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...