Cackle did get their start with some varieties of Ameraucanas from me, including large fowl blacks. Since they are doing the breeding it is their line you are buying, but I'm quite sure they are going to be the best Ameraucanas you'll get from any commercial hatchery. Jeff Smith and his gang...
I created large fowl black Ameraucanas and have shipped day-old chicks all over the country for decades, but I'm no longer taking orders.
Cackle Hatchery says there LF blacks lay medium to large eggs, but their original stock came from me so with the right selection I would think their black...
For the 1st time we'll have two Ameraucana National Meets in one year!
October 5-6, 2019
Ameraucana Eastern National
Dayton Fancy Feathers Club – show #1, Greenville OH
Contact: Amanda Heitzman [email protected] (937)681-6002
October 11-12, 2019
Amerauacana Western National
Utah...
The one photo shows a whitish male with a yellow beak and Ameraucanas wouldn't have yellow beaks.
There are photos of all the recognized varieties, as chicks, adult males and adult females, under the "Ameraucana Photos" tab of our Ameraucana website.
You can now read about 4 decades worth of Ameraucana Newsletters and several Ameraucana Handbooks from the past by going to the Archives tab on our Ameraucana.org site!
Slate to dark slate shanks on a buff Ameraucana would be ideal, but some lines still produce shanks with just a hint of bluish slate. Depending on their other characteristics they may be used as breeders and as long as they aren't disqualified, when exhibited, by a "qualified" licensed judge...
**Many breeders still mix blue and/or splash Ameraucanas with their blacks to produce more than one variety from a breeding pen/mating. My breeding pens for black Ameraucanas only contain black Ameraucanas. The best properly laced blue Ameraucanas come from mating blue to blue. Since blue...
Our 2018 Ameraucana National Meet is now history. It was a great weekend! There were 249 Ameraucana chickens entered and the top winners were...
Bantams
White pullet, from a Young Trio, by Mike Gilbert - BV, BB, Champion AOCCL & Champion Ameraucana Overall!
Buff pullet, by Bob Walchak -...
Yes (except for the part about being an APA recognized variety). According to the definition our club came up with many years ago at an annual meeting in MO if it "doesn’t meet a variety description or breed true at least 50% of the time it is considered an Easter Egg chicken". I was there and...