Ameraucana have pea combs, black or slate legs, and these wonderful fluffy muffs and beards. The nice thing about raising the black and blue varieties is that you can run the birds together and still get purebred Black Ameraucana and purebred Blue Ameraucana. The blue color gene is a variant of the black color gene, they occupy the same loci on the chromosome.

Think of the blue color gene as a dilution gene. It dilutes out the black color. Gray is a dilute black. In addition to the American Poultry Association’s (APA)) standard for the breed, our breeding program emphasizes egg color and size and lay rate.

Here is a sample of the eggs laid by our Ameraucana flock. The white eggs in the top right row are Leghorn, the dark egg in the middle is a Welsummer, and

Here are some pictures of day old Ameraucana chicks. Even their down has muffs and a beard!

Whitmore Farm employs flock breeding, so when you place an order for day old chicks you will get a mixture of both Black Ameraucana and Blue Ameraucana chicks. Basically, whatever black/blue color ratio hatches out that week. Similarly, if you purchase hatching eggs, you will hatch a mixture of both Black Ameraucana and Blue Ameraucana chicks.

For more photos of these breeds and any other type of chicken, see www.feathersite.com

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