Araucana thread anyone?

[Extra Java]

Thank you. That's a big help and I bet my hatch rate goes UP!

Since I don't have a hatcher (YET) I guess I can find a portable pan.

 

[Bama1]

Really enjoying my one and only Araucana. So cute.

 

[sega]

Just listed this pair for sale on Show Bird Auction: http://www.showbirdauction.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.pl?category=largefowlchickens&item=1363965745

 

[LittleBittyFarm]

I am looking for help from the experts on this forum.

I am a high school teacher and I use rare chicken breeds and egg colors to teach sustainability & genetics. We research different egg colors and breeding for various egg colors. We are going to be hatching some olive eggers, partridge penedesenca, FBC marans, tufted rumpless araucanas and various other breeds soon in the classroom.

Has anyone tried a cross between two blue egg laying breeds (Ameraucana with Cream Legbar) or even a cross between a blue egg layer with a green egg layer (Isbar). I am just curious if this would produce a brighter blue egg layer or even a brighter turquoise colored egg. Anyone tried this or have opinions/predictions or a hypotheses? I know about the basics of egg color genetics and makeup. Responding with a comment like "a green egg is really a blue egg with brown coating....." is not going to help. We figured that out at the very beginning of our research.

My students goal is to raise chickens that will produce 12 different egg colors. A rainbow dozen. We have a lot of the obvious breeds. The students are bringing up great questions about cross breeding for egg color. The OE was an experiment...there has to be more out there.

I will be posting this in several forums to gain info. Thanks so much!!

 

[smoothmule]

I am looking for help from the experts on this forum.

I am a high school teacher and I use rare chicken breeds and egg colors to teach sustainability & genetics. We research different egg colors and breeding for various egg colors. We are going to be hatching some olive eggers, partridge penedesenca, FBC marans, tufted rumpless araucanas and various other breeds soon in the classroom.

Has anyone tried a cross between two blue egg laying breeds (Ameraucana with Cream Legbar) or even a cross between a blue egg layer with a green egg layer (Isbar). I am just curious if this would produce a brighter blue egg layer or even a brighter turquoise colored egg. Anyone tried this or have opinions/predictions or a hypotheses? I know about the basics of egg color genetics and makeup. Responding with a comment like "a green egg is really a blue egg with brown coating....." is not going to help. We figured that out at the very beginning of our research.

My students goal is to raise chickens that will produce 12 different egg colors. A rainbow dozen. We have a lot of the obvious breeds. The students are bringing up great questions about cross breeding for egg color. The OE was an experiment...there has to be more out there.

I will be posting this in several forums to gain info. Thanks so much!!

Here is an excellent place to learn more about the genetics.
http://www.the-coop.org/
I've hatched OE's (Araucana roo over Marans hens) but not two blue eggers. There are only 2 egg colors, blue and white. The brown coating (if the hen carries the gene for it) will vary and changes the white eggs to brown and the blue eggs to green. There are genes that will affect how much brown. It's all pretty interesting.

 

[smoothmule]

Here are a few pictures I snapped of one of my pullets today. Her legs are so bright yellow, it's freaky, lol.
The blacks should not have yellow legs, only black (over yellow). She's the only black I have with yellow legs so bred to the black legged roosters, her chicks will have some black legs. I kind of like it though. I think it's birchen that makes the legs yellow rather than black so she's probably a birchen with a lot of melanizers to make her so black with those bright yellow legs. She's a dandy.

 

[gg706]

She is GORGEOUS! WOW! Her tufts are really something!

 

[ChickensAreSweet]

Here are a few pictures I snapped of one of my pullets today. Her legs are so bright yellow, it's freaky, lol.
The blacks should not have yellow legs, only black (over yellow). She's the only black I have with yellow legs so bred to the black legged roosters, her chicks will have some black legs. I kind of like it though. I think it's birchen that makes the legs yellow rather than black so she's probably a birchen with a lot of melanizers to make her so black with those bright yellow legs. She's a dandy.

That is an amazing looking chicken!

 

[sega]

JUST POSTED ANOTHER PAIR FOR SALE
check them out
http://www.showbirdauction.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.pl?category=largefowlchickens&item=1364640879

 

[farmerChef]

She's beautiful. Love it when chickens have those orangey yellow legs.