Ameraucana

Ameraucanas are georgeous birds. My favorite variety are the blue, but i love them all (white, black, buff, wheaten, blue wheaten, brown red, silver and the un accepted colors too lavender and splash). The blue eggs they lay are so pretty too. Personally Ameraucanas are my favorite breed. The first chicken I ever had was an ameruacana. I love to show them. All of mine are docile, really cold hardy, friendly, and I have realized other people have said that they pick on their other brds, but I have never had that problem with them. Also it seems like a lot of people say theirs are skitish, maybe I have been lucky but all mine are as friendly as could be. And speaking of cold hardy, I live in Indiana and the weather is so umperdictable, it get really cold and reallly warm. They do really well during the winter (I have never had one get to cold and die or anything like that). And as long as they had a shady place to relax they were good when it got really warm at. I think Ameraucanas are awesome birds and would make an awesome addition to your flock.

Beardsley, my ameraucana, is a very pretty bird. But, she is almost impossible to catch because she just runs from you. She nearly flew over the fence one day while we were trying to catch her too. She has pecked us when we get close and she is just sort of a pain due to her lack of docility. If I decide to get another one of these, I would hope they would be more friendly and not freak out every time you get within a five foot vicinity.

My ameraucana rooster, Blue, is one of the perttiest roosters i have seen, he is a Blue Wheaten, but when it comes to putting out the feed in the mornig he trys to chase the hens away for like 10-20 min but he gets over it after that. Hes really good when it comes to being held, he even lets me file down his spers when they get really sharp.

I have had 3 Ameracanas and they have all been rather skittish - however, my most recent one is not nice at all!

As a matter of fact, her main goal is to walk around and PECK any other hen that she sees.  All 9 of the other girls

avoid her at all costs!  Yikes.  I'm trying to decide how to handle her meanness - I have watched her pluck a feather

out of another hen and then EAT it!  :/ I've raised my hens from one day old chicks and handled them all every day so

there is no reason for her to not be used to people, etc.  My Buff Orpingtons will walk over and wait for me to pick them up.

But, I do love to see those blue eggs in the basket!  

I have a very large flock of ameraucanas they are very smart and docile and attentive. 

I have raised over 100 of these birds, all colors, chicks grow quickly, good body for small roaster up to five months, once they mature and start laying seem to trim down , to breeding weight. Consistent layers, mine laid through molt and the winter months. Good broodys, mothers, dedicated, good social interaction. Interesting crosses, carrying the pea comb dominantly with all crosses, lakenvelder, buff orpington, barred rock, and crosses very hardy. Excellent in either free range or confined coop, very friendly, love attention and lap! Great foragers and feed conversion. Just a wonderful all around breed. I imagine if you don't have much contact with them they could be wild, but that has not been my experience!

I breed Blue Ameraucana bantams and also have other color varieties of them. They are one of my most favorite chicken breeds ever! They are calm, always around the middle of the pecking order. Also they are beautiful, and they have many different plumages. Mine are very friendly, always running up to me to say hello. Their eggs are big, about the size of my Rhode Island Reds' eggs. I get sky-blue eggs from my girls, and they are great layers to, giving me an egg almost every day. I have a Blue Ameraucana rooster, Merlin, and he is a sweetie. My Ameraucanas are both heat and cold hardy. They are just an all around great bird!!

I have an ameraucana rooster and two ameraucana bantam hens. All three are gorgeous birds and show very nicely all three are fine being held and do well in the show ring. My only problem with the breed is my rooster is a little mean and can be a fighter around his hens. The hens are runners and try not to let you get a hold of them. When you do they behave but it's a pain to get them. Other then that I love the breed.

Love this breed.  Favorite for kids to hold because they are on the small side.  Their personality's are amazing, I love watching them free range!!! 

Our Americaunas live here in Alaska and seem to be cold hardy. Dependable layers, pretty eggs. The birds are friendly and rather outgoing, but can be shy. I have this one who is best friends with a speckled sussex. I see them alone together in the woods often. We have about 50 layers in all, so I think it's funny they run off together. Both hens. I love the color variations. I got all of mine from cackle. 15 in all, very healthy, great price.