My Australian Araucana's

[ButtonquailGirl14]

I a man buying some Araucanas that my local breeder is growing for me

cool!

These are pure (but not show quality) Australian standard Araucana which follows the British tailed standard
I do believe in America only the rumpless birds are recognised as Araucana. The British standard accepts both the tailed and rumpless variety and here in Australia our standard only accepts the tailed variety. We don't have Ameraucana here in Australia

what about the crest, not large Tufts, beard and color? They really seem like EEs.. I could be wrong

 

[PouleChick]

what about the crest, not large Tufts, beard and color? They really seem like EEs.. I could be wrong

Other countries have different standards, just because it is one way in the States doesn't mean it is the same else where! I'm trying to find the Aussie Araucana standards to link you to but even just a brief summary from good old wiki shows how different the standards for all aspects of Araucanas are from country to country.

In Australia, only the tailed Araucana is recognised in the Australian Poultry Standards;[19] both tailed and rumpless may be exhibited.[11]

The British standard accepts both tailed and rumpless;[18] they may be treated as separate breeds.[20][21] The British type of Araucana has a beard and muffs which conceal the earlobes.

In North America, Araucanas have long ear-tufts and are rumpless. As both ear-tufts and rumplessness are caused by autosomal dominant lethal alleles, not all of the birds can display these traits.[22]

A total of twenty plumage varieties are listed for the Araucana by the Entente Européenne d’Aviculture et de Cuniculture.[23] Of these, five are recognised by the American Poultry Association for large fowl: black, black breasted red, silver duckwing, golden duckwing, and white; for bantams, buff is added to these.[3] The Australian Poultry Standard recognises black, cuckoo, lavender, splash, white and any colour which is standard in Old English Game.[19] The Poultry Club of Great Britain recognises twelve colours: black, black-red, blue, blue-red, crele, cuckoo, golden duckwing, lavender, pile, silver duckwing, spangled, and white.[2]:43–44

 

[PouleChick]

I'm trying to find the Aussie Araucana standards

Grrrr sorry @ButtonquailGirl14 can't find them to link to - just a book I can buy LOL!!!!

 

[AusHen]

 

[AusHen]

mine are defiantly not show quality but they make for good backyard pets lol

 

[WunnySharbit]

araucana breeders group of australia has pics & info.
created in 1970's, rare light feather specialty breed
Aussie Araucanas are tailed and crested! Talk about a SOP nightmare!

 

[ButtonquailGirl14]

Wow.. I knew that different countries had different standards.. but these are totally different!