Help me select a breed

[fluffycrow]

Will i get Easter eggers if i cross Ameraucanas roosters to New Hampshire hens?

Yes. Have you found an ameraucana breeder?

 

[Konstantinos]

Not yet.
But until i have the capital to buy them i hope i will find one.

 

[Konstantinos]

In Cyprus there is a breeder though.

 

[fluffycrow]

Not yet.
But until i have the capital to buy them i hope i will find one.

Look into araucana. Same result, they're just easier to find here. https://www.farmapateras.gr/diakosmitikes-kotes/spanies-paragogis/araucana.php

 

[Konstantinos]

Yes i know that there are at least two breeders that have Araucanas but i read about them having a deadly gene so i prefer the Ameraucanas which they don t have it.

 

[Amer]

Yes i know that there are at least two breeders tha have araucanas but i read about them having a deadly gene so i prefer the Ameraucana which they don t have it.

If you cross them with New Hampshires and don't breed too tufted birds together you shouldn't have any issues. Or just buy an Araucana with no tufts in the first place.

 

[Konstantinos]

Are there Araucanas with no ear tufts though?

 

[Amer]

Are there Araucanas with no ear tufts though?

Yes. If you breed two tufted Araucanas together 25 percent of the offspring have no tufts, which is typically not what the breeder wants, so if you ask I'm sure the breeder would be happy to get rid of some of the non-tufted ones.

 

[Konstantinos]

And those non-tufted don t have the deadly gene in them?

 

[fluffycrow]

Are there Araucanas with no ear tufts though?

Yes