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Blue, Black and Splash 

Ameraucana

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WE WILL BEGIN TAKING PRE ORDERS FOR SPRING 2023 CHICKS IN DECEMBER OF 2022!

Ameraucanas lay the most beautiful blue eggs. They are a uniquely American breed derived from South American Araucanas, but improved for fertility and lay rate. Most people mix up Ameraucanas, Araucanas, and any mutt that lays a blue egg and calls them all Ameraucanas, or worse yet Easter Eggers, a catch all phrase with little meaning.

Ameraucana have pea combs, black or slate legs, and these wonderful fluffy ear 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, when inherited, simply reduces the amount of black pigment produced in the feather follicle causing black to look gray. When a chick inherits two copies of the blue gene, the pigment produced is reduced so much, the bird looks almost white with random splashes of gray/blue and black. This variety is called "Splash."

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.

We are very happy with our Ameraucana egg color, yet we continue to work on it season after season. Ameraucanas have an excellent lay rate. They are our first birds to start laying in the spring and they are notorious for laying throughout the winter. The one downfall to an Ameraucana, is they aren't known for laying huge eggs. In fact, they are known for laying a medium sized egg. We continue to try and improve this and we know many others who are working on this as well. At this point in our breeding program, pullet eggs still average a USDA medium size. In general, egg size continues to increase with the age of the hen with adults laying a large egg. So don't be alarmed when your new pullet lays some pretty small eggs. 

Crooked Arrow Ranch employs flock breeding, so when you place an order for day old chicks you will get a mixture of Black Ameraucana and Blue Ameraucana chicks, and occasionally, a Splash Ameraucana chick. Basically, whatever black/blue/Splash color ratio hatches out that week. Unfortunately, we don't take color orders. We do our best to fill your order with the colors you request but we can not guarantee. 

PRICING

DAY OLD CHICKS - $12

1 DOZEN HATCHING EGGS- $80

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all chicks are sold as "straight run" and vaccinated for mareks

shipping not included

Please read our shipping terms and agreement before placing any hatching egg orders. 

HOW TO ORDER

TEXT (208)702-2462 OR CONTACT ME ON ANY OF THE SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS LINKED BELOW.

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