Breed distinction

[Hinotori]

I'm not an expert on the araucana. I just understand the tufted and rumpless genes. There are a few other things like skin color that make them distinctive from ameraucana. The araucana is the older breed.

Ameraucana I've kept and bred. Talked to lots of other breeders. I just had to make a choice on what I prefered to go forward with. I went with the blind feather balls, but I still keep a few ameraucana for my laying flock along with some easter eggers.

Don't ever cross silkies with ameraucana. Even crossing back to ameraucana or easter egger, they are laying small eggs. Granted they are small birds at about 3.5 pounds but will get a little bigger still. Opposite way for crossing I'm having skin color issues. 2 of the 3 chicks have white skin. Those are just "let's see what we get" experiments.

 

[ChickenMomma91]

So Jellybean went to the rainbow bridge and I got another hen. My local supplier of my addiction isn’t sure if she’s a welsummer or an olive egger. Haven’t gotten an egg yet since I’ve had her only a week

 

[Hinotori]

I thought about getting araucana years ago, but I decided on the ameraucana and was breeding wheaten and silver for a bit.

I've been concidering getting a few large fowl as my flock is just a barnyard mix mostly now. I've only been working on the silkies. The large fowl just give me pretty blue eggs. Ive been listening for anyone local with legbars and araucana. If I wait, a friend of mine will supply the legbars later in the year.

 

[flowerbug]

i've never seen yellowish eggs from chickens before. tan and brown yes, i have seen those...

 

[Hinotori]

I really like the blue layers and did tons of research on the ameraucana and araucana. I feel for the poor people who get taken in about mislabeled easter eggers and post.

I breed partridge silkies now. I've done ok on shows. The color has so many issues that I'll have to work many more years. I've been working at improving for years. Still have comb shape and color issues on my roosters but I overcame the feather color issue. Comparing a hatchery silkie to ones from a good breeder is insane. Look like different breeds.

The poor ameraucana and araucana get the worst of it because of hatcheries. It irks me greatly.

 

[YourRabbitGirl]

I don’t have photos at the moment but I’ll get some when I get home.
I have two hens who were sold to me as ameracaunas. I don’t care is she was wrong but one lays a bright blue eggs and the other more of a greenish blue. I’m thinking one is actually an auracauna ( I know my spelling is probably wrong). One is fat/fluffy (hence why she was named marshmallow peep) and the other is skinny almost rooster looking. Thoughts?

I not really knowledgeable in breeds as some are, but the eggs that they produce is good enough for me. the breed is not that important, .. All I know is you had a great deal.

 

[Lazy Gardener]

Given the white lobes, I'm guessing EE.

 

[Hinotori]

I don't know welsummers enough to say anything. I do love my easter eggers though

 

[Lazy Gardener]

Agreed, I really couldn't imagine a flock without them. Even feel strongly enough about that... just might be willing to pick up some EE from a feed store in the future.

 

[farmerjan]

Agree on the EE. Welsummers don't have white earlobes.... but a cross could. She actually looks like a hatchery type light brown leghorn with the wrong color legs. Guess when you get eggs you will know.