Araucana thread anyone?

[Bama1]

My hubby also, but he is glad that I have a hobby and I think he secretly enjoys the chickens almost as much as I do, but he would never ever admit it.

 

[beausonge]

Hatched this little one from some eggs I got from Ray-n-Debi.

 

[Ray_n_Debi]

Quote: Unfortunately no.

By the way, since my "Bud Light" was pretty much white...this cute chick must be a blue.

My girls just began laying beautiful blue eggs this week!
Go Bud Light!

Go Bud, Go Bud, Go!!!

 

[Bama1]

Unfortunately no.
Go Bud, Go Bud, Go!!!

Yeah I thought so, I looked at his/her wings and it didn't seem like the type that I could see a definite, like I could with some of my other breeds.

 

[dcba flock]

I just got this little cutie about a week ago! She/he is my first Araucana and I am loving her/ his mellow sweet personality! Any guesses on what color she will end up blue? Lavender?

 

[farmerChef]

If I breed a rumpless rooster that has a droopy tail feathers to a fully tailed hen, will I get any full rumpless chicks?

 

[cashdl]

If I breed a rumpless rooster that has a droopy tail feathers to a fully tailed hen, will I get any full rumpless chicks?

Most likely not. Your rooster may be rumpless, but he obviously has tail modifier genes that will affect what he produces. I get more fully tailed chicks out of my partially tailed rooster than I thought I would.

Lanae

 

[farmerChef]

I didnt think so. I picked up a rumpless rooster yesterday and he also gave me the one with the tail feathers. I dont have any rumpless hens right now.

 

[cashdl]

I didnt think so. I picked up a rumpless rooster yesterday and he also gave me the one with the tail feathers. I dont have any rumpless hens right now.

Take your rumpless rooster to your tailed hen. You will get as much as 50% rumpless with that breeding. You may get less, but you probably wont get a higher percentage.


Lanae

 

[cashdl]

Ok All, There are 321 members of the facebook group. I have no clue how many people are actively members of this group.

Do you know how many members of the Araucana Club there are. Only 143. Really people! And I would say that 1/2 of the Club members are not members of either of our forums. I think all of us are a member of the facebook forum and this BYC forum because we love the Araucana and wish to promote it and make it better. This truly can only be done with cooperation and working together. Even if you are not living in the US, you can benefit from being a member.

1 way is the quarterly newsletter that the Araucana Club puts out. The newest newsletter had an article regarding the Blue Egshell gene being identified. That has bearing for all of us. There are show reports in each one along with pictures of the show birds, so we can keep track of what is winning and how we can better improve our birds. There was a wonderful article regarding Araucanas in Europe in theis newsletter. How exciting is that to be able to see and meet thru the written word, our compatriots in other countries. There is a truly funny article from Cindy Smith that I believe whether we want to admit it or not accurately describes all of us right down to the "unsightly and flimsy looking structures cluttering up what used to be a professionally landscaped backyard with mud, chicken poop, and ugly plastic pools (for the ducks) replacing flowers and shrubbery." I am still chuckling over her descriptions, but you will need to sign up for the club to get a full copy of the article yourself, cause that's how it works. Its a benefit. Come on people we need you. Lets make our club great!

Here is the link to the Araucana Club Membership Application. Copy and paste it into a Microsoft word document fill it out highlighting your answers in a color and then send it as an attachment in an email [email protected] Don't forget to pay for it thru paypal by clicking the link at the top of the application before you copy and paste it. It is only $20 for two years and with that you will get 6 copies of the newsletters as they are written.


Lanae