Minimum 3 chicks, I will try to give you one of each: white, black, and ermine.
a Flower Feather Farm flock
Ermine Ameraucanas are lovely blue-egg layers and are frequently the most social and affectionate of our hatchlings. And who can resist their cute muffs and beards?
Ermine Ameraucanas are a new breed, recently recognized by the American Poultry Association (APA) and every decent Ermine Ameraucana flock-keeper is working towards meeting the Standard of Perfection (SOP) by carefully selecting chicks and grow-outs for the breeding pens. Learn more about that here: How Hard Can it Be?
One-hundred percent of my flock comes from hatching eggs sent from Becky Pelton, the woman that created the breed. The eggs are hard to come by; one round was requested in October of 2024 and arrived in April of 2026.
I do want to make sure you know that Ameraucanas are prone to crossbeak more than other breeds. One in a hundred Ameraucana chicks is likely to develop cross-beak aka scissorbeak and will need to be fed wet food and have regular beak trims. The defect shows up when the chicks are between 3 and 14 days old.
a Flower Feather Farm flock
Ameraucanas (an actual breed) are not to be confused with Easter Eggers (a mix of breeds). Ameraucanas lay blue eggs in the most gorgeous shades and are a variation on the Araucana from Chile. They have the most adorable muffs and beards and are usually friendly sweet little birds.
Ermine Ameraucanas grow up to have white and black feathers, like a Dalmation.