Easter Eggers Reviews

My son wanted to have  a hen who laid green/blue eggs so I caved in at the local farm store and bought him two.  It was a pleasant suprise as his two birds are stunningly beautiful and sweet as can be.  We enjoy them so much we went and bought some more later.  They have done well with the rest of our flock.  As sweet as they are they really shy away from people, but don't have an agressive bone in their body.  We are so thankful our son chose them.

I think my two are Easter Eggers.  They have the willow green legs.  Both are white with black and brown feathering.  I have a roo and a pullet.  Combs look like pea combs. 

I had 8 of these in the past. Friendly and good foragers.

Fairly reliable layers, but a smaller egg than some of my other hens. They make for a pretty egg basket, though!

LOVE the coloured eggs! Birds' personalities are varied - some very friendly, some not so friendly

I have 5 EE hens. They are super flighty. I love their different patterns and colors and they lay pretty eggs. So its a trade off I guess. Plus, I am used to the gentle and laid back orpingtons.

I have 4 Easter Eggers.  3 of GREAT layers and I get about 6 eggs a week from each.  

 

I hasn't started laying.  2 of the easter eggers are very friendly and let me hold them.  1 is skittish.  1 follows me around but is a little snooty.  She is not the friendliest of the hens to me or the other hens.  She isn't mean just b*tchy.

 

here are some eggs.

 

i got mine from cackle hatchery.

 

These are sweet birds!  Curious and affectionate, I have heard that these are slow to mature.  One of mine lays an olive green egg.  They are all friendly and quirky. 

I'd love to have more...

Love the 2 hens we have they have super personalities and lay adorable eggs....that is until it got cold.  No more eggs this winter.  I would say they would be perfect in warmer climates maybe the egg laying would not stop completely.

Very nice birds. Very fun to have with small childeren, they love the blue, green, olive eggs. I have to admit, there is something magical about those eggs..brings out the kid in me every time I gather them.

We had one and she was great. Kind of looked like a hawk. She had some silver and gray mixed in with other colors. Eggs were a mint green. Wish she would have layer better and not hid so many eggs. We once found 26 green eggs hid in a tool shed. We loved her though and she was sweet.

Kids love collecting eggs already colored out of the nest! I do too. Mine lay pastel blue or green eggs. Curious and friendly, fun to have around.

I love Easter Eggers.  I have several and they are awesome birds.  They lay better than the Ameracaunas and Aracaunas, they're easy to find, and they're colorful.  What's not to like?

These are my favorite birds so far. Of my flock, these are the ones who come running to greet me, and jump into my lap if i sit down. Unlike some of the other breeds i've tried, they do not get "wild" when making the transition into adulthood. What they are mixed with, and how close they are to the pure americana bloodlines does make a difference, however. The closer to the bloodlines, the more timid. I have had 3 different rooster so far, and all 3 were different. They can be overly protective of their hens, depending on the individual rooster. My current rooster will spur me if i come up too quickly, but he is very gentle with newcomers to the flock (after slowly being introduced) I have seen him protect youngsters from the flock bullies and he feeds the chicks as though they are his own. He always gives the best tidbits to the hens, and is happy to be held and petted if i approach slowly. I edited to add that for the more timid ones, hand feeding treats does wonders. Mine go nuts over bannanas, but like any treat don't go overboard!

This is my favorite breed! 

EEs are my favorite of the flock. I was intrigued with the blue eggs and promptly bonded with the breed. Currently working on a breeding program to incorporate feathered shanks with the typical characterisitics of the EEs (beards, blue/green eggs, shale shank, etc). Started this off with cochin X EE cross. Interesting results.

Anyone notice a striking docility in the wheaton birds?

I LOVE my EE's!! They love to jump on my shoulder and groom my hair! It can be irritating sometimes but I love them for it!! (: I get about 5 egg a week from each of them! VERY nice birds!!

I agree with everything in the "Breed Details" article below EXCEPT for the "seldom broody".

I have/had a mixed breed of 5 hens and although they all laid well ONLY the two that went broody were the two EE.  They successfully hatched their cluthes a few days apart.  Excellent mothers.

 

Rooster was the best darn rooster I've ever seen.  He was huge, and a little too agressive.

After we put him down, we found out two days later why he was so protective.

Big Daddy was fighting off almost every known night time predator in our county!!

Two days after we culled him I lost a Wyandotte, the next day my beloved BR.

 

Great breed.

 

 

we bought some blue hatching eggs and were told they were ameraucana. they were all mixed colored non standard but had slate legs and not green. some of the roosters were downright crazy but a few were tame. would not have them again.

    The one pullet I had was always broody, so that was good.(deceased)

    One of the roos was always docile(deceased)... but the other is mean most of the time...

