My Aracucana hen died on Easter

[pattee]

She died in my arms and I'm heartbroken....
When I look at true Aracucana's they don't look like the one I had.. maybe she was part Americana ...

I now have my 2 year old Silver Wyandotte and black and gold Polish...

I'm thinking of getting 4 more Aracucana babies... how long will I need to keep them away from the mature hens? 3 months? 6 months?

 

[CityClucks]

I'm so sorry for your loss Pattee - and I'll bet that she was neither an Araucana nor an Ameracauna - your sweet hen was really an Easter Egger chicken - lucky you - they are very popular!

 

[justtoni44]

What a terrible thing to happen. If you are like me.......a little piece of my heart goes with them when one passes.
Will leave the question to those with more experience.
My last one 22....I added too the flock at about 4 months.......I let them outside together first and they
joined the flock for roosting on thier own after a few days. But I was guessing.

 

[nikischicks]

Aww im sorry! It is such a hard thing to go through when you treat them like your best pets. I felt awful when I lost one earlier this year, it just sucks.

 

[calicokat]

I'm so sorry to hear you lost a favorite. What a comfort to her that you were with her, I'm sure that brought her much peace at the end.

 

[Lolita]

 

[dawg53]

That hurts. I'm sorry for your loss. I have one little easter egger hen and she's the friendliest little hen out of them all. She jumps in my lap when I'm sitting out in the yard and lets me pet her, and she talks to me. If I were to lose her,my heart would be broken and tears shed.

 

[SilverPhoenix]

I'm so sorry about your hen. It's sad losing a friend, regardless of if they're human, furry, feathered, or scaly.

 

[pattee]

Thanks everyone...

My local feed store says they are getting in Aracuana chicks but now I wonder if they really aren't Americana... Which I'd rather have. How can I tell the difference?

 

[Illia]

How do you tell the difference? - If they're sold at a feedstore, they're Easter Eggers. Ameraucanas and Araucanas are only sold by reputable breeders.

Easter Eggers usually look like chipmunks as a chick, but really can look like anything, as they're crossbred chickens

Araucanas are extremely rare, rumpless, often tufted, and come in 5 recognized colors

Ameraucanas are uncommon, and have a beard and muffs, slate legs, a pea comb, and come in 8 recognized colors. A lot of people can't tell the difference between buff, wheaten, and the common EE colors though. and still think their hens are Ameraucanas.

So sorry to hear of your loss though.

I know I used to have a decent amount of EEs, which dwindled to one hen who lays brown eggs and an EE rooster. . . But now my flourishing population of Araucanas and Ameraucanas certainly make up for my loss.