Australia - Six states..and that funny little island.

[Deej211]

I have been looking for some I have one hen at the moment about 28 weeks old and she a lavender one heaps tiny so I guess she's bantam. Has not layed her first egg yet

saw another pullet araucana at the poultry sale but she is tailed as well and no crest as such but apparently she is a pure breed

american araucana

australian. They are lovely chooks. Mine prefers free ranging to eating grain. Barely go through 4 cups of grain to 5 chickens per week. Active and reasonably friendly. My black girl jumps up on my lap occaisionally. Perfect 1st timer chickens

 

[chooks01]

american araucana

australian. They are lovely chooks. Mine prefers free ranging to eating grain. Barely go through 4 cups of grain to 5 chickens per week. Active and reasonably friendly. My black girl jumps up on my lap occaisionally. Perfect 1st timer chickens

Are these birds slow maturing? The lavender araucana I've got is my daughters she carries her around all the time. Very friendly not really flighty and she wants her to have babies apparently and I think because she wants to show the chook in the junior comp. but I don't really know much about the breed. Do they get broody? Would fertile eggs for hatching be easy to source?

 

[Deej211]

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Are these birds slow maturing? The lavender araucana I've got is my daughters she carries her around all the time. Very friendly not really flighty and she wants her to have babies apparently and I think because she wants to show the chook in the junior comp. but I don't really know much about the breed. Do they get broody? Would fertile eggs for hatching be easy to source?

hey do get broody im not sure how often. Eggs are reasonably easy to source in the later half of the year. My lavender didnt start laying until 7 months and my black at 8 mths and my blue hadnt started laying at 10mths when she was killed. So a bit slower to lay than some. Lovely green or blue eggs. I don't know anything about showing. I wont be. I'll mostly be breeding easter eggers and olive eggers so as they are a mix breed they can't be standardized

 

[IamSamSam]

For example-

Beautiful Ash. The roo is stunning

 

[IamSamSam]

These were my two ( still have the caramel coloured one) they were smaller than I expec but they only lay 40-50g eggs so thinking they will seem small to a standard lorp LOL
Also correct me if I'm wrong But don't Australia have tailed arau's due to the fatality rate of rumpless arau's . Positive I read somewhere 3/5 or 4/5 die due to tailless gene

 

[IamSamSam]

thats precisely what i meant. this my black hen and the lavender i had.

What's your black one crossed with? Looks cute

 

[Deej211]

Im not sure. Was meant to be pure bred but her shape is a bit different. In good laying season she lays 6 days in seven so I'd assume something common that lays well.

 

[satay]

thats precisely what i meant. this my black hen and the lavender i had.

The black one is a cross I would be guessing(maybe cross pekin or something like that) and not a true araucana.

 

[satay]

american araucana

australian. They are lovely chooks. Mine prefers free ranging to eating grain. Barely go through 4 cups of grain to 5 chickens per week. Active and reasonably friendly. My black girl jumps up on my lap occaisionally. Perfect 1st timer chickens

I like mine to except if you have to catch one.. OMG the noisiest things ever sound like you are trying to strangle them.

 

[Deej211]

I like mine to except if you have to catch one.. OMG the noisiest things ever sound like you are trying to strangle them.

mine is super friendly. Jumps on my lap lol. The lav and blue werent though.