Araucana thread anyone?

[BackyardCoop]

Gah! I need some more of these! lol I only have one hen left and no shot at getting more because the Roo died.
Unless the mama can pass on the gene to some babies!

 

[KirstenJL]

I have been looking over my now 8 week old Araucanas and I think they nicely segregate themselves into a BBS group with a blue, tufted, rumpless roo and a wild type group with the roo on the left above (he has a single tuft on the other side of his face). If I'm understanding the genetics correctly, since I don't have any wheaten birds, to make the wild types useful they will need to be duckwings. For that, I need silver (S) at least (and I don't know if I need anything else).

The photo above isn't the greatest quality, but the colors are true. Does anyone (Debi?) think either of these two carry silver?

Thanks!

Kirsten

 

[Ray_n_Debi]

Do you know what the markings on the eggs for these 2 were?

 

[Kassaundra]

Okay it's time again for the Ari "hour" lol lol




an action shot












Am I going to have to wait until molt for him to get his "robbed" tuft back?

 

[BackyardCoop]

Okay it's time again for the Ari "hour" lol lol

Oh, I love his colors!

 

[Poultry Friend]

Anyone breeding these birds in the Peoria area? I have a friend who is breeding them and looking for a white rooster. I will be in the area next week to pick up Javas and would love to pick him up one at the same time.

 

[KirstenJL]

Do you know what the markings on the eggs for these 2 were?

I don't remember any markings at all on the eggs, but the one on the left looked like this as a chick (you said he came from a black x BBR cross):





And the one on the right looked like this:




Thanks!

Kirsten

 

[KirstenJL]

Do you know what the markings on the eggs for these 2 were?

Here are additional pics taken last week.

The two left-most:







The male Oriole (the bird on the left in the original pic and the brick red/black chick)








The female Sparrow (the bird on the right in the original and the chipmunk striped chick)






Thanks again for any info you can provide!

Kirsten

 

[Ksane]

Okay it's time again for the Ari "hour" lol lol


Am I going to have to wait until molt for him to get his "robbed" tuft back?

Those jealous haters stole one of his beautiful tufts?? Poor Ari :-( Plucked feathers grow back right away, if they're broken off they don't grow back til they molt.
My boys are getting some way cool looking colors, the 2 girls are just plain ole' BBR and Black lol I'm keeping the 4 boys I've got left though, I'll never find these wild colors again.

 

[Kassaundra]

Those jealous haters stole one of his beautiful tufts?? Poor Ari :-( Plucked feathers grow back right away, if they're broken off they don't grow back til they molt.
My boys are getting some way cool looking colors, the 2 girls are just plain ole' BBR and Black lol I'm keeping the 4 boys I've got left though, I'll never find these wild colors again.

Thanks for the answer. How old are yours? Any pics? They are Ari's brothers right?