The EE braggers thread!!!

[Catandherchicks]

Barney

Wow! Gorgeous rooster.

 

[abbevilleoz]

Barney

Very handsome guy Dan!

 

[Selsley]

In England and Australia, the Ameraucana breed is recognized in both rumpless and tailed. Not so in the USA, only tailed. Rumpless would be Araucana assuming it met all the other breed specifications.

in England its the Araucana thats recognised as rumpless and tailed.

Breed Standards...

TAILED

LARGE FOWL

Origin: Chile

Classification: Light, Soft Feather

Egg Colour: Blue or green

When the Spaniards arrived in South America, bringing with them the light Mediterranean breeds, they found that the indigenous Indians had domestic fowl which soon cross-bred with the incomers. Notable for their fierce resistance to the Spaniards, however, were the Indians of the Arauca province of northern Chile who were never conquered. The name Araucana for the breed is derived therefore from that part of the world where the South American and European fowls had the least opportunity to interbreed.
The Araucana breed standard in the British Isles is generally as envisaged by George Malcolm who created the true-breeding lavender Araucana, among other colours, in Scotland during the 1930’s. Araucanas are prolific layers of strong-shelled eggs, blue or green eggs having been reported from South America from the mid-sixteenth century onwards. These are unique in that their colour permeates throughout the shell.

General Characteristics:

Male:

Carriage: Alert and active

Type: Body long and deep, free from heaviness. Firm in handling. Back moderately long, horizontal. Wings large and strong. Tail well developed with full sickles carried at an angle of 45 degrees.

Head: Moderately small. Beak strong and stout. Eyes bold. Comb small pea. Face covered with thick muffling and ear muffs abundant. Crest compact, carried well back from eyes. Ear-lobes moderately small and concealed by muffling. Wattles absent.

Neck: Of medium length, abundantly furnished with hackle feathers.

Legs and feet: Medium length, strong and well apart. Shanks free from feathers. Toes, four, straight and well spread.

Female:

The general characteristics are similar to those of the male, allowing for the natural sexual differences. Comb pea.

Colour

The Lavender
Male and female plumage: An even shade of blue-grey throughout.

The Blue
Male plumage: Breast, belly, thighs, tail and closed secondaries the colour of new slate. Hackle, saddle and shoulders and sometimes the tail coverts and the primaries, two shades darker (like a slate after being wetted). Fluff slate-blue.
Female plumage: Blue slate colour with dark hackle like the male, often marked or laced all over with the darker shade. Fluff slate-blue.

The Black-Red
Male plumage: Breast, thighs, belly, tail and wings black. Wing bars green-black: secondaries when closed bay. Crest, head and neck orange-red striped black. Back, shoulders and wing bow red or mahogany. Saddle hackle to match neck hackle. Fluff grey.
Female plumage: Hackle rich golden yellow broadly striped with black. Breast salmon. Muff salmon. Salmon and ash-grey on thighs. Body colour brown pencilled black, each feather with a pale shaft. Tail brown spotted or grizzled with black. Fluff grey.

The Silver Duckwing
Male plumage: Resembles the black-breasted red in the black markings and blue wing bars; rest of the plumage clear silvery white. Fluff light grey.
Female plumage: Hackle white, lightly striped black. Body and wings even silvery grey. Breast pale salmon. Primaries and tail nearly black. Fluff light grey.

The Golden Duckwing
Male plumage: Hackle and saddle yellow straw. Shoulders deep golden. Wing bars steel blue; secondaries yellow or creamy straw when closed, remaining plumage black. Fluff light grey.
Female plumage: Breast deeper, richer colour and body slightly browner tinge than the silver duckwing female. Fluff light grey.

The Blue-red
Male plumage: The same colour pattern as the black-red with slate replacing black. Breast, thighs, belly and tail slate. Secondaries when closed bay. Wing bar slate. Hackle and saddle feathers orange-red with blue centre stripe. Shoulders deep crimson-scarlet. Fluff dark slate.
Female plumage: Hackle golden striped. Breast and muff salmon. Body, wings and tail blue, finely peppered with golden brown. Fluff dark slate.

The Pile
Male plumage: The pile is marked exactly like the black-red except that the black is exchanged for a clear cream-white. Secondaries bay.
Female plumage: Creamy-white with salmon breast and golden striped hackle.

The Crele
Male and female plumage: Neck hackle straw barred with gold or black. Back and shoulder bright gold-chestnut barred with straw-yellow. Wing bar dark grey barred with pale grey; primaries and secondaries dark grey barred with pale; outer web of secondaries chestnut, the chestnut only showing when wing closed. Saddle hackle pale straw barred gold. Breast and underparts dark grey. Tail and tail coverts dark grey barred with light grey. Legs and feet white, with some spotting allowed.

The Spangled
Male and female plumage: These have white tips to their feathers. The more of these spots and the more regularly they are distributed the better. The male should show white ends to the feathers on hackle and saddle. The colour may be red, black or brown, or a mixture of all three. Fluff white.

The Cuckoo
Male and female plumage: Light grey-blue ground colour, each feather crossed with broad bands of dark blue-grey. In the male, a lighter shade is permissible. Undercolour banded but of a lighter shade. Beak light horn or bluish. Legs and feet white with blue spots.

The Black
Male and female plumage: Black with green sheen.
The White
Male and female plumage: Snow-white throughout.

