When the Spaniards arrived in South America, bringing with them the
light Mediterranean breeds, they found that the indigenous Indians had
domestic fowl which soon cross - bred with the incomers. Notable for
their fierce resistance to the Spaniards, however, were the Indians of
the Arauca province of northern Chile who were never conquered. The name
Araucana for the breed is derived therefore from that part of the world
where the South American and European fowls had the least opportunity
to interbreed.
The Araucana breed standard in the British Isles is generally as envisaged by George Malcolm who created the true-breeding lavender Araucana, among other colours, in Scotland during the 1930s. Araucanas are prolific layers of strong - shelled eggs, blue or green eggs having been reported from South America from the mid - sixteenth century onwards. These are unique in that their colour permeates throughout the shell.
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