Loraine, IL
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Varieties
- Purpose
- eggs
- Egg color
- blue
- Eggs / year
- ~200
- Hen weight
- ~5.5 lbs
- Cold hardy
- Yes
- Heat tolerant
- Yes
- Temperament
- alert, moderately friendly
- Forages
- good
- Broodiness
- low
- APA class
- All Other Standard Breeds
- NPIP stock code
- R222
- Origin
- United States
Breed guide
Ameraucana
American breed standardized in the 1980s from Araucana-descended stock to lay blue eggs without the lethal tufted gene. Has muffs, a beard, a pea comb, and slate legs. Recognized varieties include Black, Blue, Wheaten, and Lavender.
Keeper's notes
Small pea comb, so frostbite stays rare even where winters run cold and damp. Plenty of hatchery birds sold as Ameraucanas are Easter Eggers. Buy from breeders if you want true stock.
APA recognized varieties
All Other Std Breeds · American Standard of Perfection, 2010 list
Black 1984Blue 1984Blue Wheaten 1984Brown Red 1984Buff 1984Silver 1984Wheaten 1984White 1984
Ameraucana listings
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Where to find Ameraucana
Showing Great Lakes. Change it with the Near box up top.
Regional breeders with this breed on file (130)
Willow Hill, IL
Cherry Valley, IL
East Mcleansboro, IL
Crystal Lake, IL
Pekin, IL
Fults, IL
Huntley, IL
Sheridan, IL
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Regional hatcheries that carry it (5)
Dakota, IL
Zeeland, MI
Polk, OH
Sugarcreek, OH
OH
Sourced from NPIP state directories, matched by the stock codes each participant registers. A flock may keep breeds beyond what it registers, so this list runs conservative.
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