Araucana thread anyone?

[chickengr]

Well, I got my first Araucana egg today, but it's it's green! View attachment 1748239 View attachment 1748315

first eggs are darker. wait till she lays 4-5 eggs. araucanas can lay green eggs but I think this one stayed to long and collected too much pigment. you can see it has some sort of stains. it should clear up soon. good luck.

btw, lovely egg.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Little Ashoka lays greenish as well. I was rather disappointed by it, but it is what it is. I still don't have any blue layers.

ETA... part of why I'm really wanting at least a couple of these eggs to hatch. They're coming from predominantly blue eggs. Well, besides the two barnevelder eggs. LOL.

I need to candle again to see where we're at.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

first eggs are darker. wait till she lays 4-5 eggs. araucanas can lay green eggs but I think this one stayed to long and collected too much pigment. you can see it has some sort of stains. it should clear up soon. good luck.

btw, lovely egg.

I sure hope the subsequent eggs are blue.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Little Ashoka lays greenish as well. I was rather disappointed by it, but it is what it is. I still don't have any blue layers.

ETA... part of why I'm really wanting at least a couple of these eggs to hatch. They're coming from predominantly blue eggs. Well, besides the two barnevelder eggs. LOL.

I need to candle again to see where we're at.

When are the Araucana eggs due to hatch?

 

[Frazzemrat1]

When are the Araucana eggs due to hatch?

2.5 Weeks. I'm gonna go out tonight and candle them again to see what I have. She gave them to me for free because she hadn't trimmed bum feathers and didn't want to guarantee fertility. We'll see what we have going on.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

2.5 Weeks. I'm gonna go out tonight and candle them again to see what I have. She gave them to me for free because she hadn't trimmed bum feathers and didn't want to guarantee fertility. We'll see what we have going on.

I sure hope they’re all developing

 

[Frazzemrat1]

I sure hope they’re all developing

You and me both!!!!!!

 

[chickengr]

2.5 Weeks. I'm gonna go out tonight and candle them again to see what I have. She gave them to me for free because she hadn't trimmed bum feathers and didn't want to guarantee fertility. We'll see what we have going on.

I never trim araucanas and I had 100% fertile eggs. out of 6, 5 hatched and 1 died in shell because of the lethal gene.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

I never trim araucanas and I had 100% fertile eggs. out of 6, 5 hatched and 1 died in shell because of the lethal gene.

Well, I didn't get to candle last night... Just too much going on. Gonna give it a shot tonight.

 

[Trish1974]

I never trim araucanas and I had 100% fertile eggs. out of 6, 5 hatched and 1 died in shell because of the lethal gene.

I had trimmed my blue hen before I added the cockerel to her, only because I had her in hand dusting for mites I figured I might as well go ahead. However, neither Mano or his hens are trimmed and I had fertility in all 3 within 2 weeks.