Araucana thread anyone?

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Very nice!

Thank you!

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Have you guys noticed that Araucanas make vocalizations that other chicken breeds don’t make?
My 2 pullets make sounds I’ve never heard from any breed ever kept since I started chicken keeping.

 

[Trish1974]

Have you guys noticed that Araucanas make vocalizations that other chicken breeds don’t make?
My 2 pullets make sounds I’ve never heard from any breed ever kept since I started chicken keeping.

Interesting. No, I haven't noticed. My bantam pullet still cheeps like a baby bird, though.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

When breeding say a double tufted rumpless Araucana to a clean faced tailed breed to bring in a new color for the Araucana breed is it possible for the mixed offspring to be tufted?

 

[Trish1974]

When breeding say a double tufted rumpless Araucana to a clean faced tail breed to bring in a new color for the Araucana breed is it possible for the mixed offspring to be tufted?

Since the tuft gene is dominant, I would think so, but don't know for sure.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

If a tufted cock is bred to a tufted hen will all the chicks die in shell or will some hatch? I’ve heard that some will hatch but may be more delicate for the first week or two.

Since the tufting gene is dominant I would assume that breeding a double tufted cock to a clean faced hen should produce all tufted chicks. My question is will these chicks be single tufted or double tufted?
Does getting one gene for tufting express itself as a single tuft and 2 copies of the gene express as double tufts?

Sorry for all the questions.

 

[Trish1974]

If a tufted cock is bred to a tufted hen will all the chicks die in shell or will some hatch?

Statistically, 25% would live and be tufted, 25% would die in shell, and 50% would be clean faced. Tufted to tufted (although dominant) does not breed true. I know, its complicated. Of course those stats are numbers over several hatches. The president of the Araucana club just had a 90% hatch rate breeding tufted to tufted. I think all his luck was in that one hatch!

Since the tufting gene is dominant I would assume that breeding a double tufted cock to a clean faced hen should produce all tufted chicks. My question is will these chicks be single tufted or double tufted?

The tufted gene can express itself as single or double, and sometimes look single but the other tuft is internal. When it comes to tufts, you just never know what you are going to get.

Does getting one gene for tufting express itself as a single rift and 2 copies of the gene express as double tufts?

Nope. You can get double tufts from a chick receiving just one copy of the gene. It appears tuft number and size are hereditary, as 3 of my 6 chicks have a big right sided tuft, and a very small tuft on the left.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Statistically, 25% would live and be tufted, 25% would die in shell, and 50% would be clean faced. Tufted to tufted (although dominant) does not breed true. I know, its complicated. Of course those stats are numbers over several hatches. The president of the Araucana club just had a 90% hatch rate breeding tufted to tufted. I think all his luck was in that one hatch!

The tufted gene can express itself as single or double, and sometimes look single but the other tuft is internal. When it comes to tufts, you just never know what you are going to get.

Nope. You can get double tufts from a chick receiving just one copy of the gene. It appears tuft number and size are hereditary, as 3 of my 6 chicks have a big right sided tuft, and a very small tuft on the left.

Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions Trish!

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Any idea if clean faced Araucanas are bred together if the hatch rate is normal like other breeds?

 

[Trish1974]

Any idea if clean faced Araucanas are bred together if the hatch rate is normal like other breeds?

I would think so, but don't hold me to that!