Ok, I need help identifying these ones, ******* closed *******

[shay20]

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# does have tufts, very small, he is only 4 months old. i don't know if that make s difference?

The color on him? How is the black supposed to be? sheen with what color?

 

[cthrash1]

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NO! Araucanas are SUPPOSED to have willow legs. Slate legs would be a DQ.

I was referring to her Ameraucanas not her Araucanas... Did you mean Ameraucanas are supposed to have willowy legs? I always called it slate cause to me when I hear willow colored it reminds me of a dark green or something... Sorry for the confusion.

ETA: Nevermind there was no confusion, you were referring to Araucana and I was referring to Ameraucana and I was actually correct on calling the leg color slate... I went back to the Ameraucana Breeders Club site(Very informational site BTW I learned ALOT from that one) and double checked cause I thought maybe I had mixed them up, but nope the history page tells it all.

 

[shay20]

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NO! Araucanas are SUPPOSED to have willow legs. Slate legs would be a DQ.

Hahaha I am sorry but i really want to understand, what is willow?

 

[cthrash1]

This is from the info page on the www.browneggblueegg.com site

"The American Poultry Association's 1998 American Standard of Perfection calls for willow legs on black, black breasted red, golden duckwing, and silver duckwing Araucanas. It describes willow as the "dusky yellowish green color found on the shanks, feet and toes of some breeds and varieties of fowl." "

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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#2 is an EE because he is not a recognized color. He appears to be a cross of two different colors. Possibly a blue wheaten cross. If you breed two pure ameraucana's of different colors together, you get EE.

Also, IF #1 and #4 are pure Araucana's, they are NOT show quality.

I don't believe any of these are being portrayed as ameraucanas, but rather as araucanas. Is that correct, Shay?

An unrecognised colour does not change the breed of a bird. It does however make it a non-standard variety. #2 looks something like blue golden duckwing; legs are too yellow--they should be darker: more willow in colour. Type is so-so.

#1 has good type, excellent colour, bad comb, head shape doesn't look correct.

#2 has poor type, poor quality of colour, good comb, ok head

#3 EE: single comb & muffs

#4 I can't see body well enough to gauge type; head looks good; has one tuft that I can see, need two to show; plumage colour is nice; comb is small (very young?)

#5 EE: muffs ok BBR colouring, good comb, crooked toes

#6 good BBR colouring, tail (different than I've seen on tailed araucanas), head looks wrong, comb is too large.

 

[Sillystunt]

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#2 is an EE because he is not a recognized color. He appears to be a cross of two different colors. Possibly a blue wheaten cross. If you breed two pure ameraucana's of different colors together, you get EE.

Also, IF #1 and #4 are pure Araucana's, they are NOT show quality.

I don't believe any of these are being portrayed as ameraucanas, but rather as araucanas. Is that correct, Shay?

An unrecognised colour does not change the breed of a bird. It does however make it a non-standard variety. #2 looks something like blue golden duckwing; legs are too yellow--they should be darker: more willow in colour. Type is so-so.

#1 has good type, excellent colour, bad comb, head shape doesn't look correct.

#2 has poor type, poor quality of colour, good comb, ok head

#3 EE: single comb & muffs

#4 I can't see body well enough to gauge type; head looks good; has one tuft that I can see, need two to show; plumage colour is nice; comb is small (very young?)

#5 EE: muffs ok BBR colouring, good comb, crooked toes

#6 good BBR colouring, tail (different than I've seen on tailed araucanas), head looks wrong, comb is too large.

Yeah what they said! LOL

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Araucanas have willow (green) legs for most plumage colours.

Ameraucanas have slate legs.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Shay, which ones do you think are araucanas, and which ones do you think are ameraucanas? I think we needed two threads here

 

[shay20]

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LOL, araucana= 1 through 4 and 6

ameraucana 5, and 7

 

[cthrash1]

OH OOPS sorry... now this changes everything!!! I was looking at only 1 & 4 as Araucana... my bad

I still think #2s legs are too much yellow though...