Please be aware that "Ameraucana" and "Easter Egger" are two different things.
Unfortunately the hatcheries and some sellers ( I won't call the breeders) are passing off "Easter Eggers" as "Ameraucana."
While Easter Eggers are very pretty and good egg layers they are not the same as the Ameraucana.
"The Ameraucana is an American breed of domestic chicken developed in the United States in the 1970s. It was derived from chickens brought from South America that carried the blue egg gene, and was bred to maintain the blue egg color of that breed while eliminating the lethal recessive gene.[1][4] There is also an Ameraucana bantam variety."
Let me be clear in stating that I only have Easter Eggers. While my roo was a Lavender Ameraucana from Chickenstalker in PA my hens were and are all Easter Eggers (green or other color egg layers)
I now have a Lavender Araucana roo in the mix. He is not a good example in that he doesn't have the "whiskers".
Hens are my own hatches. Roosters are switched out for gene dept. Acquired by my friends here.
Point? Any chicks or eggs you get from me will be mixed. You may get a blue, green, blue green, pink,olive or brown egg layer. You may get a blue, lavender, black, mixed color or rumpless bird. The Easter Egger Chicken, also referred to as the Americana, is a very unique breed of chicken with the following distinctions, beards underneath their beaks, muffs around their cheeks, and most exciting, they lay lots of medium sized pink, blue, & green tinted eggs.
If you are looking to acquire Ameraucana or Araucana birds, use caution and do your research, First.
