Araucana thread anyone?

[laura877]

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!

Where are you located? I have 1 golden duckwing roo, one silver duckwing hen and 2 golden duckwing hens all at 3 mos old. So I should be getting eggs in a couple of months.

 

[KirstenJL]

To me both chicks look like they have the wild type duckwing gene. I can't tell if the lighter areas are white or gold in the pictures.
In my BBR coop I have a BBR's and BBR X Black cross hen's. They have both Wheaten and BBR in them. I used the black to try and bring out the Wheaten and I did this year get 3 chicks born yellow and turned a cinnamon red color.
I also have a gold duckwing coop.

Thanks Debi. The light areas are whitish/silverish, except now the roo is getting straw-colored patches on his wings and back. Otherwise, to borrow terminology from the art world, both birds are very "cool" in color temperature, which is why I was hoping there was silver in there somewhere. The other wild types in this hatch are "warm"--rufous brown, and buff.

Kirsten

 

[KirstenJL]

This is what I am getting from the Lavender coop.

That's a puzzle.... Could some of your lavenders really be very light blues?

Kirsten

 

[Kassaundra]

I'm posting pics of a chick and it isn't Ari! lol lol




My fingers are crossed for a girl

 

[syble]

the second best time of the year (after hatching season of course lol) New pullets laying!!!

Got these wonderful robin blue eggs! If my double tufted& rumpless pullet starts laying eggs like this I'm gonna be in trouble! I'll end up hatching chicks straight through till spring haha

 

[Kassaundra]

the second best time of the year (after hatching season of course lol) New pullets laying!!!

Got these wonderful robin blue eggs! If my double tufted& rumpless pullet starts laying eggs like this I'm gonna be in trouble! I'll end up hatching chicks straight through till spring haha

Oh what beautiful egg color

 

[cashdl]

the second best time of the year (after hatching season of course lol) New pullets laying!!!

Got these wonderful robin blue eggs! If my double tufted& rumpless pullet starts laying eggs like this I'm gonna be in trouble! I'll end up hatching chicks straight through till spring haha

That egg color is georgous. Congrats Syble.

Lanae

 

[KirstenJL]

the second best time of the year (after hatching season of course lol) New pullets laying!!!

Got these wonderful robin blue eggs! If my double tufted& rumpless pullet starts laying eggs like this I'm gonna be in trouble! I'll end up hatching chicks straight through till spring haha

Those are beautiful syble!

Kirsten

 

[KirstenJL]

These all hatched from lavender eggs. I think what they have is 1 copy of Lavender and 1 copy of duckwing.

Debi,

This has given me food for thought for a couple of days--a dangerous thing!

You actually have things going on at (maybe) three loci (different genes).

A straight black looks like this genetically: E/E (extended black), bl/bl (not blue), Lav/Lav (not lavender)
A straight blue: E/E Bl/bl Lav/Lav
A straight lavender: E/E bl/bl lav/lav
A leaky black looks like this: E/e+ bl/bl Lav/Lav (or Lav/lav), which is what your progeny birds look like.

So without pics I think your roo is a leaky lavender: E/e+ bl/bl lav/lav. The lavender gene will dilute both the black and red areas. But I do have two lavender Orp girls that are showing the straw colored sun damage now right before they molt, so I know what you mean.

For the black to show up, you have to have a copy of Lav from somewhere--maybe a light blue girl. If 99 of 100 of your progeny birds look like the pic though, then it's not blue. Even if your roo was blue, you'd still have half black and half blue. Still a puzzle!

Hope this helps and doesn't add to the confusion!

Kirsten

 

[Ray_n_Debi]

Here is what I think is the culprit.



I can't blame the hens because if it was one of them then the others should give me Lav