Araucana thread anyone?

[Araucana Nest]

So sorry to hear about your loss. I hope you can find Araucana nearby and avoid any more losses.

 

[DariaAK]

that's what I am dealing with. tailed birds with tufts are called araucanas and without tufts ameraucanas. I still look for araucana pullets. at the moment I have 1 cockerel that has just escaped a dog attack. lost other 5 chickens though.

Ann Charles always has some if you're willing to spend a little extra money.

 

[chickengr]

Ann Charles always has some if you're willing to spend a little extra money.

I wish I could buy some birds from her. but I live in greece, europe.

 

[Araucana Nest]

Is my blue cockerel still blue?

 

[chickengr]

Is my blue cockerel still blue?View attachment 2353070

I guess he is. but I see some red/salmon on his chest.

 

[Araucana Nest]

I guess he is. but I see some red/salmon on his chest.

Yes, me too. That's why I was asking because that is new. He is also getting some black wing feathers.

 

[Araucana Nest]

I recently hatched a blue Araucana that has a tail and no tufts, at least it doesn't appear at this point, one may be teeny tiny. Pretty sure he is a cockerel. I won't be breeding him to my Araucanas but I wonder if there is something I can do with him breeding wise as an outcross for egg color. I also have Cream Legbars and Silverudd's Blue. Any opinions?

 

[chickengr]

I recently hatched a blue Araucana that has a tail and no tufts, at least it doesn't appear at this point, one may be teeny tiny. Pretty sure he is a cockerel. I won't be breeding him to my Araucanas but I wonder if there is something I can do with him breeding wise as an outcross for egg color. I also have Cream Legbars and Silverudd's Blue. Any opinions?

with dark egg layers (marans, welsummers, even isa brown) you can breed olive eggers.

 

[Araucana Nest]

with dark egg layers (marans, welsummers, even isa brown) you can breed olive eggers.

Thank you. I have a couple of dark laying Cinnamon Queens (basically the same as an ISA Brown) that I can offer him as a family. My Silverudd's lay green but I only have 5 pullets/hens right now, still building up my flock with them.

 

[willchickeneat]

I've always wondered how an Ameraucana x Araucana chick would look like, so did a project hatch a few weeks back. This is the result. Baby ended up being rumpless, mostly black, has muffs but lacking beard AND has double tuffs.

I think it's a gal. Plan to keep her for fun.