In box sexes and all colours:

Comb and face bright red. Eyes dark orange. Beak and nails horn. Legs in all colours except cuckoo, willow to olive or slate.

Weights
Male2.70-3.20kg (6-7lb)
Female2.25-2.70kg (5-6lb)

Scale of Points
Type and carriage 20
Crest and muffling 25
Comb 10
Other head points 5
Feet and legs 5
Colour 20
Condition & handling 15
100

Serious defects or disqualifications

Cut-away breast. Roach back. Wry or squirrel tail. Crest too small or too large, e.g. Poland type. Absence of crest or muffling. Comb other than of pea type. Comb lopped or twisted. Any comb other than minimal in female. Pearl eye. Feathered legs. Legs other than standard colour. Uneven or splashed breast colour. In males white base in tail. In lavenders any straw or brassy tinge.

BANTAM

The standard to be an exact miniature of the large fowl.
Weights
Male740-850g (26-30oz)
Female680-790g (24-28oz)

Serious Defects
As large fowl, plus low wing carriage. High tail carriage. Any tendency to rose comb. Scale of points as in large fowl.

RUMPLESS ARAUCANA

LARGE FOWL

Origin: Chile

Classification: Light, Soft Feather

Egg Colour: Blue or green

The Rumpless Araucana also has its origins in South America. It was introduced to Europe by Professor S. Castello in the early 1920’s. The ear-tufts of feathers are unique to the breed in that they grow from a fleshy pad adjacent to the ear-lobe. Rumpless Araucanas lay a large egg in relation to body size and are as productive as the tailed Araucanas.

General Characteristics:

Male

Carriage: Alert, active and assured.

Type: Body moderate in length, broad at shoulders. Back flat and slightly sloped. Rump well rounded with saddle feathers flowing over stern. Breast full, round and deep. Wings medium in length, carried close to the body and well up. Saddle hackle well developed. Tail entirely absent, with no uropygium (parson’s nose).

Head: Moderately small. Beak medium stout, curved. Eyes bold and expressive. Comb small pea. Face moderate muffling. Ear-lobes small and concealed by ear-tufts. These originate from a gristly appendage arising from behind and just below the ear hole. The tufts of feathers, numbering from 5 to 15, grow from this pad. The tufts should be of a good length, matching in size and extending from the ears backwards in a well-defined sweep, or projecting horizontally. Wattles very small.

Neck: Medium length, well furnished with hackle feathers.

Legs and feet: Medium in length, straight and well set apart. Toes, four, strong and well spread.

Female

The general characteristics are similar to those of the male, allowing for the natural sexual differences.

Colour

Male and female plumage: As for Tailed Araucanas.

In both sexes and all colours
Eyes dark orange. Legs and feet willow to olive or slate.

Weights
Excess weight to be penalised.
Male2.70kg (6lb)
Female2.25kg (5lb)

Scale of points
Type and carriage 20
Ear-tufts 25
Comb 5
Other head points 5
Feet and legs 5
Colour 15
Condition & handling 25
100
Serious defects

Non-standard comb. Unmatched ear-tufts. Shape other than standard, e.g. narrow body. Any tail feathers (incomplete rumpless). Fluff showing below saddle hackle.

Disqualifications
No ear-tufts, single ear-tuft, crest. Uropygium (parson’s nose).


BANTAM

These should be a true miniature of the large Rumpless Araucana. As the large Rumpless fowl is historically and naturally a small breed, it follows that great care must be taken to keep the bantams within the approved weight limits. Colours at present include black-red, black and white.

Weights
Excess weight to be penalised.
Male910g (32oz)
Female790g (28oz)

 

[dan26552]

Wow! Gorgeous rooster.

Very handsome guy Dan!

Thanks! He fought off a fox this afternoon, he was trying to save a duck, unfortunately he didn't save her

But he survived with only loosing most of his back feathers.

 

[Robilyn81]

Watching the EEs grow is so much fun! Whiskey and Scotch are coming along great. Whiskey looks to be a very typical EE pullet. Scotch is younger but she looks to be keeping a lot of dark barring. My favorite part is their slate green legs

Whiskey

Scotch

Scotch with her BO and Welsummer buddies.

 

[Robilyn81]

Thanks! He fought off a fox this afternoon, he was trying to save a duck, unfortunately he didn't save her   But he survived with only loosing most of his back feathers.

What a brave boy. Sad he didn't succeed but glad he made it out alive! Poor chickens, everything thinks they taste so good.

 

[dan26552]

What a brave boy. Sad he didn't succeed but glad he made it out alive! Poor chickens, everything thinks they taste so good.

Yeah. Indeed

 

[bruceha2000]

Watching the EEs grow is so much fun! Whiskey and Scotch are coming along great. Whiskey looks to be a very typical EE pullet. Scotch is younger but she looks to be keeping a lot of dark barring. My favorite part is their slate green legs

Whiskey

You stole my Athena and renamed her Whiskey??

 

[Robilyn81]

You stole my Athena and renamed her Whiskey?? 

Ha-ha! Not on purpose!

 

[LameyInn7423]

I took a break from a full spring of hatching AMs and decided to hatch a batch of EEs just for fun. I forgot how exciting it is just to see how many different colors pop up, and what high hatch rates they have. My EEs always hatch at 90% plus