Araucana thread anyone?

[poularde]

i sure would miss seeing that face. What a beauty!

 

[cackleberrycoop]

pride&joy :

Oh here comes a rant! So my Araucana frustration continues. After countless shipped eggs and no very few chicks to show I finally put together a flock 13-15 hens and kept 3 roos just to have plenty. I have been setting their eggs under broodies and put some in the bator but none have even developed. I just set 30 + in the bator if not one turns into a chick ? what should I do? I was planning on adding maybe two roos and a pullet or two later this year. I have not clipped their butts I heard some folks do this to help with fertility. I have them all in one lg pen for now. Thinking with three roos this would help, ha. There is two tailed hens (b/c of the tail) not in that pen and they have produced some nice olive egger chicks in my Marans pen. I had a half mind to say forget it and put my Amearucanas in there pen, but maybe the clipping will help? If any body does this would please post a pic or give me an idea before my birds become turnkens in reverse.

If you join the Araucana club of America, they will send you a wonderful handbook on the breed that includes very detailed and user friendly instructions for trimming.​

 

[pride&joy]

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If you join the Araucana club of America, they will send you a wonderful handbook on the breed that includes very detailed and user friendly instructions for trimming.

Is there a link?

 

[cackleberrycoop]

Try this http://www.araucana.net/Araucana_Club_Membership_Form.htm

 

[cashdl]

Good for you Nadine. I sincerely appologize for not getting back to you about him. I hate it when people do it to me. I gave several people your name. I am sure he will enjoy our California weather. I wish it could have been at my place. I had been selling off a few roos to try to make room for him, but couldn't get it together.


Lanae

 

[yanmar1610d]

How long before the Tufts start to appear on the chicks?

 

[cashdl]

Tufts are usually there at birth. I did have 1 roo that had no tufts at birth and at 4 months they started growing in. I was sure he was a she and cleanfaced. Boy did I get that one wrong.


Lanae

 

[syble]

i finally have the fan added to my incubator, did a test run for temperature checks and everything seams even. gonna put a set of turkey eggs in this sunday and hopefully in 28 days we'll have a successful hatch! By then the weather should be nicer and i can start getting some araucana hatching eggs!!! comeon blues!
Sib

 

[kano]

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This is a "mapuche "roo. (chilean tipe araucana) Has muffs , tufts, beard and crest.

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Incredible! Is he rumples as well? How hard is it too hang on to all of these traits together in his offspring?

No, he is tailed, but has a lot of rumpless offsprings, some whith the accesories he has.



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[smoothmule]

Nadine,
Someone is really lucky, he's gorgeous!