About our Araucana Chickens 

Breed Origin: Chile, South America. 
Uses: Egg Layer Domestic 
Weight: Large Fowl: Cock 2.7 - 3.2Kg Hen 2.25 - 2.7Kg. 
Bantam: Cock: 740 - 850g Hen: 680 - 790g
Egg Colour: Green / Blue.  
Egg Quantity Large fowl: 200 per Annum medium to large egg 
Breed Colours : Black, Black-Red, Blue, Blue-Red, Crele, Cuckoo, Golden Duckwing, Lavender, Pile, Silver Duckwing, Spangled, White (Standardised). 
Colours available on the Farm: Large Fowl (L/F) Black & Lavender 

Temperament:
Araucanas are great characters, they are a very friendly breed, inquisitive and easily tamed to come to hand for pets. The cock birds don’t tend to be aggressive. 

About our birds:

The Araucana on the farm originated from other members of the British Araucana club. We keep all the best birds in small breeding flocks of up to 10 hens with one cock. We hatch all our stock on the farm for each new season. The best birds are kept to improve the breed standard and other birds go into our laying flock for their lovely blue eggs.

Interesting to know:

Araucanas are very distinctive looking birds they have a triple pea comb, crests, muffs and beards, they do not have wattles.When crossed with any other breed, the offspring will lay a green / blue egg. The Araucana breed comes from South America and are named after the Araucano tribe of Native South Americans. There are records of blue egg laying chickens in South America going back to the 1520's. The Araucana was officially named in the 1930s. The origins of the British Araucana go back at least a hundred years and mentions of blue egg laying chickens appear in the 1700s. The precise historical moment of introduction to the British Isles is not known however it is reported that a Chilean nitrate ship floundered off the coast of Scotland in the 1930’s and the descendants of bearded, muffed, tailed Araucanas that were aboard were scattered among the Inner Hebrides. 

Araucanas are prolific layers of strong-shelled, blue or green eggs. Their eggs are unique as the blue colour permeates throughout the shell. All other breeds which lay blue eggs have had Araucana genes introduced into their breed. They are prolific layers for a rare breed and are usually in lay by 20 - 24 weeks of age. They will often lay throughout the winter months.