Araucana thread anyone?

[Puddin Fluff]

Well, we are waiting to see how his personality pans out. Ari wants to mate but none of the girls that are his hatch mates are interested yet and he isn't too suave with the hens so his attempts are kind of clumsy and mostly include alot of neck feather pulling. He isn't pulling them out so much but sure does hold on until the pullets squeel. Hopefully he learns a few new moves soon. he is beautiful and we love watching his little rooster dance but his sneak attacks on the ladies are irritating to them and us.

 

[MA Mama]

I do love that rooster dance, my late great Broccoli used to trip on his own wing when he put it down to dance.

 

[cashdl]

I just posted 3 seperate auctions on www.showbirdauction.com I will be posting more over this week.

Here are the links

http://www.showbirdauction.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.pl?category=largefowlchickens&item=1346208648
http://www.showbirdauction.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.pl?category=largefowlchickens&item=1346207554
http://www.showbirdauction.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.pl?category=startedchicks&item=1346809741

Lanae

 

[cashdl]

The blue, black and splash trio just sold.

Lanae

 

[Kassaundra]

Very pretty, I especially like the bbr group.

 

[Stacykins]

Picture spam time!

Update of the mottled bird




Blue tufted and tailed Araucana chick, squee!





Tufted and rumpless


? chick, rumpless and tufted


Tufts!


Splash (I think) chick


? chick


Such poofy little tufts!


The two Araucana hens who are co-raising six chicks, plus Mr. Blue in the background


This is a blue Olive Egger pullet who I WISH was not an olive egger, but an Araucana!


So pretty!

 

[cashdl]

Really nice birds Stacy,

How old is the mottled one now. It looks very pullet-ish to me. They are all so beautiful.

Lanae

 

[laura877]

Picture spam time!

Update of the mottled bird

This must be a full sibling to the mottled one I got from you. they look almost identical.

 

[poularde]

Love all the picks. Stacykins you have a great project to work on. Those birds are going to be stunning.

Just wanted to share a few pics of my tufted pullets I hatched this year. One is tailed but I think I am still going to use her. I have two more girls that just did not want their photo taken.

i just love tufts! It seems to me that all chickens should have them.

I have a pic of my young cockerel that I am thinking about using. His color is so vivid. He even has blue legs. Not sure if this could be a benefit or not. Next year I hope I will hatch my first tufted roo.

 

[Stacykins]

My mottled bird is just under two months, I think. I can't remember exactly when it hatched. Haha, sexing this bird has been confusing! I mean, the face and combs have been very red/pink since a young age. So you are leaning towards pullet? No saddle/hackle feathers have popped out yet, but some are late bloomers.

Laura, I am betting they are full siblings! The kicker is, is that I am almost certain that gold and black rooster I sold earlier in the year was the father of the mottled birds. I could be wrong, but I just think he was the one carrying it, since I haven't gotten any since. Oh well, if my mottled Araucana turns out to be a girl, she'll still be important to my blue/black/splash flock goals, since she is black with extra 'flair'.