Rare Lavender Araucana?

[lavenderorpgirl]

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Tufts aren't guaranteed in any araucana breeding, even if you are breeding tufted to tufted. That is because any living tufted bird is only hterozygous for the gene. If an embryo is homozygous for tufting, it dies before it hatches. Meaning tufted x tufted = 25% cleanfaced, 50% tufted, and 25% dead in shell. Breeding tufted x cleanfaced results in half cleanfaced and half tufted. So yes, purebred araucanas can be without tufts, no need for the snootiness. Often breeders will used cleanfaced birds so there is no chick mortality.

OP, I would honestly cull him. Single combs would just be a pain in the butt to work out of your birds if you used him as a breeder. That must have been a throwback to when the lavenders (opringtons? Not sure what Hink JC used to create the lavender araucana) were first crossed with Araucanas.

Thank you for the advice, I think I am going to rehome him...he's a SUPER sweet bird - we call him "little man" lol...

It's funny you said that because someone is interested in one of the other roos and she wrote "oh, I was looking for an Araucana, isn't that an Orp?" (or something similar lol)...thank you for the advice and for your explanation to the previous poster.

Have a super happy evening!

 

[OSUman]

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Yes, they do. They are true Araucana's and the hen is tufted and rumpless and so is one of the roo's. 4th picture down, the hen in the front has tufts, the other is clean faced.

Ok, I was just making sure.

 

[lavenderorpgirl]

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Yes, they do. They are true Araucana's and the hen is tufted and rumpless and so is one of the roo's. 4th picture down, the hen in the front has tufts, the other is clean faced.

Ok, I was just making sure.

Yes, too many folks out there posting inaccurate stuff...I strive to not be one of those...lol...

I am REALLY Trying to get another lav araucana hen, pullet, eggs....ANYTHING...at this point! LOL!

 

[OSUman]

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Ok, I was just making sure.

Yes, too many folks out there posting inaccurate stuff...I strive to not be one of those...lol...

I am REALLY Trying to get another lav araucana hen, pullet, eggs....ANYTHING...at this point! LOL!

Yea, there was a guy that was giving out aruacanas at the crossroads show. I hope you can find someone with some Araucanas for sale.

 

[kidcody]

There sure beautiful!

 

[lavenderorpgirl]

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Thank you!

 

[danhonour]

It is possible that a single combed bird can crop out and still have the blue egg gene,it is a rare combination (genes are located very close on the chromosome map)and some people are looking for the single comb/blue egg birds to breed together for a project.The pea comb /blue egg linkage is sometimes broken and that is why it is rare to be single combed/blue egg.The Araucana is not suppose to have a single comb ,only pea combs according to the SOP

 

[chickendales]

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i get single combs in my showsilkies once in a while they could be pure breed and still care single comb single comb is resive

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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The only way to find out is to breed him to a white egg layer and grow the pullets out and wait for them to lay..............

WOW - I thought it was something I could send some blood off for or something...hhhmmmm...I don't even have any white egg layers! lol...

You probably COULD, but it would be $$$ if not $$$$.

 

[lavenderorpgirl]

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Thank you for the info!! He's a sweet bird too...hhmmmmm...guess I will be doing more homework!

Have a great night!