Araucana thread anyone?

[Trish1974]

Trish when are you going to have your 2 new pullets artificially inseminated?

Sorry, I didn't see this earlier. I emailed the professor at Purdue a couple weeks ago but haven't heard back. I figured it might be spring break, but if I don't hear from him next week I will call.

 

[Trish1974]

Now that DT is gone I am dying to get my breeding pens going...but Ugly Betty is holding up the program. She is one of the blue birchens I bought from Jason Fishbein (the single tufted pullet, and quite honestly kind of ugly ). She will be 11 months old tomorrow and has yet to lay an egg. I contacted Jason a few days ago and asked if he knew if she was laying when he shipped her, and as I suspected he didn't. She was in a grow out pen with many others. He did say he still has some pullets in that pen that aren't laying yet. I can't put her with a male until she starts. I do not feel Bonita is big enough or mature enough to be put in with a male yet, so once I get the 2 blue birchens moved I will put her and Lil' Girl (the bantam araucana) in the integration coop by themselves.

So yesterday I removed a section of fence that was keeping a 2' distance between Buck & Mano and the blue birchen girls. I wanted them to start getting familiar with each other but neither Buck or Mano will leave the other end of the run (where Mama, Bonita and Lil Girl are), they are stuck to them like glue through the separating fence. I'm going to try to lure the boys down to the other end with treats today.

Now that I have separated the boys and girls Mano's tufts are coming back in! (Pullets and hens are notorious tuft-pickers). Last time I saw his right tuft it was one huge mottled tuft, and now there are at least 4 tufts coming in on that side, one looks like it will be white. (Mano is the one that was mottled as a chick). I can't wait until they sprout!

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Looloo & Annabelle will be 4.5 months old this Tuesday.
Annabelle has medium or large even tufts while Looloo has a single large tuft and a small tuft. Looloo is also much lighter in color than Annabelle.

 

[chickengr]

Now that DT is gone I am dying to get my breeding pens going...but Ugly Betty is holding up the program. She is one of the blue birchens I bought from Jason Fishbein (the single tufted pullet, and quite honestly kind of ugly ). She will be 11 months old tomorrow and has yet to lay an egg. I contacted Jason a few days ago and asked if he knew if she was laying when he shipped her, and as I suspected he didn't. She was in a grow out pen with many others. He did say he still has some pullets in that pen that aren't laying yet. I can't put her with a male until she starts. I do not feel Bonita is big enough or mature enough to be put in with a male yet, so once I get the 2 blue birchens moved I will put her and Lil' Girl (the bantam araucana) in the integration coop by themselves.

So yesterday I removed a section of fence that was keeping a 2' distance between Buck & Mano and the blue birchen girls. I wanted them to start getting familiar with each other but neither Buck or Mano will leave the other end of the run (where Mama, Bonita and Lil Girl are), they are stuck to them like glue through the separating fence. I'm going to try to lure the boys down to the other end with treats today.

Now that I have separated the boys and girls Mano's tufts are coming back in! (Pullets and hens are notorious tuft-pickers). Last time I saw his right tuft it was one huge mottled tuft, and now there are at least 4 tufts coming in on that side, one looks like it will be white. (Mano is the one that was mottled as a chick). I can't wait until they sprout!

spring pullets take longer to start laying. especially if winter is cold. good luck!

(btw, I had isa brown named ugly betty, lol.)

 

[chickengr]

Looloo & Annabelle will be 4.5 months old this Tuesday.
Annabelle has medium or large even tufts while Looloo has a single large tuft and a small tuft. Looloo is also much lighter in color than Annabelle. View attachment 1712618View attachment 1712619View attachment 1712620View attachment 1712621View attachment 1712622View attachment 1712623View attachment 1712624View attachment 1712625View attachment 1712626View attachment 1712627View attachment 1712628View attachment 1712629View attachment 1712630

 

[Trish1974]

Looloo & Annabelle will be 4.5 months old this Tuesday.
Annabelle has medium or large even tufts while Looloo has a single large tuft and a small tuft. Looloo is also much lighter in color than Annabelle. View attachment 1712618View attachment 1712619View attachment 1712620View attachment 1712621View attachment 1712622View attachment 1712623View attachment 1712624View attachment 1712625View attachment 1712626View attachment 1712627View attachment 1712628View attachment 1712629View attachment 1712630

What beauties! Great pictures, too!

 

[Trish1974]

spring pullets take longer to start laying. especially if winter is cold. good luck!

That's what Jason said. Fingers crossed she starts soon!

 

[Trish1974]

@Brahma Chicken5000 you have a pretty good grasp on genetics; maybe you could answer a question for me. There has been a few "Making Crele" threads lately (I'm sure you know the ones I'm talking about). I saw where a couple members posted crele is the result of barring on duckwing. That got me thinking, Cholo is duckwing...and I've always wanted some barred araucanas...so maybe I could make my own crele down the road. But I've been playing with the genetics calculator and when I enter those two examples it gives me 50% black and 50% barred offspring. I tried flip flopping the male to barred and the female to duckwing...no difference. Happen to know what I'm doing wrong?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

@Brahma Chicken5000 you have a pretty good grasp on genetics; maybe you could answer a question for me. There has been a few "Making Crele" threads lately (I'm sure you know the ones I'm talking about). I saw where a couple members posted crele is the result of barring on duckwing. That got me thinking, Cholo is duckwing...and I've always wanted some barred araucanas...so maybe I could make my own crele down the road. But I've been playing with the genetics calculator and when I enter those two examples it gives me 50% black and 50% barred offspring. I tried flip flopping the male to barred and the female to duckwing...no difference. Happen to know what I'm doing wrong?

I’m still a newbie when it comes to feather color genetics. All I really know is that lavender is recessive and a dilution of black & dominant white always covers extended black.
@nicalandia and @The Moonshiner are the genetics gurus

 

[Trish1974]

@Brahma Chicken5000 you have a pretty good grasp on genetics; maybe you could answer a question for me. There has been a few "Making Crele" threads lately (I'm sure you know the ones I'm talking about). I saw where a couple members posted crele is the result of barring on duckwing. That got me thinking, Cholo is duckwing...and I've always wanted some barred araucanas...so maybe I could make my own crele down the road. But I've been playing with the genetics calculator and when I enter those two examples it gives me 50% black and 50% barred offspring. I tried flip flopping the male to barred and the female to duckwing...no difference. Happen to know what I'm doing wrong?

@The Moonshiner &/or @Sneebsey can you help me with the above question?