Rumpless Araucana chicken
The Rumpless Araucana is the tailless, ear-tufted form of the Araucana. It lays blue/green eggs.
The Rumpless Araucana is a pure-bred chicken breed in the PCGB Soft Feather Light class. Its origin is given as Chile.
It is kept in large and bantam forms. Recognised colours: Black, Black-Red, Blue, Blue-Red, Creole, Cuckoo, Golden Duckwing, Lavender, Pile, Silver Duckwing, Spangled, White. Typical adult weights: cock about 2.7 kg, hen about 2.25 kg, bantam cock about 910 g and bantam hen about 790 g.
Expect roughly 170–180 eggs a year, with blue/green shells. It is mainly kept for eggs and for exhibition or as an ornamental bird.
Compiled from poultryclub.org, poultrykeeper.com, en.wikipedia.org. See sources
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Identity
- Species
- Chicken
- Type
- Pure breed
- PCGB class
- Soft Feather Light
- Origin
- Chile
- Kept for
- Eggs, Exhibition or ornamental
History
The Araucana comes from Chile, and its early history is undocumented. Spanish aviculturist Salvador Castelló saw the birds on a 1914 visit and named them 'Gallina Araucana' after the Araucanía region. British and American standards differ: the American Araucana is rumpless, and in the US the tailed type became the Ameraucana. The ABA standardised it in 1965 and the APA in 1976.
Appearance
No tail or tailbone; ear tufts. UK colours include Black, Blue, Cuckoo, Lavender, Pile, Spangled and White.
Recognised colours
Black, Black-Red, Blue, Blue-Red, Creole, Cuckoo, Golden Duckwing, Lavender, Pile, Silver Duckwing, Spangled, White
Size and weight
- Forms
- Large, Bantam
- Cock
- 2.7 kg
- Hen
- 2.25 kg
- Bantam cock
- 910 g
- Bantam hen
- 790 g
Eggs
- Eggs a year
- 170–180
- Egg colour
- Blue/green
- Notes
- Poultrykeeper gives 170–180 blue/green eggs.
Temperament
Not recorded yet.
Hardiness
Not recorded yet.
Broodiness
Not recorded yet.
Flying
Not recorded yet.
Suitability
- Good to know
- Ear tufts and rumplessness both come from lethal genes, so not every chick shows them.
Conservation status (RBST)
Not on the Rare Breeds Survival Trust's priority list.
Breed club
- British Araucana Club, breed-specific
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