Araucana thread anyone?

[Trish1974]

Supposedly breeding tufted to tufted means a 100% mortality rate, but I did read somewhere that some chicks will hatch from such a mating. Any idea what the breeders on the Facebook Araucana groups do regarding breeding?

No, only a 25% mortality rate.
Tufted to tufted breeding yields:
50% tufted
25% clean faced
25% dead in shell
Clean faced to tufted breeding yields a 50/50 split.
So basically tufted to tufted breeding eliminates the 25% clean faced chicks. Breeding clean faced to tufted will get you more LIVE chicks.

 

[Trish1974]

Oh, forgot... I believe most of the top breeders breed tufted to tufted.

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

No, only a 25% mortality rate.
Tufted to tufted breeding yields:
50% tufted
25% clean faced
25% dead in shell
Clean faced to tufted breeding yields a 50/50 split.
So basically tufted to tufted breeding eliminates the 25% clean faced chicks. Breeding clean faced to tufted will get you more LIVE chicks.

Thank you for those breeding facts. I didn’t know that breeding tufted to tufted yielded 75% live chicks. That’s great!

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Mornin!

 

[Peachychicken1]

My Araucana eggs look very blue until I compare them to the color chart and then they fall into iv-viii.

Where do I get a chart..my eggs just arrived ty

 

[Peachychicken1]

My eggs came,now waiting 21 days..ugh

 

[Frazzemrat1]

We're back!! Yay!!!!

 

[Frazzemrat1]

Where do I get a chart..my eggs just arrived ty

You can order one from the Araucana club...
http://www.araucana.net/merchandise/

 

[Trish1974]

My Araucana eggs look very blue until I compare them to the color chart and then they fall into iv-viii.

If it makes you feel any better, Blue Boy's double tufted blue companion (the one he was shown with) lays a GREEN egg! Yes, it is straight up green!

 

[Peachychicken1]

If it makes you feel any better, Blue Boy's double tufted blue companion (the one he was shown with) lays a GREEN egg! Yes, it is straight up green!

Trish if bubble on top is sac and moves..that mean detached air cell..had a hole in my box and the egg there was cracked so I ate it..was good too.i did see one embro for sure..I think I may have to not turn them for 5 days..