Araucana
Sign in to savethumb|An Araucana egg (left) with white and brown eggs for comparison The Araucana () is a breed of domestic chicken from Chile. The name derives from the historic Araucanía region where it is believed to have originated. It lays blue-shelled eggs, one of very few breeds that do so.
Key facts
- Poultry breed.name
- Araucana
- Poultry breed.image
- Araucana hen showing ear tufts.jpg
- Poultry breed.alt
- a white hen with ear-tufts
- Poultry breed.image_caption
- A white hen with ear-tufts
- Poultry breed.country
- Chile
- Poultry breed.distribution
- Worldwide
- Poultry breed.broody
- yes
- Poultry breed.apa
- all other standard breeds
- Poultry breed.aba
- all other comb clean leg
- Poultry breed.pcgb
- soft feather: light
- Poultry breed.aps
- light breed softfeather
- Poultry breed.maleweight
- Large: 2.7–3.2 kgBantam: 740–850 g
- Poultry breed.femaleweight
- Large: 2.2–2.7 kgBantam: 680–790 g
- Poultry breed.skincolour
- white
- Poultry breed.eggcolour
- blue or green
- Poultry breed.comb
- pea
- Poultry breed.type
- Chicken
- Poultry breed.latin
- Gallus gallus domesticus
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thumb|An Araucana egg (left) with white and brown eggs for comparison The Araucana () is a breed of domestic chicken from Chile. The name derives from the historic Araucanía region where it is believed to have originated. It lays blue-shelled eggs, one of very few breeds that do so.
Breed standards for the Araucana vary from country to country. It may have unusual tufts of feathers on the ears, and may be rumpless, without a tail and tail-bone; in the United States it may for this reason be known as the South American Rumpless. Both ear-tufts and rumplessness are caused by lethal genes, so not all birds display these traits. The Ameraucana breed and "Easter egger" hybrids of the United States, which also lay blue or green eggs, both derive from the Araucana.