ARAUCANA

Product Description

One of two breeds that lay blue-shell eggs the other blue laying breed is known as Ameraucana.
This bred is developed from chickens imported from Chile and named after Indians living in Chile’s Gulf of Arauco. Araucanas have a pea comb, come in several color varieties, and may be large or bantam.
Their most distinguishing physical features are their lack of a tail, reducing fertility ( it is because the tail pulls feathers away from the vent during mating) , and their spectacular ear tufts, a trait associated with a lethal gene that can cause the early death of chicks. Araucana hens tend toward broodiness.