Rumpless AND Tufted!

Our first rumpless and tufted Araucana that we hatched ourselves! 

The Araucana we hatched out last week is not only rumpless, but he/she is also double-tufted.  The right side of the face has a larger white tuft - and the left side has a thin black tuft.  The placement of the tufts don't match perfectly.  However, I'm so happy to see those tufts.

Any suggestions for names?

For anyone who is curious:  The Araucana breed of chicken came the United States from Chile. They were first bred by the Araucanian Indians in Chile - which is where they got their name.

The Aracauna has three distinguishing characteristics:  (1) It is rumpless (missing the last vertebrae and thus lacking a tail); (2) it has feather tufts near each ear; and (3) it lays a blue egg.
Both the rumpless feature and the tufts feature don't appear on all Araucana. 

I have one hen that has a tuft on one side of her face.  Then I have two that have no tufts at all.  I hatched out two other Araucanas back in December - neither have tufts and only one is rumpless.  The other one has 4 or 5 feathers sticking out in the back.  It's rather funny looking!

So I'm really thrilled to have my first rumpless and double-tufted Araucana.  I have more Araucana eggs in the incubator - and hopefully within a few weeks I'll have more rumpless and tufted chicks.