I love my Ameraucanas! I have 4 hens and 3 chicks. The hens are great layers, and I love the colored eggs.
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The Ameraucana was developed in the 70's by a few people who were trying to standardize the Araucana breed. The Ameraucana is easier to breed as there are no complications due to lethal genes. A very detailed history of the Ameraucana can be read at the Ameraucana Breeders Club website. Besides the above color requirements the following are some of the traits Ameraucanas should posess:
{eyes - bay (reddish brown)}
{shanks & feet - slate (blue grey) black accepted on black birds, bottoms of feet white}
{ear lobes - red, pale on females (no white)}
{comb - pea}
{wattles - very small, absent}
{skin - white}
{toes - four}
{muffs & beard - forming three seperate lobes, absence is a DQ}
{egg color - blue, minty green}
{cock weight - 6.5 lbs/cockerel - 5.5 lbs}
{hen weight - 5.5 lbs/pullet - 4.5 lbs}
{full breast, medium back, and tail carried at 45 degrees above horizontal}
{the bird must breed true to color}
{eyes - bay (reddish brown)}
{shanks & feet - slate (blue grey) black accepted on black birds, bottoms of feet white}
{ear lobes - red, pale on females (no white)}
{comb - pea}
{wattles - very small, absent}
{skin - white}
{toes - four}
{muffs & beard - forming three seperate lobes, absence is a DQ}
{egg color - blue, minty green}
{cock weight - 6.5 lbs/cockerel - 5.5 lbs}
{hen weight - 5.5 lbs/pullet - 4.5 lbs}
{full breast, medium back, and tail carried at 45 degrees above horizontal}
{the bird must breed true to color}
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| Detail | Value |
|---|---|
| Breed Purpose | Dual Purpose |
| Comb | Pea |
| Broodiness | Average |
| Climate Tolerance | All Climates |
| Egg Productivity | Medium |
| Egg Size | Medium |
| Egg Color | Blue/Green |
| Breed Temperament | Aggressive,Friendly,Flighty,Easily handled,Calm,Bears confinement well,Quiet,Docile |
| Breed Colors/Varieties | Black, Blue, Blue Wheaten, Brown Red, Buff, Silver Duckwing, Wheaten and White. Colors being worked on include Lavender, Splash, Splash Wheaten, Mottled, Salmon, Red Pyle and Black Gold. |
| Breed Size | Large Fowl |
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User Reviews: Ameraucana
Yesterday at 7:21 pm
May 17, 2012 at 8:58 pm
Pros: they are beautiful
Cons: they are hard to introduce to an exsisting flock
Cons: they are hard to introduce to an exsisting flock
i love this bird its the wierdest one i have
January 11, 2012 at 8:55 pm
Pros: lays blue eggs, cold hardy
Cons: confusion with Easter Eggers gets ideas and prices mixed
Cons: confusion with Easter Eggers gets ideas and prices mixed
Like most people I started with Easter Eggers thinking they're the same as Ameraucanas, then started my first Ameraucanas with several small flocks/lines of Blue, Black,and Splash birds. They averaged from poor to decent layers, temperaments were okay but slightly shy. The boys were GREAT though, always friendly and talkative but a bit of drama queens when it came to handling. They don't freak physically but they make a slight screamish sound, it's kinda cute.
I then expanded myself into Wheatens, Blue Wheatens, and Buffs after the BBS flock and got into much more friendly, better layers of even brighter blue eggs. Loved them.
In general I think Ameraucanas are an awesome breed, but the confusion of them vs Easter Eggers gets almost tiring in that so many people just don't fully understand what you mean when you're describing them, and the other thing is, I shyly have to admit - Araucanas, the other blue laying breed, have much more desirable characteristics for me. That doesn't make Ameraucanas "un-cool" though, as their having a tail and more availability is nicer, plus their Buff color is just amazingly beautiful.
So in the end my thought is always this - ANY flock must have, if not an Ameraucana, some sort of colored egg layer, but honestly I think Ameraucanas need more recognition out there than their much confusing rival, the Easter Egger. If not a neat blue egg layer with great cold tolerance, the roosters especially make wonderful pets and show birds.
January 12, 2012 at 1:38 pm
Article: Ameraucana
Breed Details: I have been breeding for several years and have found them to be anywhere on the spectrum from personable, to shy and always entertaining. The best layers are the black and blue varieties. The most personable are the wheatens and blue wheatens. Whites and buffs are very easy going. Silvers, along with black and blue can be flighty. I have found that if you raise the more flighty birds in a large brooder or in smaller numbers it tends to make them more receptive to humans. The blue, black, wheaten and blue wheaten varieties, in my opinion have the nicest egg color. They are good layers and do not drop off in production sharply after their second year like many other breeds. |
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