Araucana thread anyone?

[AusHen]

Yep, In Australia it seems all ours are bred more to the British tailed standard.
Here is a few of mine. Hen Violet, cockerel Sunny and pullet Rose. My fourth, another cockerel called Alpha is lacking in beard/muff so he will be used for an easter/olive egger project

 

[chickengr]

Yep, In Australia it seems all ours are bred more to the British tailed standard.
Here is a few of mine. Hen Violet, cockerel Sunny and pullet Rose. My fourth, another cockerel called Alpha is lacking in beard/muff so he will be used for an easter/olive egger project
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they are so cute!

I have always loved that cobra look of the british araucana. I have had rumpless araucana but could not resist and got a pair of british araucana as well.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

I moved my pullets outside to a small coop yesterday with a heat lamp.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

So I brought them back inside
I was too worried about the coop catching on fire and they seem to be happier inside.
I love having Araucanas they are definitely a notch above other chicken breeds.

 

[Trish1974]

So I brought them back inside
I was too worried about the coop catching on fire and they seem to be happier inside.
I love having Araucanas they are definitely a notch above other chicken breeds.

I was worried about a coop fire too when I read you were using a heat lamp! But I'm very paranoid of fire...more than the average person. Better safe than sorry!

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

I was worried about a coop fire too when I read you were using a heat lamp! But I'm very paranoid of fire...more than the average person. Better safe than sorry!

I would never be able to forgive myself if something happened to my birds because of a heat lamp.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

@Trish1974 what will your breeding groups be for the spring?
Kathy Brunson says in her book that when crossing tufted and clean faced birds to use a cock with very good tufts as he has a greater influence on the chicks’ tufts then the hen.

 

[Trish1974]

Yes, it appears the cock has a bigger influence on all traits than the hen.
I still don't know who to keep as far as the tufted cockerels. Both have uneven sized tufts. My most perfect bird is clean faced. I'm definitely keeping him. Every day they seem to grow and change so it will be a last minute judgement call come March. They will only be 7 months old then but I want to be prepared with fertile eggs in case some of my old layers go broody. I just ordered the APA's Standard Of Perfection. I need help on what they mean by "medium back length", and what the proper angle of the "posterior slope" should be. The one that most closely matches the SOP, regardless of tuft size, is the one I will keep.

 

[Trish1974]

I'll try to get some pics this afternoon. We are expecting a small snow storm tomorrow, and a HUGE winter storm on Saturday, so I've got a lot of running and preparing to do today! By the way, I am SO OVER winter!

 

[ronott1]

Yes, it appears the cock has a bigger influence on all traits than the hen.
I still don't know who to keep as far as the tufted cockerels. Both have uneven sized tufts. My most perfect bird is clean faced. I'm definitely keeping him. Every day they seem to grow and change so it will be a last minute judgement call come March. They will only be 7 months old then but I want to be prepared with fertile eggs in case some of my old layers go broody. I just ordered the APA's Standard Of Perfection. I need help on what they mean by "medium back length", and what the proper angle of the "posterior slope" should be. The one that most closely matches the SOP, regardless of tuft size, is the one I will keep.

That is mostly because his genes go to all of the chicks in a breeding pen. The Hen still contributes close to half of the genes though. Many breeders do not pay enough attention to the hens