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Category Archives: Araucana

Latino or Italian

 
We have two chicks, Aster and Ivy that I just can’t tell what breed they are. I’m positive they are either Americanas (the more domesticated less pure version of the Araucana) or the Sicilian Buttercup.  The Araucana is known specifically for their more wild nature and laying of colorful eggs which is, as far as [...]

A chick by any other name

So my wife and I put our selves to the task of naming all of our chicks. We tried with the first batch but it was hard. Some of those were being grown for the purpose of eating them and so we couldn’t name them anything too touchy feely or serious - since we would [...]