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Self Blue/ Lavender Ameraucana Fertile Eggs
This beautiful breed of chicken lay blue eggs and are an excellent egg laying breed. They originated in the USA and are a difficult breed of chicken to obtain but are growing in popularity. This breed is docile and people friendly. They will bear confinement well but prefer to free range.
The development of this breed is a complicated story that is long and involved, but I think it’s safe to say that part of its beginnings developed in countries such as Chili and its beginnings were initiated by a breed called the Aruacana. The Ameracauana breeders club says, “it is correct and accurate to say that the ‘Ameraucana’ is America’s most newly recognized APA/ABA Standard Breed. Large Fowl Self Blue Ameraucanas are now an officially recognized variety by the APA due to the approval vote of the APA board at the semi-annual Friday night meeting at the Pearl River Classic in Columbia, Mississippi on Jan. 24, 2020. We sent this info to 38 people. There are many others who would like to know, so please help spread the good news! A breed is not considered a true breed unless it has the APA or ABA stamp of approval. According to the APA or ABA the Ameraucana have slate blue legs, red ear lobes, have pea combs, must be the layer of blue eggs, have beard and muffed. The Ameraucana must have a tail, and cannot have any tufts, unlike the Araucana from which it developed.
According to the Ameraucana Breeders Club the Pea Comb gene and the Blue Egg gene are carried on the same chromosomes and are closely related, therefore one cannot be without the other to be considered a true Ameraucana.
The Ameraucana were admitted in the APA Standards of perfection in 1984. Ameraucana is a general-purpose fowl and has a distinctive blue eggshell coloration. Breeders have been improving the Ameraucana breed since the 1930's. Araucana is the parent stock imported from South America. The breed we see now was developed in 1970's. The Ameraucana has the blue-egged trait of the Araucana but without its tuffs and rumpless characteristic. The Ameraucana breed have a well-spread, medium-length tail, muffs, and small pea comb. They have a stocky build with broad heads and large eyes.
They can have long laying seasons. This breed will lay late into November and December and are the first to start up again in January. The hens will go broody. They are hardy and have active, inquisitive, and friendly attitudes. The Ameraucana breed was the first breed to be admitted into the American Poultry Association in 1984. Colors accepted into APA are Black, White, Wheaten, Silver, Buff, Brown Red, Blue Wheaten, and Blue.
In my own opinion: This breed prefers to be treated as a pet, giving them lots of affection only adds another dimension to the pleasure of owning them. Mine wants to be held and petted frequently.
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Ameraucana
The Ameraucana was developed in America in the 1970’s. The Ameraucana breed is considered rare in the United States and is one of very few breeds that lay blue eggs. The Araucana was derived from the Araucana which originally came from Chile and were introduced to North America around 1921 and were standardized and accepted into American Poultry Association (APA) in 1976.
The characteristics to meet the APA Standard for a true Ameraucana are as follows: Must be a blue egg layer. The shade of blue can vary, but it must be blue. Must have ‘pea’ combs; A small, plump red comb towards the front of head. Must be bearded and muffed. They cannot have ear tufts. Must have slate blue legs. Although the black variety sometimes have black legs. Males must have red ear lobes. There are 8 accepted feather colors; Black, Blue, Blue Wheaten, Brown Red, Buff, Silver, Wheaten, White. Cock weight; 6 ½ lbs. Hen weight; 5 ½ lbs.
Other characteristics include; curved beaks, large expressive eyes, absent or small wattles, full hackle, a well spread tail carried at an angle and 4 toes. These characteristics apply to both male and female. The breed also comes in a recognized Bantam variety. I found ameraucana.org to be an excellent reference for this information.
This breed is a dual-purpose breed but is best suited for egg production. They can lay about 250 eggs during a single year, and continues to lay during the winter.Lavender Ameraucana
Lavender/Self Blue Ameraucana chicken breed has been excepted into the APA in the recent years. Beautiful breed with their dark large eyes and fluffy cheeks. They are good layers of blue eggs starting their laying season early in the year, sometimes as early as January.
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