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Question on chickens -Ameraucana
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<blockquote data-quote="MO_cows" data-source="post: 1209185" data-attributes="member: 9169"><p>I think some of the chicken breeds have been "improved" more than the Ameracauna or Easter Egger. They are still a little closer to their wild ancestor who of course wouldn't lay eggs year round, but nest during the right season, more like wild birds. You can trick them with 14 hours of light every day, but I just let nature take its course. They have longevity, I have some that gotta be 7, 8 years old now. Just as spry and active as ever. They don't lay as much as they used to but they still lay from spring to fall and the eggs seem to just keep getting bigger. Those old, old hens seem to lay 2, 3 times a week. Since they are free range and rustling most of their own grub, I'll take it. A stringy old hen isn't worth the work to butcher, at least for me. </p><p></p><p>Dun - Araucana is the pure breed of the colored egg laying fowl. They don't have tails, they are "rumpless" and smaller than regular chickens. Ameraucanas or Easter Eggers have been crossed with regular chickens for a chicken-like appearance and bigger/more eggs. They are composites.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="MO_cows, post: 1209185, member: 9169"] I think some of the chicken breeds have been "improved" more than the Ameracauna or Easter Egger. They are still a little closer to their wild ancestor who of course wouldn't lay eggs year round, but nest during the right season, more like wild birds. You can trick them with 14 hours of light every day, but I just let nature take its course. They have longevity, I have some that gotta be 7, 8 years old now. Just as spry and active as ever. They don't lay as much as they used to but they still lay from spring to fall and the eggs seem to just keep getting bigger. Those old, old hens seem to lay 2, 3 times a week. Since they are free range and rustling most of their own grub, I'll take it. A stringy old hen isn't worth the work to butcher, at least for me. Dun - Araucana is the pure breed of the colored egg laying fowl. They don't have tails, they are "rumpless" and smaller than regular chickens. Ameraucanas or Easter Eggers have been crossed with regular chickens for a chicken-like appearance and bigger/more eggs. They are composites. [/QUOTE]
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