The AMERAUCANA thread

[Fwoof]

Did you get it from McMurray? I seen that they had a picture of a EE with the label Ameraucana

No, I got her at Hacienda

 

[CaliforniaMountainChicks]

THAT'S IT!
Huh, the hatchery told me it was an Ameraucana.

Hatchery's very often mislabel EE's as Ameraucanas (with other weird spellings too). A few ways to tell if it is a true Ameraucana is that they are usually over $15-$20, and are labeled with specific colorings (BBS, Wheaten, etc).

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

Yeah the hatcheries call them Americanas…usually…note the spelling. Some don’t even bother with the different spelling. Still super awesome birds though!!

Definitely great birds I have 3 and they are just so sweet

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

No, I got her at Hacienda

Hmmm never heard of them but 2x what @CaliforniaMountainChicks said

 

[kurby22]

No, I got her at Hacienda

Where is Hacienda? I'm not familiar with that hatchery!

 

[Idaho Chicken Bungalow]

I just email the place I ordered it from. This order has been difficult from the beginning. Replacement order resulted in two DOA and the little EE you see in with the Fav and AM was the only one to survive. Then they refunded the order. Awesome, but left me fed up with 6-week-old, and I ordered day old chicks. I ordered way over the limit for my ordinance to safely get them here. No blue eggs for me.

 

[Fwoof]

Yeah the hatcheries call them Americanas…usually…note the spelling. Some don’t even bother with the different spelling. Still super awesome birds though!!

I agree!
Her name was Miss Busy and she loved to snuggle and laid beautiful turquoise eggs. Her best friend was a RIR named Brownie. When Brownie died of old age, Miss Busy looked all over the yard for her until I think she realized that she was really gone. A couple of weeks later, Miss Busy died, too. Now she's with her best friend again in chicken heaven.

 

[Fwoof]

Where is Hacienda? I'm not familiar with that hatchery!

It closed down a while back, alas.

 

[Pampered chicken girl]

It closed down a while back, alas.

Oh no wonder. I Googled it but no where to be found.

 

[All4Eggz]

I used to own a pure black Ameraucana. She was the sweetest thing, and laid a gorgeous blue egg.
Unfortunately, a predator got to her... she was one of my original 5 chickens.

We missed the blue eggs, so we crossed some EE's and Cochins and got EE X Cochins that lay blue/green eggs. (some of them)