Minimum 3 chicks, I will try to give you one of each: white, black, and 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 project breed, meaning that they are not yet 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?
In 2023, I started sourcing hatching eggs from the woman how developed the breed and growing out the chicks. This year, 2024, the flock will grow up and get through their first molt. Only after that will I have chicks available for sell and eventually hatching eggs.
Why do we have to wait for the first molt? Find out here: Hatching Pullet Eggs? Just Say “No”! So, Late Summer or Fall of 2024 is the earliest I will have babies from my flocks available.
Before then, I will occasionally have chicks available from the hatching eggs I bring in, but those will be few and far between.
Pics of the parent flock available here: Ermine Ameraucanas.