    He picks on roos twice his size, and bites me....

    I hope he dosn't speak for the whole breed.

    I think that he's just a bad apple

We love our little reddish-brown easter egger.  She is a reliable layer, and gets along well with all of our other chickens.  The only one downfall for her is that she has never been quite as friendly as some of our breeds.

I love the looks of Easter Eggers, their puffy cheeks, beards, and the variety of colors/patterns they come in.  I've even seen a fairly wide range of body styles/shapes, I suppose depending on what was mixed to create them.  And of course I love the variety of eggs you get from them.  Mine have always been friendly, some of them lap chickens and some not.  I've only had four EEs, but they were all inquisitive.  They fly better than any other LF chickens I've owned, which could be a plus if you free range, a con if you contain them in an uncovered run.  If you want variety of looks in a single "breed", the EE is the way to go, since they could be gold, black, grey, white, etc.  I would consider them average egg layers at 4-5 eggs per week.

Cinderella was my first chicken and I was eggcited to see her huge green eggs!

I have two ester eggers, and they are the cutest, friendliest things! I also love their beards!

Very happy with my EE's. Mine lay pinkish eggs and not the blue though.

So far my experience with EEs has been mediocre. I love my 3 girls and they are sweet, but their egg-laying habits have been rather poor. The 2 I got in April started laying and then quit, and then molted, and now have finished molting and still aren't laying. The one I got in August has not started yet. I love  the looks, the colors, etc., and when I got eggs I loved them too. To be completely honest, I'm not sure I'll be getting many more EEs in the future.

We have had our Easter eggers since August.  We bought 1 pullet and got 2 roos free from a local woman who had too many roos.  The pullet matured and laid us an olive drab egg every day until the first snow, now she lays every other day with the occasional daily egg. She is a lovely girl, inquisitive and has a crazy "hairdoo" of her neck feathers.  The first roo was a gorgeous blue, he looked very much like a pure Ameraucana but he was not nice at all. He would come at us through the run and jump at us when free-ranging. The second roo, Charlie Sheen, was the alpha until recently, when he was overthrown by our red sexlink. Even though he isn't alpha anymore, he too comes at us through the run and comes at us when free-ranging.

Not for someone who needs an egg a day, but if you're looking for beautiful birds and beautiful eggs these are a good bet.  They also have great, outgoing personalities.  I'm a fan!

I really enjoy having them.

I have an EE roo, both his parents are pure Ameraucana, but diff colors, so for some reason that makes him an EE since he isnt quite a standard color. He is amazing though, very nice, protects his ladies and the yard, I am working him into being used to being held and stuff, he is making very good progress since I try to hold him everyday for atleast a little bit. he doesnt go after the dog, me, my wife, or my 2 daughters, but god help you if you are another bird/squirrel/rabbit/cat, etc. . . . :)   My EE roo just recently started mating with my hens, so soon I will be able to hatch out some more EE's, They will be EE roo mixed with red stars 

Oh btw, when I got him, he was supposed to be a she lol  I was not wanting a rooster AT ALL yet, but now after getting to know him and see how is he acts I cant get rid of him.

My two EEs are super-friendly. They really don't care if you pick them up. They are pretty good egg-layers--mine stopped laying early-November but started back up again around the holidays, each lays 4-5 eggs/wk. Great bird. 

 

My EEs are also incredibly curious/maybe even a little naughty. My coop is built into my shed, so it has a door connecting the shed to the coop so that I can go into the coop and whatnot. So one of my EEs hops out of the coop when I open the door to check their feed level and starts running around in the shed. (I'm chasing her around and trying to get her back into the coop.) Eventually I can get her close to the coop door, so I open it and my other EE tries to hop out. I have to shut the door in her face so that she also won't get out and then that scares the first EE who's still running around in the shed . . . 

 

Eventually I got her back in the coop, but it took a while. So if you're not okay with chasing around chickens trying to get them back in their coop, then don't get EEs. Otherwise, EEs are awesome.

We own 2 easter eggers (EE).  They are lovely birds.  That is really what we love about them most.  The muffs look so cute and makes those hens fun to pet.  One is very friendly and likes to cuddle and the other is just the opposite.  The skittish one does calm down if you can catch her and enjoys petting.  Our EE hens are moderate layers and ours have not produced any eggs since the winter moult.  They will pick up again eventually when it gets warmer but they're not our best layers.  If you want consistency in laying this is not the breed for you.  One produces large eggs and the other medium.  Both lay mint green eggs for us which look great along side our other eggs in the carton.  One is a much better layer then the other also.  Like I said EE, being a mutt breed, have real consistency issues beyond the normal variation you'd expect in a variety of chickens.  We have more than enough eggs for my small family with a mixed flock, so the modest egg production is not a big deal.  When they are laying their green eggs get a big reaction with our friends.  We would definitely get more.

