lavender ameraucana

STANDARD | EXTREMELY RARE

Ameraucanas were introduced to America in the 1970’s, derived from the Araucana breed brought from Chile.

 

True Ameraucanas, like ours, have slate shanks, white bottomed feet, full muffs and beards, and lay only blue eggs.

 

The Self Blue (Lavender) variety was added to the APA in 2020.

Quick Reference:

  • Eggs: Blue | Large | 200-250 eggs per year 
  • Lifespan: 7-8 years
  • Weight: 5.5 lb (Female) | 6.5 lb (Male)
  • SOP Varieties: Self-Blue (Lavender), Blue, Black, Wheaten, Blue Wheaten, Brown Red, Buff, Silver, and White
  • Temperament: Docile and Friendly
  • Comb: Pea Comb

our Lavender Ameraucana flock

The Ameraucana chicken is one of the most popular chicken breeds in the world. They lay bright blue eggs and have a sweet and friendly temperament. They do well free ranging or confined and are weather-hardy chickens. Ameraucana have a pea comb which makes them less susceptible to frostbite compared to chickens with large single combs.

 

And my absolute favorite part? They also have muffs and beards that give them an adorable puffy face and neck.

 

While we also breed BBS Ameraucana, our Lavender Ameraucana like to steal the show.  They are beautiful, rare, and certainly stand out while free ranging in the yard. It is important to note that blue and self blue (lavender) are two very different colors and should be kept apart for breeding purposes. The lavender gene (LAV) is a recessive trait and breeds true, so a lavender bred to a lavender will produce only lavender chicks.  Blue (Bl) does not breed true.

 

We remove any Lavender Ameraucana with tail shredder from our breeding stock, as well as breed for temperament, egg color and size, and toward SOP “type”.

 

Our Lavender and BBS Ameraucana are purebred with care and will be showing in the near future.

 

We offer both hatching eggs and chicks to share this beautiful breed with others.