Araucana thread anyone?

[Ravynscroft]

Update on my Chocolate Araucana project pen. I have a few chicks in the grow out pen, nothing spectacular. Seems all the chicks hatched early spring had pale skin but another cross back to yellow and they will be yellow skinned. The oldest chick appears to be a cockerel, very good but he could be nicer. The more recent chicks hatched have all been yellow skinned and much nicer chicks. Most have been rumpless. One single tufted, most clean faced and this one chick is awesome, double tufted/rumpless and yellow skin!

Gorgeous!! Great job!!

 

[Cockatrice6420]

Update on my Chocolate Araucana project pen. I have a few chicks in the grow out pen, nothing spectacular. Seems all the chicks hatched early spring had pale skin but another cross back to yellow and they will be yellow skinned. The oldest chick appears to be a cockerel, very good but he could be nicer. The more recent chicks hatched have all been yellow skinned and much nicer chicks. Most have been rumpless. One single tufted, most clean faced and this one chick is awesome, double tufted/rumpless and yellow skin!

Oh. My goodness. So cute.

 

[chickengr]

areli and julio

they are both rumpless, areli had 1 long feather but is getting shorter.


esmeralda (she is about 3 months older). they all came from the same breeder, areli and julio are siblings, esmeralda might be their older sister. all of them are clear faced. I want to mate areli and esmeralda to BCM for olive eggers. I guess I shouldn't let them mate with their brother.

 

[tiffani day]

areli and julio they are both rumpless, areli had 1 long feather but is getting shorter. esmeralda (she is about 3 months older). they all came from the same breeder, areli and julio are siblings, esmeralda might be their older sister. all of them are clear faced. I want to mate areli and esmeralda to BCM for olive eggers. I guess I shouldn't let them mate with their brother.

I believe you don't mate them if they are full brother sister ie, mother&father were hatched together then they mated producing these 2. I'm no expert by any means but thats what I've read because I am faced with same delima I now need a new roo because of thinning of older birds and so many hatching this spring and summer I now have only full brother sister pairings luckily I have a local breeder who is just gonna trade out even so she'll get a new blood line as well. If I'm wrong in this thinking please let me know.

 

[chickengr]

I believe you don't mate them if they are full brother sister ie, mother&father were hatched together then they mated producing these 2. I'm no expert by any means but thats what I've read because I am faced with same delima I now need a new roo because of thinning of older birds and so many hatching this spring and summer I now have only full brother sister pairings luckily I have a local breeder who is just gonna trade out even so she'll get a new blood line as well. If I'm wrong in this thinking please let me know.

I have heard that pullets can be bred back to their fathers. new blood is a good idea.

I have seen inbred chicks, they were sort of handicapped and they don't live for long. I am not sure if julio and esmeralda are full brother and sister but I am not going to mate them, just in case.

 

[Cockatrice6420]

areli and julio they are both rumpless, areli had 1 long feather but is getting shorter. esmeralda (she is about 3 months older). they all came from the same breeder, areli and julio are siblings, esmeralda might be their older sister. all of them are clear faced. I want to mate areli and esmeralda to BCM for olive eggers. I guess I shouldn't let them mate with their brother.

Pretty birds anyway you look at the situation.

 

[Cockatrice6420]

I just had an opportunity to get a pic of my white w/ splash ameracauna "Sunny Side Up" and my rumpless splash aracauna pullet "Odd Ball." They're the only predominantly white birds I have and are rarely together.

 

[chickengr]

Pretty birds anyway you look at the situation.

thank you.

I want some EE and olive eggers, so no problem. as my BCM are siblings as well I will swap them!

 

[Ravynscroft]

As a general rule, no, you don't want to mate brother and sister... but if the parents were unrelated to each other and they are all you have to work with right now, it is a personal choice... I would only try it once if needed though...
Linebreeding is different... yes, breeding the pullets back to their father is acceptable, or breeding the cockerel back to the mother... it will strengthen the good points and the bad in your line... bringing in new blood can be very good or very bad... new blood refreshes your genetic strength and can bring in desirable traits or it could bring in undesirable traits... just depends on if your needs outweigh the issues...
Breeding will always take time, patience and lots of generations... this breed more so than most, lol...

 

[Ravynscroft]

I just had an opportunity to get a pic of my white w/ splash ameracauna "Sunny Side Up" and my rumpless splash aracauna pullet "Odd Ball." They're the only predominantly white birds I have and are rarely together.

Love your splashes...