Araucana thread anyone?

[Lopi1234]

Does anyone have blue or blue birchen Araucana's?

I have this guy...located in nj.

 

[Ray_n_Debi]

I just sold him

 

[AppleJackAcres]

Hello! I just want to see what you guys think.
Maybe 2 boys and 2 girls.. I know things can change but its fun to guess

 

[cashdl]

Hello! I just want to see what you guys think.
Maybe 2 boys and 2 girls.. I know things can change but its fun to guess

At this age I would agree with your guess. First two are boys and the second 2 look like girls.

Lanae

 

[Ray_n_Debi]

X2 - 2 boys 2 girls

 

[Anniebee]

So sorry to hear about all that, you live in the south where worms are a bigger problem so you'll need to do extra things to keep the worm load down. They all get parasites, some parts of the country are worse for it than others. You might consider making sure the chicken yard/coop flooring is well drained, using diatomacious earth on the ground before the bedding can be helpful as well and a tub of it somewhere dry with some cracked corn in it to get them to eat it. Raw pumpkin seeds are considered good for keeping internal parasites down as well as garlic. Nothing is 100% or perfect but in warm, moist climates, it's going to take a little "extra" to keep them worm free.
Goat wormer (fenbendazole) is what I use but I do start with wazine here, the worms are not quite as bad as some areas. Another thing I use is Ivermectin pour on for cattle, a few drops on the skin for internal and external parasites. I also add ACV in the water. The healthier they are and the healthier the digestive system is kept, the better they tolerate it when they get wormy

Interesting info from smoothmule. I learned the hard and difficult way, to be careful in what is administered ( or not ) to chickens. So unfortunately - but fortunately in a way, it is good that "Sega" who posted originally, learned the way I have. Not to overdose or overdo anything that we might 'think' would be good for the chickens, cos it ain't necessarily so.

And - Sega - I am very sorry for your loss - I know how that feels. I live in Australia and have 3 chickens of my 5 originals, left. It is coming in summer here, and weird weather, so I will take all the advice I can about worming. 2 of my 3 chickens will not go NEAR the worming mixtures in water. They starve for want of water - poor girls, but will not touch the "All Wormer" water additive. They drank their replacement normal water, like there was no tomorrow, after the last worming I did. So I will be going to a Bird Vet. expert to get some syrup to give them individually in the future. I have Ivomectin, but have yet to be game enough to use that, although I notice many people do.

Good luck with the rest of your flock Sega, and thanks for the info, Smoothmule.

Cheers .............. AB.

 

[Anniebee]

Have a question to anyone who might help. I KNOW Australian Araucana's are totally different to Ameraucana's and American Araucanas. BUT .... my dear little Aussie Araucana ( will post a pic soon ) - not rumpless, tail upright, white with tan flecks, a beard, tufts and crown of feathers, slightly larger than a bantam, has recently moulted fully late Autumn into Winter, and is now officially a 'hen' having resumed laying her blue / green / olive eggs - larger than before. She grew her feathers back beautifully - except for one side of her face, on which she has no tuft, and a slight reduction in the crown of feathers on her head. It looks strange but is of no great concern to me - I just want to know if chickens can grow their feathers back and miss out on something in the growing.

Mindy is an adorable chook ( chicken ) .... comes when I call her, is faithful daily in producing, and lives aside from the other two who would probably kill her if they got half the chance. She has however, two lovely lace necked doves for daily company and happily shares her goodies in the run, with them. She's a very happy little soul.

So ... is it kind of normal for a chicken to grow feathers back that are a bit out of kilter, or missing altogether. Just interested to know.

Cheers ..........AB.

 

[Urte]

Hi everyone!
I'm having some problems with fertility. I have a rumpless rooster with 3 hens, only one of them is rumpless. So far i have incubated around 25 to 30 eggs of each hen, and I got a 100% fertility in the two tailed hens, but only 1 fertile egg from the rumpless hen. And I see almost everyday that they mate. What may be happening?

Regards
Urte

 

[cashdl]

Have a question to anyone who might help. I KNOW Australian Araucana's are totally different to Ameraucana's and American Araucanas. BUT .... my dear little Aussie Araucana ( will post a pic soon ) - not rumpless, tail upright, white with tan flecks, a beard, tufts and crown of feathers, slightly larger than a bantam, has recently moulted fully late Autumn into Winter, and is now officially a 'hen' having resumed laying her blue / green / olive eggs - larger than before. She grew her feathers back beautifully - except for one side of her face, on which she has no tuft, and a slight reduction in the crown of feathers on her head. It looks strange but is of no great concern to me - I just want to know if chickens can grow their feathers back and miss out on something in the growing.

Mindy is an adorable chook ( chicken ) .... comes when I call her, is faithful daily in producing, and lives aside from the other two who would probably kill her if they got half the chance. She has however, two lovely lace necked doves for daily company and happily shares her goodies in the run, with them. She's a very happy little soul.

So ... is it kind of normal for a chicken to grow feathers back that are a bit out of kilter, or missing altogether. Just interested to know.

Cheers ..........AB.

Fairly common. It may grow back with the next molt.

Lanae

 

[cashdl]

Hi everyone!
I'm having some problems with fertility. I have a rumpless rooster with 3 hens, only one of them is rumpless. So far i have incubated around 25 to 30 eggs of each hen, and I got a 100% fertility in the two tailed hens, but only 1 fertile egg from the rumpless hen. And I see almost everyday that they mate. What may be happening?

Regards
Urte

Hi Urte,

Some rumpless hens have very fluffy butts and that makes successful breeding difficult. You may need to trim all the fluff from around the hens vent area. Very simply to do using scissors. Just trim it down to about 1/2 long or shorter and remove all the fluff from her backside. You should see improvement in fertility within a week or so.

Lanae