Differences EE, Ameraucana, & Araucana * Pls post pics*

[Ravynscroft]

I thought they had to be tufted and rumpless only.

To be shown in the US, yes... but most breeders mate tufted to clean faced to avoid high % of DIS from chicks inheriting 2 tufted genes... and tails can appear in lines that are fully rumpless...

 

[Selsley]

To be shown in the US, yes... but most breeders mate tufted to clean faced to avoid high % of DIS from chicks inheriting 2 tufted genes... and tails can appear in lines that are fully rumpless...

the UK recognises both tailed and tailless and in some cases, generous amounts of buffing/beard
Australia only recognises tailed
the US only tailless and tufts

since ginger hair and also blue eyes are in the human gene pool, we have parents without ginger hair, having children with ginger hair, 2 brown eyed parents having a blue eyed child, not to mention the cases of children with different skin colour

since araucana are bred from 2 specific chickens, a tailed tufted and tailless clean face, it makes sense that there would be so many varieties of offspring, but theres only certain types of show quality birds
the 2 original breeds would have been bred, selected and cross bred to come up with the original tufted rumpless breed we see today,
imagine how many variations of offspring there would have been from these 2 birds, male rumpless to female tufted/female rumpless to male tufted gives quite a lot of variation and i'd imagine colour.

the araucanas in america & UK were crossed with another breed in the early part of the 1900s
in the UK i think this is the recognised tailed version of the araucana
in america i think its the ameraucana

 

[Selsley]

just found this great history artical

[AAC]Quetro : - tufted non blue egg producing. Possibly one of the original wild type subspecies
[AAC]Collonca de Artes: hybrid offspring resulting from a mating between the "Collonca and Quetros" meaning Collonca with earrings "tufts"
Ameraucana :- beards and whiskers instead of the eartufts (American) feathersite picture
Easter Egg Chickens :- American type that has other breeds mixed in resulting in hens that lay a wide mixture of coloured eggs :feathersite
[HSC]C.S.Th. van Gink, the world famous Dutch poultry judge and -expert, illustrator, painter and founder of the World Poultry Science Association (WPSA), describes the breed types around 1950 as follows :

1. Castilian type
2. Spanish game type
3. Eastern game type
4. Bearded and Feathered Feet type
5. Continental Fowl type
6. Long legged, rumplesss type with feathered feet
7. Frizzled type.

It seems very obvious that the original bird is a small large fowl but modern breeders have made the large much bigger and the smallest small to create a bantam
[BAC]In the UK the LARGE and bantam type of the standard that is being bred are defined as having tufts ; muffs ; beards and tailed;

• The bird should be alert and active - long deep body with a moderately long horizontal back. Large strong wings.
• The tail should be well developed with full sickles carried at an angle of 45 degrees
• The head is moderately small - Comb is a small pea - The face covered in thick muffling and ear muffs abundant - crest compact, carried well back from the eyes - ear lobes moderately small and concealed by the muffling - wattles are absent

British Types:
The British Araucana Poultry Club was founded more than 25 years ago.
The Araucana is classified as :

• Large
• Bantam
  
• or
  • Rumpless- which means no tail, no "Parsons Nose" and with ear tufts of feathers.
  • The egg colour is blue or green. It originated from Chile,
    
    Genetic notes
  • Rumplessness is dominant, and carries well across generations of birds. The only thing that slows it's march is the fact that it creates mechanical problems in mating.
  • Feathered legs are dominant genetically
  • Pea combs are dominant to single, but not totally. It takes many generations to smooth out the wrinkles and the telescoped/lopped combs from the cross of the two. Good pea combs are rarely seen on standard-bred Aseels, Cornish, Shamos and Sumatras. To get good ones on Araucanas is even more rare. Sources:
    BAC : the British Araucana Club website
    AAC : The American Araucana Club
    AF : The Araucana Forum
    ROTE : Rings on their ears - Cathy Brunson
    DW : Danish Website which has disappeared
    HSC : Hans Schrippers site which has changed
    and lots of anecdotal evidence from farmers - farmers wives and folk from my local area and from the Islands.
    
    
    
    

some great uk history there

heres some of the araucana being sold in france
top not the red

 

[Alaskan]

fascinating.

thanks!

 

[wornoutmomto3]

She was my mystery chick from McMurray Hatchery. So, only hatchery stock, but I still think she is pretty cute.

 

[Alaskan]

very nice EE, with a quality fluffy face!!!

fluffy cheeks are the bomb!

 

[Selsley]

5 days old, already digging up the coop and chasing flies.

 

[Alaskan]

Very cute!

 

[JSBrown]

When do EE roos start getting their spurs. I have one that is suppose to be a hen but idk. Thank you

 

[junebuggena]

Hens can grow spurs. But most cockerels don't begin to develop spurs until after about 6 months of age. Spurs are not an accurate indicator of gender. Comb development, coloring, and feathering are much more reliable.