Araucana thread anyone?

[sega]

A few pics of some that I hatched out on 11-30-12.
22 of 26 fertile eggs hatched.
The 4 that did not hatch had full size chicks inside of them when I chech them.

 

[sega]

Check this little chick out.
When it hatched it did not have any fuzz on it.
Has a bald spot on its rump.
Wonder what happened?

 

[shanshan51]

Check this little chick out.
When it hatched it did not have any fuzz on it.
Has a bald spot on its rump.
Wonder what happened?

Lanae once told me that its a gene that causes the slow feathering. It should not be rebred due to potential for catching diseases easier. Hope I got that right .

 

[imtrying]

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[Kassaundra]

Lanae's BYC name is cashdl, she is very knowlegable about genetics and araucana.

 

[sega]

What kind of disease?

 

[cashdl]

Not quite Shannon,

The slow feathering gene is good in araucana. There is studies that indicate slow feathered birds are less susceptible to diseases such as mareks.


Greg,

I had a chick that hatched exactly like yours, no fuzz and then when it started coming in it was course and looked singed. Mine turned out to be a stunning bird so no worries that there is something wrong with yours. Could just be a quirk of incubation.


Lanae

 

[smoothmule]

I've read differing thoughts on slow and fast feathering. I'm not sure what to think but I'm not at a point where I would prefer one over the other. I've had a few that were slow feathering and they were prone to being picked on if there was anything stressful happening, like a temperature drop or new one's added to the flock. I've read a little about it since I've had both but I still have no firm opinion on them.

I've read that slow feathering makes it possible to feather sex them but I've also other things that are not as good
http://ameraucana.org/forum/index.php?topic=1492.0


Here is a good page on feather sexing.
http://www.ca.uky.edu/smallflocks/Feather_sexing_practice.html

 

[Kassaundra]

Genetically speaking what happens when you cross a bearded and muffed chicken w/ a tufted araucana with regard to probabilty of muffs, beards or tufts? Equal chance of each? Does any one of those make any others unlikely?

 

[shanshan51]

Not quite Shannon,

The slow feathering gene is good in araucana. There is studies that indicate slow feathered birds are less susceptible to diseases such as mareks.


Greg,

I had a chick that hatched exactly like yours, no fuzz and then when it started coming in it was course and looked singed. Mine turned out to be a stunning bird so no worries that there is something wrong with yours. Could just be a quirk of incubation.


Lanae

Oh wow backwards. I get one with slow feathering maybe once a month.