Araucana thread anyone?

[Illia]

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You're in the wrong thread

Ameraucanas are different from Araucanas, who are both very different from EE's. Your previous thread you posted I gave you a link to the Easter Eggers thread.

Araucanas don't have tails, I'm assuming your girl has one.

 

[cackleberrycoop]

Not confusing at all, right?

Irregardless of her breed, however, her comb will not really get noticeably bigger - just redder. It can be so painfully exciting waiting for those first eggs!!! Good luck with your Easter Egger.

 

[dkcrumly]

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You're in the wrong thread

Ameraucanas are different from Araucanas, who are both very different from EE's. Your previous thread you posted I gave you a link to the Easter Eggers thread.

Araucanas don't have tails, I'm assuming your girl has one.

Illia aren't there some Araucanas with tails? Of my 5 that hatched only one is rumpless and the other 4 have tails. Maybe they aren't all Araucanas or are a mix? One of mine has tufts but has a tail......I'm so confused

kristen

 

[cottagechick]

Quote:
You're in the wrong thread

Ameraucanas are different from Araucanas, who are both very different from EE's. Your previous thread you posted I gave you a link to the Easter Eggers thread.

Araucanas don't have tails, I'm assuming your girl has one.

Illia aren't there some Araucanas with tails? Of my 5 that hatched only one is rumpless and the other 4 have tails. Maybe they aren't all Araucanas or are a mix? One of mine has tufts but has a tail......I'm so confused

kristen

I believe that the exalted STANDARDS of PERFECTION or whatever they are called... are that a Araucana in the US is rumpless and tufted. That doesn't mean there can't be a tuftless, rumpted

Araucana. It just means they won't win a beauty contest in the US. In Britain they might. I do know that you can't get an Araucana from a hatchery - only from someone who specifically breeds Araucana. That doesn't stop people from selling Easter Eggers and calling them Araucana....clear as mud now?

 

[Illia]

Araucanas do indeed come with tails at times, but I'm sorry, if your bird is an Ameraucana one minute than an EE the next, there's an ooh 5% chance it is an Araucana.

If your Araucana has a tail, but has a BEARD it is not an Araucana. If it has true tufts, no beard, it is an Araucana. But it must also have willow (greenish) legs and yellow soles.

 

[dkcrumly]

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I think you have me mixed up with someone else. I was quoting your reply to her regarding "Aracaunas not having tails" because I recently hatched what I was told were bantam Aracaunas and 4 of them did have tails. You even helped me to sex some of them here and told me my Gold duckwing was nice looking

thank you,
kristen

 

[Quirky]

Oh my. I have been busy haying, but I happened to notice my little cockerel mating with one of his hens. That's good, right? Yes, except that there are no eggs yet. I'm puzzled. The birds are 6 months old. Any thoughts? I know the hens are not mature just because he is, but I have looked everywhere in the chicken area for eggs, and they are on the old side, right?

 

[cashdl]

Hi Lucy,

I have a couple that are not laying yet and are they same age. I expect them to start in the next month.

Lanae

 

[Stacykins]

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I think you have me mixed up with someone else. I was quoting your reply to her regarding "Aracaunas not having tails" because I recently hatched what I was told were bantam Aracaunas and 4 of them did have tails. You even helped me to sex some of them here and told me my Gold duckwing was nice looking

thank you,
kristen

Araucanas can have tails, but it isn't desired and is a disqualification in a show. The rumpless allele is a dominant one. But we don't know except through breeding whether a rumpless roo or hen is homozygous for the gene. If they have two copies for rumpless, all offspring will be rumpless, even if bred to a tailed bird. But lets say you breed a rumpless that is heterozygous for the trait, to a tailed bird. 25% of the offspring will be rumpless, and those will also be heterozygous. Breeding two rumpless birds that are het for rumpless makes for a 25% chance of a tailed bird being thrown.

Also, from my research, breeding a rumpless to a tailed bird can result in birds that ARE rumpless (missing their coccyx) but, they have a few stray tail feathers. But tails increase fertility, since it allows for the roo and hen's cloaca's to come together better for insemination. So it is a toss up. You can get true breeding birds that are totally rumpless after enough generations, but might sacrifice fertility.

I hope I am making sense! If you are confused, I suggest making a few punnett's squares. It makes figuring out simple dominant and recessive genes much easier.

 

[pooh731]

I am so confused please go look at my pics under Americana roo by pooh731 and let me know what my 'brownie' is please.