RED Araucana (large fowl only)

     I have been working on the Red variety in my large fowl Araucana since 2004.  They have been on the "back-burner" for the last few years while I focused on other varieties but I am back to work on them now and I have a nice Red hen to show this Fall (2011)  The Red variety has a historical base in the Araucana since it is the color of one or more of the birds imported from Chile by Ward Bower, Jr. In 1930.   The color Red is as described in the APA Standard of Perfection and the Bantam Standard.   Recently I have made a lot more progress on both type and color.   Some of my large fowl Red Araucana are pictured below.

'Cindy' kind of straddled the line genetically between Red and Wheaten and I showed her successfully as an APA Black Red (Wheaten) Araucana.  She had excellent type and is now owned by Billy Boone, and is being shown by her daughter at the Midwest shows.  She is the mother of the Red hen that I will be showing this Fall 2011. (Photo coming soon)

Cindy's Show record (as an APA Black Red):

October 1, 2009 - Pine Bluff, Arkansas, SouthEast District Fair, Best of Variety.

September 12-13, 2009 ACA/APA National Show ~ Belvidere, Illinois: Best of Variety.

May 2, 2009 - Little Rock, Arkansas, State Fair Spring Show.  Reserve Champion AOSB, Reserve of Breed, Best of Variety.

 
The Red cockerel pictured is "Forty".  He was show once:  September 12-13, 2009 at the ACA/APA National Show ~ Belvidere, Illinois.  He was placed Reserve of Variety, and 1st Place Red Cockerel.  He was not the best Red I have shown and the judge agreed giving him Reserve of Variety when he was the only Red shown there. But once again I had a Red Araucana  'presence' at the National Show.  He was sold afterwards and was not used as a breeder.  I do think he had nice color.

 

Red Araucana Cockerel  (Fiero)

Red Araucana Pullet  (Rose)

~ Show Record ~
April 19, 2008 - Sedalia, Missouri, ABA District & State Meet - DOUBLE SHOW, YELLOW SHOW: 1st Place.  BLUE SHOW:  Reserve of Breed. ~ April 5, 2008 - El Dorado, Arkansas, APA & ABA State Meet, APA District Meet: 1st Place.

This is Fiero, my best 'Colorado' Son from 2008, pictured at 31 weeks of age.   He was shipped to Ventura in the Fall of 2008 and was shown at the 2008 APA/ACA Nationals.  He was Best of Variety (the only Red shown).  He was to head up my "Red" pen in 2009 but he died shortly after returning from Ventura.

I showed a pair of  Red Araucana (Large Fowl) at the APA District Meet In El Dorado, Arkansas in April 2008.  My Red cockerel (Colorado) went Reserve of Breed and Best of Variety (at 5 months old) and the Red pullet (Rose) was Reserve of Variety.  

I showed a Red Bantam Araucana pullet in the Spring of 2007 and she was awarded first and Best of Variety (AOV) but I am no longer working on the Red variety in the bantam Araucana.  

Proposed RED Variety Standard for the Araucana

Color - Male and Female

Disqualifications: One or more white feathers showing in surface color, two or more solid black primaries, two or more solid black secondaries.

Defects: Mealiness in surface and undercolor - - Lacing or frosting in surface color - - white or slate in undercolor - - Shaftiness in feathers.

Comb, Face, Wattles, and Ear Lobes: Bright Red
Beak: Yellow tinged with reddish horn
Eyes: Reddish Bay
Shanks and Toes: Willow

Plumage: Entire surface, an even shade of rich, brilliant red in all sections.  Head, Neck, Back, Saddle and Wing Bows of male – richly glossed intense red. Head, Neck and Hackle of female – slightly glossed intense red. Undercolor:  Red

Expected Genotype (simplified):
 ewh/ewh Mh/Mh Co/Co id+/id+ ml/ml

 

 

 

 

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