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debbie26pet
Joined: 06 Jun 2008
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Location: lancs
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 Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:26 pm Post subject: lavender araucanas are we or not????? |
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i bough these day olds to go with a lonely chick i hatched suppose to be lavender araucanas 
girl?
boys at front on both pics
aged 7/8 weeks old |
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jreeve
Joined: 26 Jun 2008
Posts: 91
Location: North Wales
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:03 pm Post subject: |
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I dont know if you can get bearded/non bearded, rosecomb/normal comb, crest/ no crest etc.. but they look nothing like the lavender araucanas i've seen!.. I had some eggs a few weeks ago from someone who's parent stock looked like the one in this link.. http://www.slack.co.uk/Suffolk2005/February/Pictures/d2cf5844.jpg
But i've never kept them, and only one of the chicks that hatched was from the lavender eggs and hes still about 5 days old.. i'm sure someone more experienced will come along soon!
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Henwife
Joined: 31 Jan 2006
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Location: Monmouthshire
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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| Bearing in mind that an araucana is muffed & crested, has no wattles, a small pea comb and willow to slate coloured legs, I would say they probably aren't. Pretty though. |
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kated
Joined: 01 Nov 2006
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Location: norfolk
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:40 pm Post subject: |
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| I would say that an araucana cockerel may have visited one hen who was not araucana and you got an egg from her. The first picture shows a pullet which could be half araucana the rest don't look as though they have any araucana in them at all. |
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debbie26pet
Joined: 06 Jun 2008
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Location: lancs
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:01 pm Post subject: |
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| im tempted to keep the girl what eggs would u think id get, would she follow dads breed araucana ?? |
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mojo
Joined: 13 Apr 2005
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Location: GLENAY north deux sevre FRANCE
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 9:50 pm Post subject: |
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| keep for looks not egg colour i think |
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debbie26pet
Joined: 06 Jun 2008
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Location: lancs
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| Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 10:57 pm Post subject: |
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def keeping her as my lot are pets, just interested as i know hubby/kids would ask and i like to answer them, and im curious what she grows up like  |
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Henwife
Joined: 31 Jan 2006
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Location: Monmouthshire
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| Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 9:49 am Post subject: |
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| If she's part araucana then she'll lay eggs of some shade of green. |
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