Bondinho Posted January 29, 2008 Share Posted January 29, 2008 (edited) Hi all, Quick question, are Araucanas a similar size to Appenzellers? I.e. Virtually bantam size?! I've found a guy in a local paper with Araucanas for sale and was thinking about getting one/two for my sister to go with her Appenzeller and Fayoumi. Thanks. Edited January 30, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bondinho Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 Sorry to pester, but was wondering if anyone could give me an answer asap please as I need to know whether to reserve them or not... Or does anyone have a photo of an Araucana up against other Hybrid hens or bantam hens so I can gauge the size of them for myself? Any advice would be much appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 As far as I know,they are similar in size to Polands - larger bantam size. Smaller than a hybrid,but bigger than a bant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatsCube Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 You get both bantam and standard size arucanas. So you will need to check. As cinamone said the bantam is about poand sized (but slightly fuller shaped) Or standard size (like mine) is quite a big girl about the size of most hybrids. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aunty e Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 My standard araucana was quite dainty, smaller than most hybrids, but a little bigger than my pekins. We used to count her as 75% of a chicken for eglu filling purposes. Pekins were 50%, and our LF silkie was 75%. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatsCube Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Perhaps mine is just a giant lol! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bondinho Posted January 30, 2008 Author Share Posted January 30, 2008 Thanks - that percentage filling of an eglu tip is very helpful Think it would probably be about the same size as an Appenzeller then, perhaps just a bit bigger. But 2 Araucanas, 1 Appenzeller and perhaps a Leghorn or a Hamburg should all fit quite easily into an Eglu with run and extension by the sounds of it. Thanks all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatsCube Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Or your could go for a white star instead of a leghorn, they are a little smaller, but almost identical (plus they lay a little bit more) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Dogmother Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Standard araucanas are smaller than hybrids and more dainty. Miniature Araucanas are pretty small - like a Japanese bantam but with legs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatsCube Posted January 30, 2008 Share Posted January 30, 2008 Here you go this should help. I have just poped and and taken some pics of mine. (any excuse ) Here she is with my Columbine directly above her. She is my second largest hybrid after my massive bluebelle. And here she is with the White star under her and the Maran coming out of the cube. This should give you a good size comparison against other chooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
