Aruacana

[royann]

I'm in Phoenix Arizona and grew up with these beautiful birds and would love to add them to my coop any one out my way selling any ?

 

[Yorkshire Coop]

Hi

Glad you could join the flock! You might like to pop by your state thread. Maybe other members in your area can point you in the right direction. State threads can be found here ~ https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/26/where-am-i-where-are-you
There is also the buy sell trade section ~https://www.backyardchickens.com/f/67/buy-sell-trade
Once you have a post count of 20 you could post a wanted ad.

Wishing you the very best of luck in your search. Enjoy BYC

 

[Michael OShay]

Welcome to BYC. Glad you decided to join our flock. Yorkshire coop has given you some good links to check out. Just be aware that you are not going to get any true Araucanas (which are rumpless and lay only blue eggs) from a hatchery or feed store. Hatcheries and feed stores frequently and incorrectly market their Easter Eggers which are hybrids produced by crossing blue egg layers with brown eggs layers to produce offspring that lay eggs in colors other than just blue (usually some shade of green) as Araucanas when they are in fact Easter Eggers. If you want true Araucanas, you will have to purchase them from a reputable breeder and they will be quite expensive. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Good luck in locating your Araucanas.

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!

 

[Pork Pie]

You have some great advice already, so I'll just say a big hello and welcome to BYC - i hope that you enjoy being a member as much as the rest of us.
All the best
CT

 

[drumstick diva]

Put the breed name in the search box and see what pops up. You might even want to check out reviews on various breeds to see how others rate them.

 

[N F C]

Michael O'Shay has given you some good information regarding Aruacanas vs. Easter Eggers. Back when I first started learning about chickens someone told me if a chick cost $5 or less, it's an EE. Seems to be a good rule of thumb

I hope you find what you are looking for, good luck!

 

[royann]

Sry what's an "EE"

 

[Michael OShay]

Sry what's an "EE"

EE stands for Easter Egger. There is a good article at http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2011/09/ameraucana-easter-egger-or-araucana.html explaining the difference between true Araucanas, Ameraucanas (which are both actual breeds), and EEs (Easter Eggers) which are hybrids.

 

[doc637]

Welcome to BYC!