Ok, Now I'm Paranoid.

[myjunoli]

So this morning I threw a picture out to all of you about a silver laced wyandotte hen/roo and you all told me it was a roo because of certain features... Now I'm worried that I may have another roo, an Araucana. I really would be disappointed because, man, did I want those beautiful eggs. Here is it's picture

Thanks!

 

[mjisawesome]

How old is it?

 

[myjunoli]

It's 9 Weeks old.

 

[myjunoli]

Also, it hasn't made any crowing noises yet... but that could be because the SLW is doing all of the talking.

 

[featherz]

Easter egger boy. (Not an aracauna either, sorry =( )..

 

[hinkjc]

Agree, Easter Egger male.

 

[myjunoli]

Easter egger boy. (Not an aracauna either, sorry =( )..

Funny. After doing all this research to see if they were roos, I found out that our Araucana was probably not an Araucana! Feed Stores were selling them as such but they were just easter eggers. Oh well. But like I said in my other post... If you think he's pretty enough, and you're near Maryland, I can sell him to you real cheap!

 

[normanack]

Funny. After doing all this research to see if they were roos, I found out that our Araucana was probably not an Araucana! Feed Stores were selling them as such but they were just easter eggers. Oh well. But like I said in my other post... If you think he's pretty enough, and you're near Maryland, I can sell him to you real cheap!

 

From what I have read, any feed store selling hatchery-bred birds will not have Araucanas, no matter what the hatchery labels them as. If they have real ones, they got them from a private breeder.

Same almost certainly goes for Ameraucanas. MyPetChicken is offering genuine Ameraucanas (next year?) and they use Meyer Hatchery, but I'm going to hazard a guess that the average feed store arau-anything, isn't.

 

[BlueCamas]

Not an Araucana or Ameraucana, not a girl. Easter Egger cockerel.

 

[fallenleeves]

Yeah ... from my understanding, that red on the wings is a sure sign of a boy.
Mine grew in that same dark red and sure enough, crowed at around 9-10 weeks.