I have pictures, and am looking for a little advise.
Up until this point, I've really only given away my Araucanas, chicks and a few hens, to help other Michiganders establish their flocks. But I do want to sell this trio to try and get some extra cash for hatching eggs, so I can keep my flock genetically diverse. They are all roughly the same age, getting very close to point of lay.
Girl # 1. Tailed, and tufted but they are tiny.
Girl #2. I bet you've seen her pics before. Columbian/duckwing gal. Double tufted, rumpless.
And the boy. He is double tufted, rumpless, and blue with gold bleed.
Up until this point, I've really only given away my Araucanas, chicks and a few hens, to help other Michiganders establish their flocks. But I do want to sell this trio to try and get some extra cash for hatching eggs, so I can keep my flock genetically diverse. They are all roughly the same age, getting very close to point of lay.
Girl # 1. Tailed, and tufted but they are tiny.
Girl #2. I bet you've seen her pics before. Columbian/duckwing gal. Double tufted, rumpless.
And the boy. He is double tufted, rumpless, and blue with gold bleed.
In the meantime, I'm so happy to have my 2 pens set, the black pen has all of my black hens and pullets, plus 2 very large chocolate Orpington/Ameraucana cross pullets that I've seen setting in the nest box but I won't know if they're laying till they hatch. The eggs have all been blue or greenish blue so it's possible with them. I haven't been too worried since their chicks will be white legged, not yellow like my Araucana's. All of the cockerels from those hens will carry chocolate so I can sort through them this fall and choose the best couple for the chocolate pen. All the pullets from those girls will just be sold as misc egg layers. Both of the cockerels in the black hen pen are young, They are breeding but fertility will come. One boy is black with no leakage, the other is silver birchen. Both are double tufted and rumpless. The birchen has smaller tufts but his brothers from the same rooster are the same and produce large double tufts and he will produce black with the black hens. The other color pen is a rainbow, BBR, a black with gold leakage, blue, brown/red and others. All of these girls are pullets and just starting to lay. They will have a different rooster every month for a while and I can't wait to see what colors the chicks will be. Some color crosses will match and others way off but I think it will give me more clues about what I have in there. Right now, my rooster Joker is with the girls. He's mature and produces really nice chicks but he's clean faced and a couple stray tail feathers. Most of the pullets in there are double tufted and rumpless with only one pullet having a tail. There will be some culling but there will be more roosters to come and lots of nice chicks. The birchen will get to visit that is in with the black hens too. It's going to be Great! I can't wait to see some chicks hatch from both pens. I expect to add a birchen and a brown/red pen next year. Here are some photo's I took today while we had nice weather......it's getting ready to go freezing again this weekend. This cockerel will be breeding come spring. He's for sale, $40 if anyone is interested. He's got nice big tufts, they look like pin wheels! He's fully rumpless and has a gorgeous, correct pea comb. His faults are obvious, crazy feather coloring and yellow legs. The only Araucana variety with yellow legs are the whites. I think he would actually be very good in a white pen. Recessive white covers everything and his leg coloring is perfect. I do ship and would consider a trade for a clean faced hen of any color. 
