I have 4 Americaunas, which many say are Easter Eggers because they came from a hatchery. The blue eggs are great, pretty unusual and always popular. However, the chickens are late bloomers, never acclimated to the regular flock, more often loners and almost wild and not easily caught or "petted" By late bloomers I mean 25 weeks or more to start laying and not every day layers. Just saying. Do you want 8 eggs from 12 chickens a day? Do you want pet type chickens that are easy to catch and thus easy to maintain? Do you want chickens that are good survivors in a free range atmosphere? In my flock the Orpingtons are the most pet like, the most curious and docile. The Plymouth Rocks are the best survivors and also pretty docile and the Americaunas are my favorites but always a pain to put in if I need to go someplace, always the first to jump the fence when their wings grow out, never come for food and always stay seperated from the main flock. REsearch research research. Not all chickens are the same.