Araucana thread anyone?

[Illia]

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It was infertile.

 

[star2525]

I'd be after the Rooster and Hen that produced the Hen that laid that egg for sure, at least by having the birds penned together that helps with figuring out which ones to use.

Victoria

 

[syble]

i had to resurrect this from page 5 ack!

I would love to see blues anywhere near that in araucanas. bright blues in general are what i want to aim for. not a fan of the green eggs. have seen other eggs that were almost white too. I had absolutely pretty egg from lanae that was bright blue (not quite that though) and had a waxy coat to it that made it that much nicer
Sib

 

[Illia]

I've gotta take some photos of my Cuckoo eggs sometime soon. Originally my Blue Wheaten Ameraucanas are always the rulers of the nests when it came to egg color, but now, my Blue Cuckoos are laying some VERY vibrant blue eggs, and beating the Ameraucanas.

'Tis true, too - The matte finish makes them all the better vs the glossy finish of Ameraucana eggs. The glossiness even takes away from the color when you try and photograph them.

 

[cashdl]

I have two hens that lay a really nice Teal colored egg. They both are kinda waxy like duck eggs which makes them look more vibrant. I have those two hens in with roos that hatched from nice blue eggs and those pullets should start laying in a couple of months.

I do have two hens that lay green eggs, but their pullets are laying bluer eggs - still green - but improved so at least I know I am moving in the right direction. I feel so accomplished when I see the color improvement. I know each generation will be better than the last. Besides I really really must like a challenge to have gotten started with this breed anyway.

Lanae

 

[cackleberrycoop]

At long (loooooooong) last my dble tufted pullet layed an egg yesterday!! But..... it is far more green now than it was last fall when she began laying her eggs. They were blue last fall. I have scrounged through my photos looking for one of her eggs last year and can't find them, but I'll post a pic of her green egg that I got yesterday. Interesting. This is not the first time this has happened to me with the blue egg layers - I have often wondered what it is that causes the shade to fade from blue to green over a laying cycle, or in this case, to change to green suddenly.

Congratulations on a new and improved generation of egg color Lanae. Well done indeed!

 

[syble]

I'm sure with anything that it will be a constant work in progress, but its nice to hear so many are making headway with egg color. Not sure why i picked both marans and araucanas to work with, will have to keep twice the number of hens to maturity to be able to then select the breeders based on egg color! I guess i like a challenge.

I do wonder why your hen would change from a decidedly blue egg to green over a moult... i thought it would be more subtle changes?

Thanks
Sib

 

[syble]

as luck would have it as i was checking over the 2 rumpless chicks, wouldnt you know that one is growing a full complement of tail feathers without actually having a tail bone haha.
Sib

 

[cackleberrycoop]

Yup, yup, yup. Gotta love it.

 

[nivtup]

Rumpless DT Black Cockerel??