attempting to breed araucanas -- emphasis on attempt --

[KellyHM]

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It seems like you'd have plenty of places to get rid of them...people are always wanting chickens that lay the blue and green eggs...you could even call them EEs if you wanted to. I love my EEs!

 

[wilds of pa]

Wow never had that much trouble with ours..tuft to tuft is just a Theory..you may find you get more dead than the % rings out..

tuft to tuft should grow up until hatch and they will die on there way to that point that is the chicks that got two copy's of the tuft gene., they normally start dieing around day 16 to 20 from what i found... Even then with just tuft to none tuft there can be problems to with the chicks with a single copy, but that % is real low on deaths.


Best use none tuft to tuft...

check there butts as Sara said..

however Its sounds like a fertility issue for sure..Somebody is not getting the job done..
if they are young birds, give them time, they may get it right in no time..

could also try some vitamin supplements for them to..


Hope it works out for you..
Charlie

 

[playingchicken]

Hope you figure it out because I want some hatching eggs one day!

 

[amazondoc]

I hope so too!

I have one small correction. When I went out to feed, I realized that I had forgotten to count the bantam leghorn hens in there. So he's actually got 13 bantam girls to breed, not 11. There's also several LF hens in there, but I've never seen him messin' with them. He did breed two or three bantam hens just while I was standing there, so at least he's trying!

My plan of action right now is to get the additional pens finished so I can decrease his harem size, possibly add some vitamins, and possibly try some Denagard. I've read that it can help with fertility and since my flock was put together from multiple sources I'm always worrying about things like mycoplasma, so it might be worth a try. And I'll check the vents, but on araucanas I suspect that instability due to the taillessness is more likely to be the problem.

Thanks to everyone for your input!