Araucanas were developed from chickens imported in the early 1930s from Chile and named after Indians living that country’s Gulf of Arauco. Distinguishing features of Auracanas include a pea comb, eggs with pale blue shells, the lack of a tailbone, and spectacular ear tufts. Five color varieties have been standardized: black, black breasted red, golden duckwing, silver duckwing, and white. The Araucana standard calls for bilateral tufting — a single clump of feathers on each side of the neck that match in size, shape, and symmetry. However, tufts don’t always match, or more than one tuft may occur on a side, or a tuft grows on one side only.