Tufted Araucana and odd-colored Marans chick

[Katy]

Jody...here's a pix of the tufted chick...not very good, but she didn't want to cooperate!

One of the light Marans chicks is getting barred wing feathers so I guess we'll see how she developes over time. She's at the top in the picture

group shot

 

[sara]

That little araucana is just precious! I want one!

 

[hinkjc]

Now those a nice tufts! I am so glad you got a perty tufty baby. They are so adorable all feathered out with those feathers coming out their heads.

Jody

 

[Katy]

I hope it's a she.....How big do they get compared to silkies? Right now I've got the one that hatched a few weeks back in with the silkies because he's so much smaller than my other standard chicks. They weren't picking on him, but they outgrew him so fast I was afraid he might be getting pushed away from the feeder. He'll probably have an identity crisis when he finally sees someone who looks like him!!

 

[hinkjc]

I personally think the araucana would do well with the silkies. The silkies have the fluff to make up for weight on araucana..hehe Standard araucana are a small standard breed. Cockerels are only 4-5 pounds and pullets 3-4 pounds. I hope she's a girl too.

Jody

 

[Katy]

Yeah...right now just looking he blends right in with the silkies with size, but I know he outweighs them. For right now I'm gonna keep them together.

 

[speckledhen]

Katy, that's so funny that the little oddball is feathering in with barring anyway. How strange that it started out looking splashy! What is it with you and I and oddball chicks? My BR baby that looked like a SLW baby now just looks like a sort of badly barred, blotchy/splotchy, Barred Rock cockerel.

 

[chickenranchwife]

They are too adorable Katy.

 

[hcammack]

Katy I was looking up some info on Marans last night and I found a website that talks about silver marans and how it is a reccesive gene that can hide behind cuckoo and how this guy got his start by breeding his two marans and getting a chick that looks just like your they are very beatiful birds I will go look and see if I can find the link and post it here.

Good Luck
henry

 

[speckledhen]

Good information, Henry! Maybe that's her answer!