Araucana Chickens

Araucana Chickens

Not only is this bird a good layer, but also the eggs she produces are blue-green or turquoise. 

Some varieties of this chicken also lay pink eggs or brown eggs with pink hues. 

These eggs are perfect for Easter decorating, gifts for neighbors, or just to add some variety in your egg basket. 

The chickens come in partridge (black stripes that meet at the middle of the feather then move outward), silver- blue partridge, yellow partridge, fawn, wheaten (creamy tans), white, black, and lavender.

The roosters of this breed weigh about 5 pounds, and hens weigh about 4 pounds. 

Bantams of the breed weigh 28 ounces for a male and 26 ounces for a female.

Araucanas can be tailed or rumpless, meaning without a tail. 

They have a pea comb that is low to the head with three ridges, and they have a clean leg without any feathers. 

A unique feature of these birds is the tufts of feathers they have by their ears.

Araucanas are a good choice for novice bird owners because they have high energy, but it is okay to pen them.

Their home should offer fresh green grass every day, so a mobile coop or allowing them to roam freely might be best.

They will provide you with about 200 eggs per year.

A good egg layer will produce 150 to 250 eggs per year. 

Hens usually start to lay eggs about 4 to 6 months old and will continue to lay eggs into their teens.

 As a rule, good egg layers should have deep, full abdomens. 

Eggs come in different colors but taste the same, and a hen always will lay the same color egg. 

If you are a novice owner and would like to get chickens primarily for eggs, you will need only about four birds to get started, which will give you 20 to 28 eggs per week.