Araucana thread anyone?

[ochochicas]

One of mine lays 6 - 7 eggs per week, but the other lays ZERO! Before the second one stopped laying I was getting 6 eggs per week from her. I guess she wanted to go on vacation when she turned a year old. LOL

 

[ronott1]

One of mine lays 6 - 7 eggs per week, but the other lays ZERO! Before the second one stopped laying I was getting 6 eggs per week from her. I guess she wanted to go on vacation when she turned a year old. LOL

We are moving into molt season. They usually stop laying eggs for about 6 weeks when they molt.

 

[ochochicas]

Quote: I don't think she's molting. She hasn't laid an egg since June (9 weeks ago). Maybe it is the heat, or maybe she just is on a break. I was really hoping to hatch some chicks from her because I sold all her babies to a neighbor this spring. Her sister's chicks are all very small and usually have little tails. I want some rumpless chicks!

 

[chickengr]

One of mine lays 6 - 7 eggs per week, but the other lays ZERO! Before the second one stopped laying I was getting 6 eggs per week from her. I guess she wanted to go on vacation when she turned a year old. LOL

is she rumpless?

my isa brown, white leghorns and golden comets stopped laying, I believed due to heat. but it seems they have got dry pox (my area is a mosquito cursed). keep an eye on her, chickens don't go on vacation without a reason!

 

[sefossett]

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.

Thank you for clearing that up for me! Okay, so she is an easter egger.

 

[Cockatrice6420]

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.

Were they called improved Quechua because of the Quetros ancestory?

 

[ronott1]

Were they called improved Quechua because of the Quetros ancestory?

The Quechua were bred to European breeds to improve them.

This thread has some information.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/402512/quechua-tojuda-ameraucana-easter-eggers-in-vino-veritas

 

[smoothmule]

Those were just Kermit's line. I don't think you can say all Quechua's or Quetro's are impure.

 

[smoothmule]

My Araucana's have not been laying for a month but recently started again and I have a hen setting a dozen or so eggs. I need to mark them now so she isn't setting more than that. I may try moving her to a pen I have a broody with 2 chicks I let her hatch and there are some 3 week old chicks in that pen. She can hatch them quietly there and not worry about the other hens invading and continuing to lay more in her nest.

I have been working on silver duckwing and since they are hard to find, I've used what I could get my hands on. I have 2 good hens, typical silver duckwing pattern and color but the roo is more of a funky red duckwing looking color. I have no idea of his genetics other than red enhancers, split wheaten and other mixed up genes but he has the duckwing pattern and has been throwing some fairly typical looking duckwing chicks.....but then some pretty cool "other color" chicks that may ultimately help unravel his mysterious color genes.

I got them to pose holding a finger up as I took this picture, these 2 hatched just today, both double tufted and rumpless.

It may take a while to develop the SDW pattern and color but the rooster I'm using is "outstanding" in size and type and comes from my line back when I was working with all sorts of colors. The rooster is out of a wheaten split hen I gave to a friend here, and her black rooster who is huge and from good blue eggs. The hen laid good blue eggs too so this roo has a lot of things I want in a good line of SDW's and I think they will be worth the work I'll put into this project. The hens are from a line in Kentucky that has been worked on for SDW a few yrs now. It just takes time.

I wish More breeders would take this breed Seriously and work on learning enough genetics for the color of their choice to develop more lines that meet the SOP. There is some serious deficits and it will take numerous breeders taking a particular color to work on and perfect, if not for show, for the breed itself. Never discount messed up colors.....this is just the icing on the cake. Good type, good size, good egg color, good tufts and rumpless should be considered as primary goals and if you can develop a really good line of messed up colors......then you can address that later on and have a great total package in no time.

 

[Ravynscroft]

My Araucana's have not been laying for a month but recently started again and I have a hen setting a dozen or so eggs. I need to mark them now so she isn't setting more than that. I may try moving her to a pen I have a broody with 2 chicks I let her hatch and there are some 3 week old chicks in that pen. She can hatch them quietly there and not worry about the other hens invading and continuing to lay more in her nest. I have been working on silver duckwing and since they are hard to find, I've used what I could get my hands on. I have 2 good hens, typical silver duckwing pattern and color but the roo is more of a funky red duckwing looking color. I have no idea of his genetics other than red enhancers, split wheaten and other mixed up genes but he has the duckwing pattern and has been throwing some fairly typical looking duckwing chicks.....but then some pretty cool "other color" chicks that may ultimately help unravel his mysterious color genes. I got them to pose holding a finger up as I took this picture, these 2 hatched just today, both double tufted and rumpless.

Oh, wow!! Those are adorable little cuties!!