I love Araucanas, they are outgoing, friendly and lay green eggs, but I have always had oviduct issues with them, so I’ve no longer gotten any, even though I adore them, the ony one I have left is a cross between Araucana and Javanese bantam…she was transported as a hatching egg for over 1000 km, then sat in the heat for 1 week, then driven another 600 km, she was the only one out of 6 eggs which really hatched, her ”mother” was my lead hen, who looked after her for 3 months (!) . Usually, the young chickens start way down the chicken hierarchy, but she was number 2 when her mother finally decided she was good on her own, she is my smallest chicken, but thinks she is boss, sometimes, the larger chickens peck her, but usually, she is the one dealing out pecks….a few months ago, she got into a real bad fight with the lead hen (3 times her size) she looked bad, but after 3 days, she was fine again, I had to get the lead hen treated for over 2 months
she then got sour croup , any other hen would have died ( I think she couldn’t eat for at least 3 days) she made it, she is a tough old bird
here she is on the left with the leading hen, they are finally getting along again
They are friendly, sweet, beautiful, and every day they visit me. I would put EEs second. I have two large fowl EEs and three bantam EEs and all of them are friendly and loving. My porcelain d’Uccles, Belgian d’Anvers, Polish, silkies, salmon Faverolle and Russian Orloff are all equally lovely too…just not quite AS friendly and attention seeking.
