True Modern large Araucana
"True Modern Large Rumpless/Tufted Araucana"
Variety of colors:
black, white, blue, duckwing, BBR and splash
(Working on a buff Standard size, unavailable)
All selected Breeders carry the Rumpless gene and/or the Tufted gene
Please note: It is possible that you might hatch some rumpless, partially tailed birds, tailed birds, tufted birds (bilateral or unilateral) or clean headed birds.
*There's no guarantee on both traits on a single bird when hatching Araucanas!
Our Araucana all carry the Blue Egg Gene & have Pea Combs. Shell color does vary from bluish to greenish shades.
**N0 Guarantee on color of chicks! **No choice on color at this time!** No guarantee of tufts and/or rumplessness on chicks**
~Egg Prices~
1/2 dozen $20.00
1~dozen $40.00
Egg Prices include S/H
~Updated Chick Prices~
Straight run Chicks are $7.00 each min of 15 chicks for shipping,
express s/h is $30.00 includes box...
**email for available shipping dates and needs**
No guarantee on traits or colors this applies to chick orders as well**see above
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The Breed
Here are some pics on Rare hard to find Books on araucana
*by Wilfred L Cox*
*By David Caudell*
Description/Info:
Weights for Standard size Araucana
Cock.....5 lbs Hen.....4 lbs
Cockerel.....4 lbs Pullet......... 3-1/2 lbs
The Araucana is a unique breed that has been a topic of controversy ever since it was first imported into the United States sometime during the late 1920s or early 1930s. Not much is known about the origin of the Araucana except that some of them were transported to the United States from South America.
Araucana chickens were bred primarily for their novel characteristic of blue eggs. It is, however, a dual purpose bird that has a well-fleshed carcass. The hens are good layers of medium-sized eggs.
The blue shell Gene is a genetically dominant trait. This means that when the Araucana breed is crossed with another breed of domestic chicken the female offspring will always lay blue or tinted eggs. This has been the reason that some crossbreeds have been mistaken for purebred Araucanas.
It is not uncommon for another breed, the Ameraucana, to be mistaken for an Araucana. The Ameraucana was developed in the United States in the 1970s in an effort to retain blue egg color in a larger, tailed chicken.
Two distinquishing characteristics of the Araucana breed are that the chickens are rumpless (i.e., no tail -- that is, there is a complete absence of the tailhead) and have tufts of feathers which protrude from each side of the neck. Ameraucana chickens, on theother hand, have a well-developed tail, a full beard, and muffs on each side of the face. Ameraucana chickens do not have the tufts of feathers protruding from each side of the neck.
Several distinguishing characteristics of the Araucana and Ameraucana breeds are compared in Table 1 . Both breeds lay blue eggs. Therefore, just because a bird lays blue eggs does not mean it should automatically be classified as an Araucana.
Ear-tufts (tufts): A cluster of feathers protruding from each side of the neck. The feathers grow from a slender finger-like cartilaginous appendage located slightly below the ear.
Araucana vs Ameraucana.
Characteristic
Tail:
Araucana: no
Ameraucana : yes
ee/easter egger: yes
Ear-tufts:
Araucana: yes
Ameraucana: no
ee/easter egger: no
Beard:
Araucana: no
Ameraucana: yes
ee/easter egger: yes
Muffs:
Araucana: no
Ameraucana: yes
ee/easter egger: yes
Blue eggs:
Araucana: yes
Ameraucana: yes
ee/easter egger: all colors
