Araucana thread anyone?

[beausonge]

White with the red (cinnamon) on the head/neck/chest area is called red pyle, it's usually wheaten plus dominant white genes.

Smoothmule - I always appreciate your posts - they are always so encouraging and educational. It is obvious you love this breed.

Lanae told me once that my pullet was a red pyle. However, I did not realize it was a wheaten type of gene. I love my wheaten rooster even with his tail. That picture of him was when he was 4 or 5 months old and his legs were yellow, yellow, yellow! I was looking at him today and his legs are starting to turn grayish green. Does it take them a long time to "mature" their leg color?

Do you know what colors my new pullets are that I posted here last week are? There was what I think is a blue with very dark legs, a paler blue with lighter legs, a brownish one and a blackish one with black tipped on white neck feathers.

Thanks!

Vickie et al
Kelso, WA

 

[smoothmule]

Smoothmule - I always appreciate your posts - they are always so encouraging and educational. It is obvious you love this breed.

Lanae told me once that my pullet was a red pyle. However, I did not realize it was a wheaten type of gene. I love my wheaten rooster even with his tail. That picture of him was when he was 4 or 5 months old and his legs were yellow, yellow, yellow! I was looking at him today and his legs are starting to turn grayish green. Does it take them a long time to "mature" their leg color?

Do you know what colors my new pullets are that I posted here last week are? There was what I think is a blue with very dark legs, a paler blue with lighter legs, a brownish one and a blackish one with black tipped on white neck feathers.

Thanks!

Vickie et al
Kelso, WA

PM me with photo's, I don't recall seeing them. The problem with looking at the mixed colors is just that, they can't really be labeled. If they are wheaten, plus dominant white plus split for wild type, plus they have other modifying genes, they are just that, mixed colors. Unless you are breeding with some knowledge of what you have and what you're breeding towards, it's not hopeless but you're not likely to get a solid answer to what your colors are either.

If they're young, wait till they're past a year and you'll know more about their colors. They can change a bit when they mature. Juvenile feathering is often misleading

Red pyle is "usually" and "often" wheaten with dominant white but they "can" be wild type or split for both. You'd need to know the chick down coloring to help know that.

 

[poularde]

Do not mean to but in.

I think these are the ones she is talking about.

Early this year I ordered four Araucana pullets from Chicken Scratch Poultry. They could not guarantee the colors so I am going to need your help with two of them. Also, please feel free to correct or

Here is "Big Blue Girl" She is soooooooooo sweet - likes to be held and snuggles into you. First chicken I have had that has done that:







This is "Little Blue" She is much smaller than the other "blue": In the bottom picture she is shown with a reddish dark brown? pullet or roo.







There is an interesting black and white one that I think might be a rooster. The neck feathers are quite narrow and pointy:




Finally, here are some pictures of them together:





I love the heavy feathering on these babies and they are pretty calm for coming all the way from Illinois.

I did not expect these babies until May or June. Just this week I finally received my back ordered "Peck N Play". It is perfect for segregating chicks and would make a great broody home for chicks and Mom. It's marketing use is to allow chickens to free range while protecting them. Here is a picture of it with the Araucanas inside:




I LOVE it's light weight and it folds down to a 12 inch x 12 inch size to put in a carrying bag provided. There are also stakes but I did not need them in my pen.

I would love to here from all of you as to the colors these youngsters might be.

Thanks!

Vickie et al
Kelso, WA.

 

[beausonge]

Thanks Poularde!

 

[poularde]

No problem. I was hoping to hear what color they are. So much to learn about color.

 

[cashdl]

Vickie,

The chicks you pictured are lt. blue for two of them and a darker blue with some other color underneath and silver duckwing.

Lanae

 

[cashdl]

Smoothmule - I always appreciate your posts - they are always so encouraging and educational. It is obvious you love this breed.

Lanae told me once that my pullet was a red pyle. However, I did not realize it was a wheaten type of gene. I love my wheaten rooster even with his tail. That picture of him was when he was 4 or 5 months old and his legs were yellow, yellow, yellow! I was looking at him today and his legs are starting to turn grayish green. Does it take them a long time to "mature" their leg color?

Do you know what colors my new pullets are that I posted here last week are? There was what I think is a blue with very dark legs, a paler blue with lighter legs, a brownish one and a blackish one with black tipped on white neck feathers.

Thanks!

Vickie et al
Kelso, WA

Your wheaten rooster is stunning, even with tail feathers. His color is to die for. If he only has one copy of ID which makes the legs green then it can take a while for them to green up.

Lanae

 

[Marthab1953]

I have a mated pair from eggs I hatched last fall, The Rooster has nice tufts on both sides (the girls have picked off one side) he also has a tail. The Hen is pure white no tufts and no tail. What would the chicks look like from these 2? Thanks!

 

[smoothmule]

I have a mated pair from eggs I hatched last fall, The Rooster has nice tufts on both sides (the girls have picked off one side) he also has a tail. The Hen is pure white no tufts and no tail. What would the chicks look like from these 2? Thanks!

Some tailed, some partial tail or a few tail feathers, some rumpless. Possible tufts but more clean faced. Color, depends on if the hen is dominant white or recessive and also what color genes she carries that is covered by white. What color was her chick down? If pure white to yellow, she is probably dominant white. If she was other colors, she's likely recessive white. The rooster is blue with leakage, what was his chick down color like? You have a LOT of possibilities. Too many to mention

 

[pbandj]

I learn so much on this thread, I cannot thank everyone enough for posting all the great tidbits.

Me slapping forehead multiple time.... Remember to get chick pics! Document, Document....