2022年6月27日 · Want blue chicken eggs? Then you’re looking for Ameraucana chickens! Find out why they differ from Easter Eggers and Aurucanas, where to buy them, how to care for them, and what makes those eggs so beautifully blue…

2025年2月22日 · Ameraucana is a rare, pretty breed of chicken that lays blue eggs. From the Araucana chicken, they share their speckled eggshells. They also come in many colors and feather patterns (from plain to extravagant) and may be large or bantam.

2020年7月8日 · Ameraucana Chickens and Egg Laying. Egg color: Blue or blue-green Egg size: Medium Age of lay: 5-10 months (depends on the strain) Eggs/week: 2-5 (depends on the strain) Eggs/year: 100-250 (depends on the strain) Egg-laying …

2021年6月4日 · The Ameraucana is beloved for its’ light blue eggs. It is a moderately good layer, producing about 3–4 medium-sized eggs/week. It can be a bit of a late starter, so don’t expect your eggs at 18-20 weeks. Some folks reported they …

Both Ameraucana and Araucana chickens are blue egg-laying chickens that the American Poultry Association (A.P.A) recognizes. It doesn’t help that their names sound rather similar. But, they aren’t the same breed. While the A.P.A standardized the Ameraucana in 1984, they admitted the Araucana into the Standard in 1976.

One of the most intriguing aspects of Ameraucana Chickens is their ability to lay blue eggs, a feature they share with Araucana chickens and a few other blue-egg laying chickens. But what’s the science behind these blue eggs? It’s all about genetics. Both Araucanas and Ameraucanas possess a unique gene that affects the color of the eggshell.

2023年4月22日 · Ameraucana chickens lay medium blue eggs that are bound to add color and cheer to your egg basket! This breed, along with their cousins, Easter Egger chickens, became popular after the famed Martha Stewart shared that she raised the breed for their egg color. Ameraucanas love to free-range but do just as well in confinement.

How blue with their eggs be? The color blue in eggs can range from a nice pale blue to some that are fairly light. It can also range in hue from a blue, to a blue-green. Color will vary from hen to hen, and eggs from a flock of Ameraucanas can show variations in hues.

2024年2月21日 · Ameraucana chickens lay eggs in a variety of beautiful colors, most notably blue. The blue color is a result of the oocyanin pigment permeating the eggshell during the laying process. Unlike eggs with a brown overlay that may appear greenish, Ameraucana eggs have a consistent blue color throughout the shell.

2023年8月9日 · The typical Ameraucana chicken lays about 150 eggs per year. These eggs tend to be uniformly large and consistent in size. They are all blue. If a chicken produces other colors of eggs, it is not a purebred Ameraucana chicken.