black comb

[rita2paul]

Agreed; both pullets. Love the Araucana; it has always been my favourite breed.

The mixed pullet is not fibro, just melanised in the comb. If you look to her breast, the salmon colour there is female-specific. Fingers crossed for green eggs from her; I have several of a similar mix and their eggs vary from mossy green to olive.

can you tell me what the cockerels would look like, the only one i have hatched as a cockerel was a white bird with brown feathers on the wing.

 

[rita2paul]

can you see the tail feathers on the baby araucana how they stick up, that and the strut makes me think it might be a cockerel, look at his dad.

 

[Sneebsey]

i was worried because this one has brown pattern on the wings, while the other hen was black with a tiny bit of brown at the throat and the feathers on her back had a green / blue sheen to it.

As they are mixes, they will vary in appearance. The brown you see is female; a male would have a brighter gold, more of it, and higher up the wing.

can you tell me what the cockerels would look like, the only one i have hatched as a cockerel was a white bird with brown feathers on the wing.

They vary, but I'm afraid I don't have any pictures of a male of this mix. I have seen both white and black birds with varying degrees of leakage. The white is caused by dominant white, which you will see in the tail of your Warren. Picture that cockerel you have with the white turned to black.

can you see the tail feathers on the baby araucana how they stick up, that and the strut makes me think it might be a cockerel, look at his dad.

The high tail angle does not necessarily indicate that your bird is a cockerel. The father, though handsome, is not of show quality, and his offspring may follow.

 

[2 many chickens]

Pullet.

 

[rita2paul]

thank you everyone for your comments, i hope they are both hens, would like to keep the black one, i was sad that i had to let the other black hen go she was really pretty with her tufts on the side of her face, but i needed to let the white cockerel go and the lady wanted both birds so sadly i had to let them both go together.