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| Blue and Black day old Ameraucana chicks |
| Ameraucana |
| The BLUE Egg Layer! |
Ameraucana traits include full tails, muffs, beards, and slate or black legs depending on the variety. Bantam cocks weigh 30 ounces
and bantam hens weigh 26 ounces while large fowl cocks weigh 6½ pounds and large fowl hens weigh 5½ pounds.
Colors include: Black, Blue, Blue Wheaten, Brown Red, Buff, Silver, Wheaten & White
Confusion with Easter Egger chickens
The Ameraucana Breeders Club defines an Easter Egg chicken, or Easter Egger,
as any chicken that possesses the blue egg gene, but doesn’t fully meet any breed description as defined in the APA standards.
Further, even if a bird (that possesses the blue egg gene) meets an APA standard breed description, but doesn’t meet a variety
description or breed true at least 50% of the time it is considered an Easter Egg chicken. (The American Poultry Association's American
Standard of Perfection)
This means if your bird does not meet a color requirement, it is in Easter Egger. In other words, most Easter Egg chickens are "mutts"
which happen to carry the blue egg gene. True Ameraucanas are rare.
and bantam hens weigh 26 ounces while large fowl cocks weigh 6½ pounds and large fowl hens weigh 5½ pounds.
Colors include: Black, Blue, Blue Wheaten, Brown Red, Buff, Silver, Wheaten & White
Confusion with Easter Egger chickens
The Ameraucana Breeders Club defines an Easter Egg chicken, or Easter Egger,
as any chicken that possesses the blue egg gene, but doesn’t fully meet any breed description as defined in the APA standards.
Further, even if a bird (that possesses the blue egg gene) meets an APA standard breed description, but doesn’t meet a variety
description or breed true at least 50% of the time it is considered an Easter Egg chicken. (The American Poultry Association's American
Standard of Perfection)
This means if your bird does not meet a color requirement, it is in Easter Egger. In other words, most Easter Egg chickens are "mutts"
which happen to carry the blue egg gene. True Ameraucanas are rare.
| AMERAUCANA SHAPE (Large Fowl & Bantam Males) COMB: Pea. BEAK: Curved. FACE: Nearly hidden by muffs. EYES: Expressive. WATTLES: Small, preferably absent. EARLOBES: Small. MUFFS AND BEARD: Full, well-rounded, medium length. HEAD: Medium size. NECK: Well-arched. HACKLE: Full. BACK: Medium length. SADDLE: Medium in length. TAIL: Well spread, medium length, carried at 45º above horizontal. WINGS: Fairly large, tips carried above the hock joint. BREAST: Prominent. BODY AND STEARN: Body of medium length, stern well-tucked up. LEGS AND TOES: Medium length set apart, four toes |
| AMERAUCANA SHAPE (Large Fowl & Bantam Females) COMB: Pea. BEAK: Curved. FACE: Nearly hidden by muffs. EYES: Expressive. WATTLES: Small, preferably absent. EARLOBES: Small. MUFFS AND BEARD: Full, well-rounded, medium length. HEAD: Medium size. NECK: Medium length. HACKLE: Full. BACK: Medium length. CUSHION: Moderate. TAIL: Medium length, well spread, carried at 40º angle above horizontal. WINGS: Fairly prominent, carried above the hock joint. BREAST: Full. BODY AND STEARN: Full but trim, fluff well-tucked up. LEGS AND TOES: Medium length, four toes. |
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