Hoping for Araucana or Ameraucana

[hollyandty]

I am hoping that these are Araucana or Ameraucana. I’ve never had them before but would like to hatch some of the eggs. She lays a light green egg. Left the pics large so they would be clear. Thanks for all your help and info.
Holly

 

[ChickenWisperer]

They are Araucanas - but do NOT adhere to the standard here in the US. They appear to have been bred under the european standard.

Their color, as far as I can tell, is mixed/unrecognized.

Congrats on your birds!

 

[hollyandty]

ChickenWisperer thanks for the quick response. Any ideas what I would get if I crossed in a Buff Orp hen into this mix? I am not interested in showing but I would like to get some Easter Eggers.
Thanks again.
Holly

 

[Minniechickmama]

You will still get EEs, but your coloring would probably be effected somehow with more gold, I think. You will probably get about the same color egg if not a light brown. I bet you will have some pretty birds from that combo. I am also curious how many would have the rump and how many would be rumpless.

 

[Illia]

Okay, can someone point to me why you believe these are Araucanas? To my understanding, the UK Araucanas are usually kinda tufted looking over their eyes, and have tails - This to me just looks like Easter Eggers. Lots of hatcheries and "breeders" sell "Araucanas or Ameraucanas" (another hint as to this being an EE with the name confusion and mixing) sell ones that are rumpless. . . Araucanas should have tufts and smaller combs (on the males) with much more "petite" looking faces, not muffs, beards, and floppy combs for the rooster. Also, that rooster has quite some flecks of red in his chest, as an EE often would. . .

Someone tell me why they may disagree, but I just see Easter Eggers. Where'd you get these from?

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

I'm no araucana expert, but the hen kind of looks like an EE with her tail feathers missing (plucked out or molting) - she doesn't look rumpless. The rooster does look rumpless, but has muffs/beard instead of tufts.

 

[hollyandty]

the hen kind of looks like an EE with her tail feathers missing (plucked out or molting) - she doesn't look rumpless. The rooster does look rumpless, but has muffs/beard instead of tufts.

The pic shows her correctly. She is neither molting nor plucked anymore and lays me one egg a day.

Where'd you get these from?

From a local woman who sold lots of eggs that got them from a local breeder. She was told they were Araucana.

I don't really care what they are. I am just trying to label them somehow.
What color would you say the eggs are?​

 

[Goose and Fig]

I'm thinking they are aracauna x ameracauna- but I'm surprised you aren't getting all blue eggs. They display traits of both. Technically they'd be the "ultimate EEs" I guess.

If you cross with a BO, you should get some girls that lay a light olive or green egg. Rumplessness is a dominant trait. Betting it would be an interesting cross.

 

[wclawrence]

You may even be better off to breed them to another laying breed anyways, something with a tail. the rumpless gene sometimes is bad to breed together two birds that are rumpless. But I would not recommend a buff orp. because they are straight combed. if you want to keep the blue egg gene, you need to try to hang on to as much pea comb as possible. if you want buff, try a brahma or chantecler or something.

my .02

good luck!

 

[ChickenWisperer]

From the pictures I've seen, the European standard birds didn't have crests. But I have no clue when those were taken.


Some people will call them EE because they are mixed color; personally, I believe if they are pure Araucana (araucana mother x araucana father) then they're araucana, regardless of their color - they just wouldn't be a standard color (much like everyone has project birds, where the color they breed isn't accepted).


They might be AmxAr crosses, but you have no way of knowing that. In that case, they'd be EEs. High quality EE's, I suppose.


If they are pure for the blue egg gene, he would produce chicks that WILL lay blue/green eggs. I thought you were getting all blue/green eggs....?