Araucana chickens

Hi everyone, this is a Araucana hen, she is super cute. Down below is a adorable chick, and a handsome rooster.
When the Araucana was first introduced to breeders worldwide in the mid-20th century, the genetics that produced tufts were recognized to also cause chick mortality Two copies of the gene cause nearly 100% mortality shortly before hatching. The tufted gene is dominant, however. Because no living Araucana possesses two copies of the tufted gene, breeding any two tufted birds leads to half of the resulting brood being tufted with one copy of the gene, a quarter being clean-faced with no copy of the gene, and a quarter of the brood dead in the shell, having received two copies of the gene.
In the decades to follow, most breeders took one of two tacks—either to preserve the old style of bird, or to breed out the tufts while increasing productivity.
In 1976, the first standards for the breed were accepted by the APA, conforming to the traditional style. This was followed, in 1984, by a second standard for the "improved" variety.

Approximate weight

Rooster	2.7–3.2 kg	6–7 lbs
Hen	2.3–2.7 kg	5–6 lbs

Bantam Variety Aracuana

Rooster	740–850 g	1.6–1.87 lbs
Hen	680–790 g	1.5–1.75 lbs

Pecking with Poppet - meet speckles

Hi everyone I am sorry that this got done really late, I am finally getting to do "Pecking with Poppet". Today I am going to do Speckles.

This is Speckles she is my partridge silkie, she is super cute, her head is super poofy, so some times I have to put a pony in her hair! ( the feathers on her head.) She loves to eat grape leaves, and oatmeal. She is super sweet, and she loves to be held. She is also a mama because she hatched three chicks, two of them are Ameraucanas, and one is a Easter egger. The Easter eggers name is "lilly" witch turned out to be a boy, so we had to bring it in. The Ameraucanas were, maddy, and missus penguin, maddy was a boy to so we had to turn her in to. Then when missus penguin was a baby she was dropped on her head, so she went blind from brain damage, and soon died, the sad part is, she was a girl, our only girl.

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Ameraucana chickens

This is a Ameraucana hen on eggs, she is ADORABLE, and pretty. They make awesome mothers, and good pets. The Ameraucana is one of the few chicken breeds to lay blue eggs. The Ameraucana has a tail and is muffed and bearded. The earlobes are small and round, the wattles small or absent; earlobes, comb and wattles are all red. The shanks are slate-blue, tending to black in the Black variety. The earlobes are small and round, the wattles small or absent; earlobes, comb and wattles are all red. The shanks are slate-blue, tending to black in the Black variety.

Weight	Male: Standard: 6.5 lb (3 kg) Bantam: 30 oz (850 g)[1]
	Female: Standard: 5.5 lb (2.5 kg) Bantam: 26 oz (740 g)[1]
Egg color	Blue in various shades
Comb type	Pea

This is a Ameraucana rooster, he to is cute. They make good fathers.

 These adorable little things are Ameraucana chicks. They are so adorable.

Delaware chickens

This is a picture of a male and female Delaware chickens. They are very sweet birds, and they are easy to tame.  With males weighing 8.5 pounds (3.9 kilos) and hens 6.5 pounds (3 kilos), the Delaware is a medium sized breed.  Delawares appear in a single color type: a white body and breast, with light black barring on the ends of the hackle, wings and tails. It is similar to the Columbian color seen in some breeds, but has barring in the dark portions, rather than uniform black.  Like most standard breeds of chicken, the Delaware has a miniaturized bantam version; however, these are rarely seen. Delawares are hardy birds that mature quickly. Hens are good layers
of large to jumbo brown eggs and will go broody. Unlike the most common commercial meat birds in use today, the Delaware does well in free range operations.

Approximate weight

Rooster	3.9 kg	8.5 lbs
Hen	2.9 kg	6.5 lbs
BANTAM
Rooster	32 oz
Hen	28 oz

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Rose comb bantams

This is a Rosecomb   bantam hen she is beautiful and tiny, she fits in one hand.The Rosecomb is a breed of chicken named for its distinctive comb. Rosecombs are bantam chickens, and are among those known as true bantams, meaning they are not a miniaturized version of a large fowl. Rosecombs are one of the oldest and most popular bantam breeds in showing.An ornamental chicken, they are poor egg layers and not suited for meat production.  The Rosecomb is one of the oldest bantam breeds of chicken. The earliest surviving records of the breed are from the 14th century in Britain, though it may have another point of origin. Males generally weigh 570–620 g (20–22 oz) and females 450–510 g (16–18 oz)Rosecombs are good fliers. They are also usually friendly birds, but males may be aggressive. 

serama chickens

This is a picture of a Serama hen she is so cute. Seramas are much like other Bantam breeds. After laying an egg it takes around 19 days for the chicks to develop and hatch. After hatching, it takes about 16–18 weeks for the chicks to mature and reach the point at which they themselves can begin laying eggs. They are the smallest breed of chicken in the world.
The chicks are adorable, and  small.The eggs are about the size of a quarter.

          

 

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Plymouth Rock chickens

This is a Plymouth Rock hen, she is beautiful, and adorable. Plymouth Rock chickens are a popular type of breed, and are very friendly. They are layers of brown eggs. They are great mothers. I have a pet hen that is a  Plymouth Rock that looks like the hen in the picture above, she is very tame and beautiful.

colors

 

• Barred
• White
• Buff
• Partridge
• Silver Penciled
• Blue
• Columbian
• Black

Approximate weight

Rooster	3.4 kg	7.5 – 9.5 lbs
Hen	3.0 – 3.4 kg	6.6 – 7.5 lbs
Cockerel	3.6 kg	8.0 lbs
Pullet	2.3 – 2.7 kg	5.0 – 6.0 lbs