Araucana thread anyone?

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Me stalking the incubator today:

I expected some cheeping or rocking eggs by now...nothing...

I’m sure you’ll have a great hatch rate Trish.

 

[Trish1974]

I’m sure you’ll have a great hatch rate Trish.

I hope so. I kept the humidity down this time and the air cells looked better.
My heart is beating a million miles a minute. I'm an anxious, nervous person anyway...people like me really shouldn't incubate eggs!

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Looloo made it into the August/September edition of Backyard Poultry magazine!

 

[Trish1974]

Looloo made it into the August/September edition of Backyard Poultry magazine! View attachment 1843022View attachment 1843030

OH MY GOODNESS, THAT IS AWESOME!!!!
I wish I still took that magazine!

 

[Trish1974]

Looloo made it into the August/September edition of Backyard Poultry magazine! View attachment 1843022View attachment 1843030

That's such a great picture!

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

OH MY GOODNESS, THAT IS AWESOME!!!!
I wish I still took that magazine!

Thank you! TSC usually carries poultry magazines.

 

[Frazzemrat1]

@Frazzemrat1 were you able to find the wing bands on your Araucanas?

I did look before I went on my trip. Mo wing bands.

 

[chickengr]

I'm confident the tufted chick is a cockerel. Unfortunately he has Manolito's comb. He's not quite 4 weeks old and already has 3 rows of peas!

I have seen pullets with a 3 row comb.

 

[chickengr]

I thought that would work breeding him back to Mama but it didn't on this chick. Mama has a pretty small comb.

you need to hatch at least 25 chicks from all the pairs and only about 5 of all will be good. breeding is tough.

 

[chickengr]

Four weeks old today
That's a lot of comb for 4 weeks old! Looks like his tufts will be bigger than his dad's, and more mottled.
Both mottled chicks are going out to a sectioned off area of the coop today. I can't stand the stink and mess any longer!
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I agree, this comb is huge for that age.