Araucana thread anyone?

[shanshan51]

Cute!

 

[Illia]

Got the eggs today. All 36 look perfectly good and intact. Gonna set them really late tonight. Sooo excited.

In the mean time, got 3 in the bator still waiting to see a pip or something. I've got two chicks out and a couple pips, none from the Araucanas yet though.

 

[coberdor]

I'm so glad Illia. Thanks for letting me know about the shipping foam. You can send the olive eggers whenever you get a chance, no rush. I'm gonna start putting some of my own in my new gqf bator. I already put in some of my turkey eggs and all 5 are developing. I'll put in another 5 or 6 og the turkey eggs and some of my Araucanas in.

Got the eggs today. All 36 look perfectly good and intact. Gonna set them really late tonight. Sooo excited.

In the mean time, got 3 in the bator still waiting to see a pip or something. I've got two chicks out and a couple pips, none from the Araucanas yet though.

 

[SherrieT]

Can't wait to get my eggs from you and (hopefully) have a Southwestern Einstein

Not long now !!

Cute!

 

[shanshan51]

Yes it will be very soon! I am just excited to see them all grow out. I have a bunch that I have not even shared photos for them that I just adore.

Can't wait to get my eggs from you and (hopefully) have a Southwestern Einstein

Not long now !!

 

[Stacykins]

So that chick that wouldn't eat on its own finally passed today. I'd been feeding it every two hours during the daytime, except the day I have my college class. Little one made it a week and a half, but never grew. Something was definitely wrong, and I gave it a shot. I am very thankful to still have four very healthy chicks remaining!

My Araucana broody who is raising a pair of olive egger chicks and a duckling is doing marvelous. The youngins will be three weeks old on Friday. I'd initially thought the olive eggers were not tufted, but it turns out one is! Both have little tails, which, in addition to getting leg bands, will help tell them apart from everyone else as they grow

My cuckoo Araucana is the newest broody. She thought about it for a few days, and has taken to 24/7 nesting. They're tenacious when they get broody, aren't they?! She will be getting some eggs to set on to make her happy tomorrow

 

[poularde]

I am sorry Stacykins... It is so hard when they do not make it even with your best efforts. It sure was a cutie.

So, I have one chick out and another egg has pipped. Can not tell much about the chick yet still damp. Go chickies!

 

[Illia]

eee I'm so excited!

So my eggs have been hatching since yesterday, but the three remaining Araucana eggs haven't made a peep or pip. It's mid-day day 21 and the entire hatch is almost done except for a couple other eggs and the still not-pipped Araucana eggs. I really was thinking, "well, I guess they're dead. I'll give them time but little hope."

And what happens next? Within just half an hour I have a pip, zip, and hatch from one of them. The chick is a beautiful duckwing/wheaten of some sort. (so far a yellow and striped color when wet)

Very excited, and hope the remaining two also hatch.

So far you've got one "grandkid" over here coberdor

 

[Farmerboy16]

Congrats!

I hope to try again with her eggs in a few months.

 

[Illia]

Correction, chick is dry and completely yellow. I'm hoping oh hoping it is a pure Wheaten (or as they call it, BBR) It does indeed have a beautiful tuft though; in fact I think but am not positive it has two. The one on the right is smallish but curls forward beautifully, the one on the left I believe hangs downward, not fully sure yet though. Tailed, rumpless - Not yet sure. It hatched out the bottom of the egg instead of the top, needed a bit of help, and its little belly-button area wasn't fully closed yet so I let it be unbothered for a couple hours to let it close up and gain strength.

The remaining two eggs aren't making any sound or anything. But, if they don't hatch that's okay - Got an incubator nearly full of Araucana eggs now; ready for mid-late March hatching.