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Michael Muenks
 Michael was born in Jefferson
City, Missouri in 1970 in a
rural area just west of the capital of Missouri.
Michael’s first experience with poultry was at the age of five with a pair of
Muscovy ducks his grandfather gave him and
his sister. Chickens entered the picture in 1980 and Ameraucana chickens in
1983. At the time the black bantams were called Araucana, but they were
definitely what today would be called Ameraucana.
After moving to California, Missouri and
purchasing a small amount of land in 1998 Ameraucana bantams were on the
short list of things to find and raise. The first true Ameraucana bantams in
white and brown red were from Mike Gilbert. Large fowl Ameraucana where
introduced at Bantam Hill in the fall of 2003 when Michael purchased a few
birds from Paul Smith.
Michael and his wife Anastasia have two daughters, Eva and Lucy. Eva and Lucy
love to travel to Ameraucana Nationals.
In October of 2010 the Muenks family closed down Bantam Hill and moved to Elgin, IL.
Michael has been a mathematics teacher,middle school principal, a state
department official, and currently works for a major publishing company.
Michael@bantamhill.com
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