Ermine Ameraucana - Hatching Eggs

Pre-Orders Open December 1 
 
Bring the striking elegance of Ermine Ameraucanas into your flock - a rare and refined color project that marries the unique beauty of the Ermine pattern with the reliable type, temperament, and true blue egg color of the Ameraucana.
 
Our breeding program combines one Ermine male and one Dominant White male over a flock of  Ermine females and Black Ameraucana females. All of our Black Ameraucana females are exhibition-quality, SOP-aligned birds with correct type and proven conformation. This co-op style pen maintains fertility, strengthens diversity, and reflects a thoughtful balance of utility and aesthetics.
 
Because both sires are actively covering the hens, the offspring represent a calculated blend of Ermine, White, and Black — but the majority of your hatch will be Ermine.
 
✨ Simplified Hatch Expectation: On average, you can expect ~70% Ermine chicks, with the remainder being a mix of White and Black Ameraucanas — all from exhibition-quality foundations.
 
What Sets Our Ermine Ameraucanas Apart:
Exhibition-quality Black Ameraucana foundation stock ensures that even non-Ermine offspring are valuable breeders or show prospects. 
Transparency in genetics: We clearly state the sire/dam mix and hatch probability, so you know exactly what to expect, and all of our Ameraucanas are DNA tested homozygous (carrying two copies of the blue egg gene). Even though some shades of green are acceptable in the APA standards for Ameraucana eggs, we breed only for blue and only send out and set our bluest eggs to encourage the blue expression in this line, further limiting the availability of our eggs. By setting only the bluest eggs, this decreases the probability of green "floating" into our lines and yours.
True Ameraucana type: Correct pea combs, full muffs, slate legs (with the exception of dominant whites that are more likely to have pink-toned legs and beak), and true oocyan for sky-blue eggs.
Rare and showy pattern: Ermine’s crisp black-and-white contrasts are among the most striking patterns in the breed.
Vigorous, dual-sire breeding system: Running both an Ermine and Dominant White male ensures excellent coverage, fertility, and vitality while maintaining diversity.
Temperament first: Ameraucanas are intelligent, steady, and people-friendly, making them a joy for both exhibition and homestead flocks. They are very predator-aware, and that advantage can sometimes present as nervousness. We cull for excessive nervousness, but respect that some nervousness is inherent to their genetic awareness of predators, and therefore is an inherent part of the breed's type.
Raised on an NPIP-clean, organic farm: We emphasize health, vigor, and temperament alongside beauty and type.
All orders receive two breeder's choice extras with each order. This year, we will be including two Ermine Fibro Easter Eggers with our Ameraucana orders. These are not available for sale and only available when purchasing the Ermine hatching eggs. If you prefer a different breed, please notate this in your ORDER NOTES and we will do our best to accommodate your request. 
 
Availability & Hatching Details
Fertility is closely tracked, though hatch rates cannot be guaranteed due to shipping and incubation variables.
Eggs are collected fresh, gently packed in our patent-pending silicone capsules, and shipped with care for optimal viability.
Availability is limited to March 15 – August 15 on a pre-order basis.
 
Our Ermines and Dominant Whites were chosen (and added to our existing exhibition-quality blacks) from the following original breeders, to whom we thank for their tireless work to perfect this beautiful breed:
Leigh Schilling Edwards
Nancy Taylor Huston
 
Hatching Concierge Service
For Local Customers only (from San Diego to Monterey, CA) we offer our hatching concierge service for purchased eggs that we hatch for you in our incubation suite. If you are interested in this service, please add a note to your ORDER NOTES section and we will reach out to you to arrange this. We will update the links for more information on our hatching concierge service as we approach our pre-order date of December 1.
 
✨ Whether you’re building your own Ermine Ameraucana project, seeking rare show-quality stock, or simply want to enjoy the beauty of a flock sprinkled with rare black-and-white patterned birds, our hatching eggs bring the best of type, utility, and elegance directly to your incubator.
 
Important Notes:
Fertility is carefully monitored, but we cannot guarantee hatch rates due to shipping and incubation variables. Please refer to this link for more information on hatching shipped eggs
Eggs are collected fresh, gently packed in our patent-pending silicone capsules, and shipped with care for optimal viability.
Availability is strictly limited and only available from March 15 to August 15 on a pre-order basis – reserve yours early for guaranteed shipment. 
Shipping is included in the price of the eggs. We ship USPS priority shipping for most orders. If you are interested in upgrading to express shipping, please note this in your order notes and we will contact you to arrange the additional shipping fee. 
Local Pick-Up of Hatching Eggs are exclusively picked up from the Thousand Oaks location. If you choose the local pick-up option, we will contact you for your pick-up date on a first come, first serve basis. 
 
Maximum 1 Dozen Hatching Eggs Per Order