a stellar mother already! Very doting to their new babies.

My hatch rate wasn't the best. A lot of the eggs were clears that I removed early on. The two power outages during incubation might have contributed, but I will be giving the hens bum fluff trims to help with fertility.

First and second birds have tufts about the same length. The first ones tufts curle forward and down and the others curl backward and up. both are between 1 to 1.5 inches long. The mottled one has one side pretty thick and the other side was always real scrawny but its starting to thicken up too. That bird has so much personality. He just won't leave me alone most times.

They aren't used to being out in the sunshine yet and so when I took them out and set them on the support bar for the ladder, it scared them. some kept trying to jump on me. Most wanted to tuck right up under my chin for security.

I did lose another but it was my own fault. I had them in a horse stall and we went camping for a week with our church. The inside stall wall only goes up about 4.5 feet. While I was gone it flew up that high and somehow fell between the inside wall and the outside metal wall of the barn. I found it today and felt so bad. It was a wild looking roo. I know that I am going to have way too many roos but I still felt bad that it had to go in such a horrific way. I now have moved them to a brood mare stall that is 12 x 20. I put netting up over top and along the sides where there was bars for the horses.

We haven't had any predator problems for a few weeks and then I had some eggs start disappearing that were in nest. So out comes the traps again.

That first rooster will be a serious show stopper, if he goes to the show. I mean, wow, I am still stunned at how awesome his tufts are! Sorry that you lost another. We can only hope it was quick rather than slow.

How are the two blue-ish chicks doing? Healthy?

 

[Urte]

Hi,
I'm having a little genetics trouble.
If I mate a rumpless araucana to a regular (non araucana) tailed chicken, will there be rumpless offspring in F1?
Is it true that rumpless in the homozygus form is lethal?

 

[Stacykins]

Hi,
I'm having a little genetics trouble.
If I mate a rumpless araucana to a regular (non araucana) tailed chicken, will there be rumpless offspring in F1?
Is it true that rumpless in the homozygus form is lethal?

Hi! Yes, if you breed a rumpless bird to a tailed bird, there will be rumpless offspring. Rumpless in Araucanas is a dominant trait, unless it is the very rare recessive or accidental rumpless. Very doubtful any purebred Araucanas have those two variations of rumpless.

Rumpless is not a lethal trait. Tufting is the trait that is lethal if it is homozygous, the chicks die shortly before or after hatching. Rumpless can reduce fertility, though.