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Use:<\/strong> The Araucana is a dual-purpose chicken breed prized for its blue-tinted, medium-sized eggs and plump carcass.<\/p>\n

History:<\/strong> The history of the Araucana chicken breed is somewhat clouded. However, according to The Araucana Club of America, the Araucana originated in an area of Chile controlled by Araucana Indians. It\u2019s believed the chicken breed developed by crossing rumpless, blue-egg-laying Collonca fowl with ear-tufted Quetro chickens to produce the Collonca de Ar\u00eates, forerunner of today\u2019s Araucana chicken. The breed was first imported to the U.S. in the 1930s and was admitted to the American Poultry Association\u2019s Standard of Perfection<\/em> in 1976.<\/p>\n

Conformation:<\/strong> The Araucana chicken breed is medium-sized and comes in Black, Black-breasted Red, Golden Duckwing, Silver Duckwing and White varieties. It has a small pea comb and lays medium-sized blue or bluish-green eggs. The breed has yellow skin and yellow- or willow-colored shanks. It\u2019s rumpless (no tail) and has ear tufts (clumps of feathers) growing from small tabs of skin near their ear openings. Standard Araucana cocks weigh 5\u00bd pounds and hens weigh 4 pounds. Bantam cocks weigh 34 ounces and hens weigh 28 ounces.<\/p>\n

Special Considerations\/Notes:<\/strong> The Araucana is a docile chicken breed that does well in confinement or as a free-range chicken. It should not be confused with the Easter Egger chicken breed, a mixed breed frequently sold through farm stores and hatcheries as Araucanas or the related Ameraucanas. While Easter Eggers are fine birds and good layers, for pure-bred chickens, buy Araucanas from breeders instead of commercial hatcheries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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