Chicken breed
Ameraucana
A true Ameraucana lays blue eggs and has a beard, muffs, a pea comb and slate legs. Plenty of birds sold under the name, and nearly everything sold as an "Americana", are Easter Eggers, which can lay green as well as blue. Both make good layers; the difference matters if you want to show or breed true.
Hatch Index lists 8 varieties of Ameraucana from 6 hatcheries, and 7 are in stock today. The cheapest sexed pullet you can order now is Ameraucana from Townline Hatchery at $6.89. Straight run starts at $5.85.
Listed now
| Variety | Hatcheries | Stock | Sexed pullet from | Straight run from | Min order |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Black Ameraucana | 3 | 1 of 2 in stock | $19.99 | $15.99 | — |
| Blue Ameraucana | 3 | 1 of 2 in stock | $19.99 | $15.99 | — |
| Splash Ameraucana | 3 | 1 of 2 in stock | $19.99 | $15.99 | — |
| Ameraucana | 2 | 2 of 2 in stock | $6.89 | $5.85 | — |
| Ermine Ameraucanas | 1 | 1 of 1 in stock | $29.99 | $23.99 | — |
| Lavender Ameraucana | 1 | 1 of 1 in stock | $19.99 | $15.99 | — |
| White Ameraucanas | 1 | 1 of 1 in stock | $19.99 | $15.99 | — |
| Bbs Ameraucana | 1 | Sold out | — | — | — |
Prices are per bird, from listings that can be ordered today, and change through the day. Sold-out varieties are shown faded. Sold by: Cackle Hatchery, Purely Poultry, The Chick Hatchery, Townline Hatchery, Alchemist Farm, Chesapeake Hatchery.
What the Ameraucana is like
- Egg colour
- Blue
- Eggs a year
- About 150 to 200
- Grown weight
- 5.5 lb hen, 6.5 lb rooster
- Temperament
- Calm, can be flighty
- Climate
- Cold hardy; pea comb and muffs
- Goes broody
- Rarely
- Kept for
- Egg laying
- Origin
- United States, 1970s
- American standard
- Recognised by the American Poultry Association
General traits of the breed, from the breed standards and long-running references. A hatchery's own line can differ, most of all in egg colour and numbers.