Araucana thread anyone?

[littlemissbatam]

Im sure others will chime in as well but since I noticed there was no response I thought id post a comment.
I personally dont mix sizes. Bantams stay with bantams and large fowl keep to their own. Even had problems with skinny bird breeds getting picked on by the chunkier ones so I tend to keep them seperated unless necessary.

If I have to add them in I do what most people do and sneak them in at night. I put them on an empty roosting space and then first thing in the morning I observe behaviors and continue to do so for awhile each day til im convinced no one is going to bully anyone else.

thanks I needed to know because my dad wants araucanas but the only standard size birds I have in my flock is is a Plymouth Rock and Austrolope and I have silkies and oegb and polish with a couple of frizzles

 

[NatureChica]

Might be fine with bantams...all you can do is try. They are more timid so bigger birds and araucanas might not mix as well as bantams. The tufts on the araucanas get picked off and they get chased...reminds me of a schoolyard. Bigger bird bullies the araucanas...poor things.

 

[daskhan]

I just aquired 10 Araucanas no idea what colors but the eggs were 6 greenish and 4 blueish I was assured they were Araucanas though so I went on incubating them I leaked and when I tried to turn it it crumbled( I didn't know it leaked) another one I guess got some yoke on it and stuck to the turner and when I tried to lift it to check it part of the shell came off although the membrane is in tact I don't have much hope for it... So I'm assuming I have 8 which actually was my goal.
But to the questions how do Araucanas do with rir and buff orps

 

[littlemissbatam]

Might be fine with bantams...all you can do is try. They are more timid so bigger birds and araucanas might not mix as well as bantams. The tufts on the araucanas get picked off and they get chased...reminds me of a schoolyard. Bigger bird bullies the araucanas...poor things.

i don't think it would get picked on once it's been established in the pecking order my big girls are still pullets them selfs and love my polish

 

[sefossett]

This is Ruby, one of our Araucana chicks. She used to run up to me whenever I opened the barn door and study me with fascination. Naturally she is the one I pick up the most! She is so cute! So adorable! I love her, and her colors are so beautiful!

 

[junebuggena]

This is Ruby, one of our Araucana chicks. She used to run up to me whenever I opened the barn door and study me with fascination. Naturally she is the one I pick up the most! She is so cute! So adorable! I love her, and her colors are so beautiful!

Are you in the U.K.? Because in America, we call a bird with muffs and a none standard color an Easter Egger. No hatchery or feed store in the U.S. sells pure Araucana.

 

[sefossett]

Yeah, I guess they are called Americauna/Araucana or Easter Eggers, right? I am new to all the chicken breeds so please correct me if I am wrong. She came from the McMurray hatchery, and we are in the US.

 

[junebuggena]

Yeah, I guess they are called Americauna/Araucana or Easter Eggers, right? I am new to all the chicken breeds so please correct me if I am wrong. She came from the McMurray hatchery, and we are in the US.

Ameraucana are a pure breed, but only Meyer hatchery sells them. The only other source for pure Ameraucana are breeders. Pure Araucana are not sold by any hatchery. They only be bought from breeders. Easter Eggers are what most hatcheries and feed stores sell. They have some Ameraucana or Araucana in them at some point in their distant history, but have been crossbred with high producing breeds to increase the poor laying rate of the pure breeds.

 

[ronott1]

Ameraucana are a pure breed, but only Meyer hatchery sells them. The only other source for pure Ameraucana are breeders. Pure Araucana are not sold by any hatchery. They only be bought from breeders. Easter Eggers are what most hatcheries and feed stores sell. They have some Ameraucana or Araucana in them at some point in their distant history, but have been crossbred with high producing breeds to increase the poor laying rate of the pure breeds.

Good information!

Ameraucana have only been a breed since the 1970s when they were bread from araucana and...Shhh, easter eggers....

The first Easter eggers were imported into the US in the early part of the 1900s. There are some of those original imports in the EEs from some hatcheries.

They were called improved Quecha.

 

[chickengr]

my araucana from a breeder:



she is not a show quality bird but she does look like her ancestors. I love her colours.

how many eggs per week can I expect from her? she is 4 months old so I guess she should start laying next month (if the temperatures drop down!).