Araucana thread anyone?

[ndoles]

LOL, Megan...Please don't hate me..

P.s. Why would you hate me??

 

[ndoles]

Thanks, Megan!

 

[cackleberrycoop]

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Because I have been trying to breed BBS Araucanas for a about two years now. Zero (and i do mean zero) luck. Between fertility troubles, "Black" birds who grow up to be, well, not black, and deaths, I have successfully hatched out zero BBS chicks. I would really love a double tufted, rumples, black, blue, or splash rooster.

 

[ndoles]

Oh, I'm so sorry...I would not have this roo if the seller knew it was a roo..
I will keep my eyes open for one for you, and my fingers crossed, too.

 

[klf73]

OMG, where were you guys 2 years ago??? I had a gorgeous splash and a blue, both rumpless and double tufted.....I couldn't GIVE them away...sadly, I had no pullets for them and kept my lav split roo...

 

[cackleberrycoop]

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Ahh, thanks. If you have any more crowing "pullets" from your blue pen, you know who to call!!

 

[cackleberrycoop]

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Where did your boys come from?

 

[klf73]

I think they came from Gary Ramey, but it could have been someone else....I spent a whole season(multiple sources) trying to hatch my own flock of these buggers

, then I only did it part time since....I have 7 lav right now, hoping for at least 2 pullets, think the first 2 are cockerals though

, others are too young to guess....
here is the blue one when he was young, can't find the older pic of him eta-, oh, that's right he had a little red leakage the splash didn't though

 

[cackleberrycoop]

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wow, nice rich color on that boy!! I do so like the deeper blues like that, as apposed to the lighter versions. WOW. I would have loved to have had him.

I think that I missed my chance at breeding stock from Gary this year. I bought my sportsman incubator when he had chicks available and I was consequently broke. Now that I am ready to buy again - he either doesn't have any BBS available or he is not speaking to me

. Since I haven't done anything, I am assuming he simply doesn't have anything available right now.

 

[ndoles]

Megan, I will watch and listen to my pullets every morning...I have one that I suspect might be a roo, it is rumpless, but may not be tufted..Kinda looks like it might be, but it is in the process of moulting, and I really can't tell for sure. If it is a roo, I will let it go, cause like I said, I am roo poor!