Why are ameraucana roosters rare?

[kellylake01]

everything I have been reading online states that the roosters are rare, but are generally docile. I was looking for more information on behavior and what to expect as this is my first time attempt at keeping a rooster

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Because a lot of people don't want roosters and you only need one rooster for a handful of hens. Even breeders will have less roosters than hens

 

[Sadness Child]

My Ameraucana rooster was great with the hens except the lowest on the pecking order. Then he started attacking us, eventually he was in a stew. But it is all about the individual chicken not the breed

 

[Severne]

That isn’t a Americauna rooster in the picture, it’s a Easter Egger, which some people call Americaunas but is actually just a mutt blue/green Egger and is not the true Americauna. The true Americauna is Rare.

 

[kellylake01]

That isn’t a Americauna rooster in the picture, it’s a Easter Egger, which some people call Americaunas but is actually just a mutt blue/green Egger and is not the true Americauna. The true Americauna is Rare.

How can you tell

 

[Littleanimalcollector]

Americaunas looks similar to an Easter Egger, but they are gray (or at least the ones we have). If you google pictures you can see the difference.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

There's different Americauna varieties

 

[Severne]

Yes, there are black, splash, lavender and blue I think. They are also more expensive.

 

[sealer39]

Ameraucana is the correct spelling. If spelled any other way it’s just another name for Easter Egger used by hatcheries to confuse people.
http://ameraucanabreedersclub.org/gallery.html
Your bird actually looks like a Blue Wheaten Ameraucana but the leg color looks off. Where did you get him?

 

[kellylake01]

Ameraucana is the correct spelling. If spelled any other way it’s just another name for Easter Egger used by hatcheries to confuse people.
http://ameraucanabreedersclub.org/gallery.html
Your bird actually looks like a Blue Wheaton Ameraucana but the leg color looks off. Where did you get him?

He was suppose to be a bantam from my local feed store, I have had issues with them mixing breeds and mislabeled chick's in the past so I generally wait till they are older to identify them