Araucana thread anyone?

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

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Do people breed for less fluff, then, if it causes so many problems?

I think the author of the other note was suggesting it would have more to do with the hens than the roo, because pasty butt would, basically, imply weaker "butt" muscles (not sure of proper anatomical terms for this,) which, as an adult, would make it more difficult for the hen to support the roo and make contact when mating. It kinda made sense to me. I will see if I can find the thread, perhaps that breeder is even here?

 

[MikeS(erama)]

Just hatched some bantam araucanas. It looks like I have 1, possibly 2 tufted.
There's this one that has definite tufts

The other, if they are tufts are very small, no where near as pronounced as the one in the pic.

 

[cashdl]

HMMM! I have never had a pullet with pasty butt, it has always been the roo chicks. I do not breed for less fluff at this stage. Maybe in the future. I am working on bluer eggs and breed shape.

Lanae

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

Here's the thread: http://www.punbb-hosting.com/forums/Albertachickensetc/viewtopic.php?id=11506&p=2

Check out post #22. (The entire thing is a very interesting discussion, though.)

 

[cashdl]

Post 22 was very exciting to me. I went to their website and looked at the 4 birds they have pictured. The shape seems different than what we normally see. Definately more body and the one hen has a very dark face and it looks like maybe a crest. Thank you for that link. Araucanas do tend to be fairly delicate and difficult to hatch, although once they reach adulthood, at least the ones that do, are fairly hardy birds. That leaves me with a bit to think about.

I know sometimes, I can get excited about the tufts on a bird. The blue roo I had mentioned earlier had really really nice tufts, but his body was very short and unattractive, which is why I didn't use him for my breeding pens. Sometimes maybe we (me) look at a bird and only see tufts. My nicest shaped bird right now has no tufts and she is the size of a small bantam. She came from LF parents. But she is built so well. I should probably sell her cause of her size. Right now I am using her as a yard stick for my other pullets. I like seeing visually how they compare to her in body type.


Lanae

 

[Birch Run Farm]

I have no poo poo butts.

 

[HaikuHeritageFarm]

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I also found the pictures of their Araucanas to be very interesting. They look like nice big utilitarian birds, but not necessarily what I have come to associate with classic Araucana type. However, if their fertility and hardiness is really that good, I bet it will be a lot easier to move in the right direction as far as type, since it stands to reason they will be able to grow out many more chicks to choose from successfully.

I found the thread fascinating as well. It is interesting to see someone that has put that much time into a project talk about their methods and results. You just don't run across that type of insight every single day.

 

[donatkin]

I'm new to this forum and kind of new to keeping chickens. I was at someones house that had some bantam araucanas recently and fell in love with them. They were tiny and solid black. I bought some other bantams from him and he wouldn't sell any of the araucanas. He did give me six very blue eggs to incubate. The only problem is that he did have a turken roster running around with them. I hope the turken isnt the dad. Are these bantams hard to come by? Oh they were rumpless too. Thanks!

 

[Illia]

I just have to announce. . . . My silver duckwing girl is finally laying for the year, bred to, and I'm finally incubating some of her eggs!!

I'll finally have some of my own extra duckwings running around.

To add, my only splash girl is broody, and over an enormous clutch of her own eggs, fertilized by my splash boy Canis. Here's hoping for at least ONE fertile egg in there. Last year she did the same thing but with bad results - lay, then get bred, then lay in secret, go broody, and have no fertile eggs.

 

[syble]

thats exciting!!! congrats! heres hoping for a wonderful hatch and lots of pictures to follow!