Good question since there is one kind of chicken that was discovered in South America raised by Indians there ; it is a chicken with ear tufts that uniquely lays blue and green eggs- the Araucana chicken. [From this one came Americaunas, Easter eggers and recently, new breeds like Olive Eggers, etc.] Pure Araucanas have a lethal gene that can result in reduced hatchability but are otherwise very good foragers and alert enough to be good free ranging chickens. I don’t think up to now anyone has solved the mystery of its origin since jungle fowl do not lay blue or green eggs. Where did the gene for blue egg color appear?
We have free range chickens including a true Ameraucana and she’s survived predators that even got white leghorns - one of the most flighty and flight capable chickens around. She’s our oldest hen, and still a decent (3-4 eggs a week) layer.
Most sources say Ameraucanas are broody, but ours never has been.
Eh, amend that to “some sources”.