Ameraucana
Egg layer · United States · 🌱 Beginner friendly
Bred in the United States in the 1970s to lay reliably blue eggs, the Ameraucana sports a fluffy beard and muffs that give it a permanently cheerful expression. It's a hardy, personable bird that fits right into a backyard flock. The small pea comb shrugs off frostbite better than most.
Eggs per year
180–250
Egg color
Blue
Egg size
Medium
Hen weight
5–6 lbs
Temperament
Friendly and curious
Broodiness
Sometimes broody
Did you know?
Every Ameraucana traces back to Chilean blue-egg stock, but the breed itself was standardized in America — which is why it's often confused with both the Araucana and the Easter Egger.
Is the Ameraucana right for your flock?
Expect roughly 180–250 blue eggs a year from a healthy hen in her prime — production dips during molt and the short days of winter, and eases off as she ages. Planning space? A Ameraucana hen runs 5–6 lbs, so size the coop with our coop size calculator and estimate the feed bill with the feed cost calculator.
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