Araucana thread anyone?

[mendocinosunris]

Hi, I was just wondering your opinion whether this fella has face tufts. I don't think he does- but he has Lots of feathers next to his ears???





Thanks!!!!!

I think he has a beard & muffs. I love his super dark legs! I think they're cool.
Tufts are feathers that grow on a small flap of skin called a peduncle, one on either side of the head. Cashdl has a great article on tufts here.

 

[smoothmule]

Hi, I was just wondering your opinion whether this fella has face tufts. I don't think he does- but he has Lots of feathers next to his ears???





Thanks!!!!!

Definitely the UK type Araucana, pretty much a different breed than the American Araucana. He has a beard and muffs, There is a thread for them here if I can find the link for you. You're in the American type Araucana thread here. Love seeing them but you'll find more information and others like him there

 

[Chookin gooood]

Definitely the UK type Araucana, pretty much a different breed than the American Araucana. He has a beard and muffs, There is a thread for them here if I can find the link for you. You're in the American type Araucana thread here. Love seeing them but you'll find more information and others like him there

Ok, Thanks- i didn't realize there was 2 threads!!!

Thanks!

 

[sono-chic]

I have been seriously considering beginning a breeding project. Never thought I would, just loved chickens in general. But I have a young rumpless roo and two hens, one is tufted. Not genetically related. I'd like to breed for the tufts. I understand that there are issues with that gene. You are not to breed tufted to tufted because the mortality rate in egg? What is the best plan if my goal is healthy tufted chicks? Also if I want to try to breed for egg color, is that gene carried more dominant by the roo or hen?

 

[Rumbull]

I have been seriously considering beginning a breeding project. Never thought I would, just loved chickens in general. But I have a young rumpless roo and two hens, one is tufted. Not genetically related. I'd like to breed for the tufts. I understand that there are issues with that gene. You are not to breed tufted to tufted because the mortality rate in egg? What is the best plan if my goal is healthy tufted chicks? Also if I want to try to breed for egg color, is that gene carried more dominant by the roo or hen?

I don't know if one parent carries a more dominant egg color gene than the other. Your best bet, if you are working on improving egg color, is it to keep record of the egg color that the parents hatched from. Keep a roo that hatched from the bluest egg to breed to your hens that lay the bluest eggs. I did not hatch one of my roos and I have to assume that he came from a green egg. His daughters' eggs are not as nice as their mothers. I will be replacing him this fall.
This breed is a challenge but most people get addicted to them. I think seeing improvement year over year is so much more fun than having a breed that has everything already worked out.
As far as healthy tufted chicks, it is no different than raising healthy non tufted chicks. The tuft does not cause health issues unless the chick gets two copies of the gene. Having unrelated parents is a great start though! Keep the parents happy and healthy and the chicks will have a good start to a healthy life.
You can breed tufted to tufted. You will have a small percentage of chicks that die in the shell. The chicks that do hatch will only have one copy of the tufted gene and will be perfectly fine.

 

[smoothmule]

I'm out of room in the incubator. I know this is short notice, sorry but I'm getting more than I can hatch
I have an ad here in the classifieds and have a couple dozen to sell, probably 4 dozen by Tuesday. If not sold by Monday, I have someone willing to hatch for me.
I take paypal and as usual, no guarantees or refunds due to shipping.

There will be some from the other color pen (hatching duckwings, birchens and blacks) and blacks. All of my roosters are double tufted and rumpless. All the hens are rumpless but one. About half of the hens are tufted.

They must ship Tuesday 5/28/13
https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/785947/12-large-fowl-hatching-eggs

 

[flowerchicks]

So, I have what is supposed to be an Araucana pullet. She is 11 weeks old and looks very similar to the white hen above on smoothmule's post, but without the tuffs. Well, she tried crowing this morning. She has a sebright cockerel with her that was crowing, do you think she was mimicking the cockerel or could she be a boy. The comb looks basically the same as smoothmule's hen. Is that too much red for an 11 wk old pullet? I can't post pictures from my phone but will tonight. I just want some input. I have a serama hen that "crowed" for about a month before she started laying so I know girls can do it.

 

[smoothmule]

So, I have what is supposed to be an Araucana pullet. She is 11 weeks old and looks very similar to the white hen above on smoothmule's post, but without the tuffs. Well, she tried crowing this morning. She has a sebright cockerel with her that was crowing, do you think she was mimicking the cockerel or could she be a boy. The comb looks basically the same as smoothmule's hen. Is that too much red for an 11 wk old pullet? I can't post pictures from my phone but will tonight. I just want some input. I have a serama hen that "crowed" for about a month before she started laying so I know girls can do it.

I wouldn't expect an 11 week old to be crowing and I wouldn't expect to be able to sex at 11 weeks

 

[flowerchicks]

I wouldn't expect an 11 week old to be crowing and I wouldn't expect to be able to sex at 11 weeks

hmm... well, my 11 wk old sebright has been crowing for a couple weeks, and my seramas start at around 5 weeks. At almost 3 months old, I have always been able to sex any of my chickens, except the silkies. I know all breeds develop at different speeds, so I am hoping that the Araucana folks will be able to tell if this one is girl or boy. Until it "crowed" this morning, I was sure it was a girl, as it was supposed to be a sexed chick. Also, what color is this?

 

[poularde]

Sorry to tell you. That is not an Araucana. Looks like an EE. Not for sure yet, but I would guess a cockerel. The beard and leg color say EE.