Araucana thread anyone?

[KenLamWV]

When I got her, she was from a farm supply dealer who stated he got her from a hatchery in Ohio. She was in a brooder with a bunch of other birds labeled Araucana. I don't know which hatchery. Easter Egger or not, she's a still a good layer. I appreciate the comments and I have been watching her for signs or issues. I am still new to this chicken thing and I guess if she is an EE than I have to be careful on what I am paying for when I get them as chicks. Thank you for the comments about my coop. I have spent numerous hours on it and plan to spend more to get it where it needs to be.

 

[pips&peeps]

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I would conclude that it would be a light brownish color with some dark mottling.

 

[cashdl]

Looking at the pics on the bantam side of the araucana club, it looks like swarthy horn is yellow base with light black top so it looks kinda brownish willow to black.

Now I gotta do research to see actual swarthy horn pics.

Couldn't make it easy could they. LOL

Lanae

 

[star2525]

If you do a google search for swarthy horn leg color chickens, one of the items that comes up is a thread from the Araucana Club Forum on Leg Color, which was quite an interesting discussion, you should check it out it was really interesting.

Victoria

 

[PitterPatterPalace]

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Yup, hatcheries will list their EE's as Araucanas or Ameraucanas or various spellings of such. We have an EE named Ari as she was labelled as an Araucana from Privett Hatchery. She lays a beautiful green-grey egg. We think she's pretty, albeit naughty, and she is tailed, muffed, and goateed ;-) We had another EE but she was lost to a raccoon.

Come join me & many others on the EE braggers thread: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=273489&p=1
There's another thread for the EE coloring: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=4679071#p4679071 (the link should bring you to Ari)

 

[megcpat]

From the Araucana Club of America web site:

Right now, the Buff Araucana Bantam, as in the ABA BANTAM STANDARD, appears to be described correctly. However, the Blue Araucana Bantam, as in the ABA BANTAM STANDARD, describes leg color as "Swarthy Horn". Swarthy is described as "Very dark shading over horn or yellow...and Horn is described as ..."ivory tinged gray of low saturation or brilliance". Therefore, the leg color for ABA Blue Araucanas would be "Very dark shading over ivory tinged gray..." I do not believe that this is the proper leg color for a yellow-skinned, blue bird.

Before we try to develop an APA counterpart for the ABA varieties, we need to address this issue. This is not a "fast track" to anywhere. We need to fix the ABA description before we get APA approval for the blues. We also need to query Araucana breeders and take a census of what birds they are currently raising, in order to see if they have horn, yellow or willow legs.

 

[star2525]

I think you can see from the Araucana Club of America site that there needs to be a consensus of what people are getting in their Blue Birds as far as leg color, it might be a good idea to contact the Club and let them know you have Blue Birds and want to let them know on a majority of your flock the color of the Blue Birds legs, that would probably be the best starting point. And also how long you have been raising the Blue Birds.

It takes alot to get a color accepted, I think it takes 5 breeders that have been breeding them for 5 years, then they have to be shown with birds in all the classes for that color variety and pretty sure its a 2 year process when you start showing them.

I know I have a couple Blue Birds too.

Victoria

 

[cashdl]

Illia,

Here is a new pic of my yellow gold roo. He is getting prettier as his yellow saddle and hackle feathers come in. I would love his color if he had tufts and no spots on his chest. Maybe a bit yellower would be cool to.

I am wondering what I could put him with that would do that. I have a blue tufted pullet, a wheaten tufted pullet, and a creme tufted pullet. Maybe I will try them all and see what I get.

What color would you all consider this pullet to be. I was thinking silver duckwing, but not sure. I just found a tuft on her yesterday, when I thought she was tuftless.

you can see the tuft sticking out the left side of her head.

This one seems a little dark to be a duckwing. What do you think?

Here is my goofy wheaten. I love her dk willow legs.

 

[cashdl]

Illia,

Just wanted to let you know that my golden roos name is Mark Anthony. Don't you have a roo with that name? Great minds think alike. A couple of my roos are named after famous people. My mille fleur araucana was J-lo and my duckwing roo is Brad Pitt because he is golden and his comb flops over. It reminds me of Brad Pitt in Thelma and Louise.

I also have a Beyonce, she has this little trilling song she does. Really cute.

Lanae

 

[Illia]

Used to have a Marc Antony - He was an EE, gave him to a friend. Now I have a son of his named Marcus Arelius.

That "pullet" with the tufts and odd color is a cockerel. Notice how it has the common EE cockerel color, just like my previous Marc Antony. It is a duckwing cross, or if it shares duckwing parents, just has too much "defects" (I know a lot of silver and golden duckwings can somehow carry a lot of white in them) as it matures, it will look like a golden duckwing, but with white splotches.

The one too dark for a duckwing is fine - It's a golden duckwing I believe, and will grow to be a beautiful pullet.