Lavender Araucana - Roo?

[Sunnyducks]

@donrae

As I think I mentioned, I'm in Australia; as you can see by this and other posts about my Australorp, I'm not very good at identifying gender! This araucana (whatever else it is!) has a thicker more luxuriant 'mane' and the hackle feathers are really pointy, so I'd taken the little knowledge I do have and run with it! I've evidently put too much store in the presence of pointy hackle feathers alone, to identify gender. I'm on a steep learning curve. You asked about the comb - here are two photos of the comb, one from the top, one from the side, which I hope might help? I thought it was better to show you photos rather than take a stab at whether it is pea or straight, which I figure I may well get wrong, given my past record! I'd be really grateful if it helped you shed any light at all on what my two araucanas might be mixed with. Thank you so much in advance.

 

[donrae]

Well....huh.

It kind of looks like a mix of a pea and straight. I see the little ridges saying it's straight, but it's so small. It's just going to be hard to say until she starts laying.

Your Aracauna are supposed to be clean legged, and crested. I don't see crests on your birds, and not sure where the feathered legs come from. The overall body shape looks basically right for the Aracauna. The lavender color looks right, so they may be a multi-generational mix. I really can't pinpoint another specific breed's traits, just the absence of Aracauna traits, if that makes sense.

 

[drumstick diva]

agree with donrae

 

[Sunnyducks]

@donrae @drumstick diva

Sorry for the delay in replying. Thank you very much indeed for your opinions - interesting! Even more so is that I today had a chance to get a really good look at the other one (the nest mate and the one I never doubted was a pullet) and hey, bizarre! So much for the colour being right... Not sure if this photo is good enough but there are (pretty but shouldn't be there!) very pale creamy feathers coming through after her moult! Now it really is a mystery, to me at any rate. Any thoughts? Thank you in advance

 

[Sunnyducks]

@donrae
@drumstick diva
Sorry for the delay in replying. Thank you very much indeed for your opinions - interesting! Even more so is that I today had a chance to get a really good look at the other one (the nest mate and the one I never doubted was a pullet) and hey, bizarre! So much for the colour being right... Not sure if this photo is good enough but there are (pretty but shouldn't be there!) very pale creamy feathers coming through after her moult! Now it really is a mystery, to me at any rate. Any thoughts? Thank you in advance