Araucana thread anyone?

[pginsber]

MEEEEEE!!!!

This will be my first year breeding. I am SO excited! I have some black and black mottled from Nancy Utterback, and if I could find a silver duckwing pullet to pair with my avatar cockbird I would get that variety going, too. I plan to do things exactly as you do, @smoothmule. If you have any advice for a newbie I'd love to hear it!

We hatched shipped eggs and all of them turned out Roos. Love the breed, real sweet boys. Not showing or breeding, just pets. We rehomed all but Dali. He’s got a bulbous floppy comb, so don’t think less of him. He’s super sweet and takes good care of his flock. Here’s a pic of our guy:

 

[Trish1974]

We hatched shipped eggs and all of them turned out Roos. Love the breed, real sweet boys. Not showing or breeding, just pets. We rehomed all but Dali. He’s got a bulbous floppy comb, so don’t think less of him. He’s super sweet and takes good care of his flock. Here’s a pic of our guy:

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He's handsome!

 

[chickengr]

I have a pair:

 

[Trish1974]

I have a pair:
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Neat! Are they considered lemon blue?
@chickengr you are in Greece, right? Are Araucanas fairly easy to find there?
ETA: How old is the cockerel?

 

[ronott1]

We hatched shipped eggs and all of them turned out Roos. Love the breed, real sweet boys. Not showing or breeding, just pets. We rehomed all but Dali. He’s got a bulbous floppy comb, so don’t think less of him. He’s super sweet and takes good care of his flock. Here’s a pic of our guy:

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Hatching goes that way! Odds are that next time you will hatch all pullets

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

So both of my Araucana pullets are Black Breasted Red, but it seems that one is Black Breasted Red Wheaten while the other one is Black Breasted Red.

 

[Trish1974]

So both of my Araucana pullets are Black Breasted Red, but it seems that one is Black Breasted Red Wheaten while the other one is Black Breasted Red.

I've never really investigated the wheaten gene. What is the difference?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

I've never really investigated the wheaten gene. What is the difference?

It seems that the Black Breasted Red Wheaten pullet has a lighter more salmon colored breast and her hackles are slightly lighter.
I’ll read up on the section in Kathy Brunson’s book over the weekend.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

@Trish1974 you can see that the pullet in front is lighter than the one in the back

 

[Trish1974]

@Trish1974 you can see that the pullet in front is lighter than the one in the back View attachment 1660428 View attachment 1660440

Hey I actually got a tag alert!
I can just barely tell a difference. My goodness they are lovely!