Watch a naturalist from the Massachusetts Audubon Society’s Drumlin Farm provide information about South American Blue-Egg Chickens in this free online video.
Expert: Tia Pinney
Contact: www.massaudubon.org
Bio: Tia Pinney is a Teacher Naturalist and Adult Program Coordinator at Mass Audubons Drumlin Farm Wildlife Sanctuary in Lincoln, Massachusetts.
Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso
Duration : 0:1:15
I’ve made a video …
I’ve made a video about Ameraucanas, Araucanas, and EasterEggers. Later, I will be doing videos as breed spotlights for all three.
They are easter …
They are easter eggers, NOT to be confused with the pure breeds of Araucana and Ameraucana.
Easter Egger are mutts – no hatchery sells purebred ameraucanas or araucanas.
@BigFeatherFarm i …
@BigFeatherFarm i got purebred lavender arucana
All hatcheries sell …
All hatcheries sell EasterEggers – crossbred mutts used to produce green eggs. No hatchery sells purebred Ameraucana or Araucana.
And the two breeds are different.
@TLopez1121 your …
@TLopez1121 your rigth!
Really?
Do you …
Really?
Do you have pictures/video? I’d love to see your stock – I only know of one other person who breeds them.
um csbarrett14 and …
um csbarrett14 and abisheridee, im not trying to prove you wrong, but what i have learned online and in books is that there is a such thing as an americana and it mostly looks like the one in here. An araucana has ear tufts and no tail and is the original blue egg layer. Easter eggers are just crosses like the one here. Thats just what ive learned.
no. they are the …
no. they are the same price, as chicks, and the other chickens. go to cackle hatcheries. they are aurocana americana. i cant spell it for my life, but youll get the point. i actually ordered 5 of the chicks off the site and they will will be shipped out on the 5th and arrive as two to three day old chicks.
ITS ALL ABOUT THE …
ITS ALL ABOUT THE GAME COCKS!
That is not an …
That is not an Araucana rooster. That is an EasterEgger rooster. He is not a pure-bred araucana.
Araucana and …
Araucana and Ameraucana Exist – they are PURE BREEDS.
This bird is a mutt bird – an Easter Egger – a cross between either Araucana or Ameraucana and any other breed, used to produce green egg laying birds.
Look at the spirs …
Look at the spirs on it!
no, it is an …
no, it is an araucana rooster
Araucanas. Not …
Araucanas. Not amerucana, they don’t exist; I’ve been keeping poultry for years and have a Q&A site about them, and it really makes me mad when people call them this.
=/ I was searching …
=/ I was searching for a Blue Bird egg. I can’t find a video about one.
I know, it does get …
I know, it does get aggrevating doesn’t it? I raise these, too. What is the site called?
i love chickens too …
i love chickens too !!
Are they expensive …
Are they expensive to buy??
Its an Amerucana …
Its an Amerucana cross. The cross makes it lay more eggs, the Amerucana makes them green or blue. I have a few Amerucanas. I have one hen named Maple who’s really sweet.
I love chickens as …
I love chickens as pets they are so loving
Is this a cream …
Is this a cream legbar ?