Ameraucana Chickens

Unlike Easter Eggers that hatcheries often sell as Ameraucanas, these are the real deal. We love their fluffy cheeks, pea combs, and sky blue (sometimes minty) eggs!

We raise a few Ameraucana varieties: Self-Blue Ameraucana (aka Lavender Ameraucana), Black Ameraucana; and Wheaten, Blue Wheaten, and Splash Wheaten Ameraucana.

Our main Self-Blue and Black Split pen is directly from APA Grand Master Exhibitor Paul Smith. We also have some Self-Blues from Rachel Heldermon. To preserve feather quality, we breed our Self-Blue Ameraucanas (aka Lavender Ameraucanas) back to Black or Black Split Ameraucanas every few generations. Chicks during those years might be Self-Blue or Black carriers of the Self-Blue gene, usually about 50/50 each hatch. 2023 is one of those years – we’re using an AMAZING Black rooster with our Self-Blue hens. He actually surprised us – we didn’t think he carried the Self-Blue gene!

Starting in 2024, we will be offering birds from our two Wheaten pens. We have a mix of Wheaten, Blue Wheaten, and Splash Wheaten birds and they will produce any of those colors! One pen started with genetics from Rachel Heldermon and the other from Brad Hensen.

Structurally, we think most of our Ameraucanas are looking very close to the SOP. The biggest flaw we’ve noticed is a gold bleed through on some of Paul’s blacks and self-blues. Some of Paul’s self-blues also have banding on their feathers, which is why we chose to use our best black roo for 2023. We will of course only use the best birds we hatch, so we hope to reduce these minor complaints as time goes on.