 

Wonderful personalities, beautiful plumage, beards and striking blue-green eggs, what more could you ask for?!  My EE hens are the sweetest, most well-behaved of my entire flock of 50+ chickens.  They are mellow and kind to their other chicken friends.  My roosters have personality plus, confident, proud and always have something to crow about!  Egg production has been great.  Winter is here and they are keeping up with my Golden Comet hens pretty well.  I am really impressed with the color and nice medium size of the eggs.  A definite must-have for any chicken fancier!

 

 

 

 

 

 

the only reason to buy an Easter Eggers is for the novelty of blue or green eggs if you get them for any other reason prepare to be disappointed their not that great. BUT i only bought them for the novelty so ill give them a five out of five

I have 8 hens left out of 11. They are the noisy, flighty, aggressive, and lay terribly. They didn't start laying until they were almost 7 months old, and that was only two of them. it took an additional month to start getting eggs from the rest of them. They lay medium sized eggs. Most of my hens lay green but three do lay blue. My EE hens are WILD compared to my calm sex links. I use electric net fence and they like to jump the fence  ,which is why I'm down to only 8 hens, predators got them. The only good things about them are the colored eggs and their visual appeal. (Note- these are hatchery chickens, my mother has some that are little better tempered.) I definitely am not having a good experience with these EEs and I don't think I'll be purchasing them again.

I have 7 EE they are all gorgeous different colors and very nice to look at but try and catch them for anything, impossible but that is ok since I have lots of others that will tolerate my touches.

I have five.  Three are a bit flighty, but two are the friendliest and sweetest chickens around.  They come up to you in the pen and want you to hold them, cuddle them, and pet them.  They're very talkative and just fun to be around in general.

 

One of the five has just started laying again after a couple of months off.  The eggs are about the same size as a medium sized brown egg.

 

My husband has a few in our other flock, and they're the friendliest of the whole bunch (Leghorns, Black and Red Stars, EEs).

 

I will always have some in every flock of mine from now on; that's how much I enjoy them.

 

We love easter eggers for their colorful eggs and sweet disposition. They are a medium size bird and easy for my kids to carry around.  My last flock was all Easter Eggers, while my current flock has one. (we ordered two but one ended up being a rooster which is not allowed in our town). I request the chipmunk colored chicks because I adore the beautiful orange coloring and the orange ones I've had lay pretty blue eggs. The white easter eggers tended to lay olive colored eggs. This picture shows Bunny, our EE.

Venus, although just a chick right now, is very motherly and patient. I bought her with another chick and Venus literally took it under her wing for the first night. I never seen that happen. I thought Venus would be startled or not engaging, but they both bonded fairly well. She's one cool bird.

I loved my EEs but will not have them again. The other chickens loved to peck at their cheek fluffs, to the point where one of my EEs went blind. Because of the bullying, they often didn't want to come into the henhouse at night.

Easter eggers are great backyard pets and egg birds. They're easy going, friendly, and not flighty. Medium sized birds, easter eggers come in a wide variety of colors and patterns. Because they're mixed birds I find their personalities can vary as much as their appearances. Some of mine are very outgoing and some are more reserved.

Most lay green or blue eggs, but occassionally one will lay brown or pinkish eggs. From my experience, easter egger roos can be friendly and non-aggressive towards hens and humans. My easter eggers are the first to hop up in my lap or on my shoulder when I bring out the treats. Every backyard should have a couple EE.

I really like their color eggs, but other than that, I don't care for the breed that much.  I have never met a super friendly Easter Egger. Most of them have been pretty shy or stand offish.  I have had 3, and my neighbor has had 7. Most of them never liked to be handled very much.  If I could only have 2 or 3 chickens in a small space, this would not be one of the breeds on my must have list.  If someone has room for 5 or more chicken breeds, then the green eggs worth it for the novelty.

 

They usually take 3 to 4 months off laying in the winter months.

The eggs make for a beautiful basketful.  We had three hens, one died from heat (we think, it got up to 100 that day), and the two two were retired for dinner after they quit producing for a period of 4 months.  They were some of our most personable birds, and were very gentle.  They were more easily frightened than our other birds, but they would run or cower in fear, never attack.  No drop in temperature seemed to slow them down like the other birds.  They laid consistently 3 to 4 eggs a week from 22 weeks until nearly 2 years.  We enjoyed them, but plan to get birds that will go broody more often next time.

I would be prepared to trim there wings if you get them. It's super easy to just cut one sides primary feathers.

 

You never know what color your going to get when you order them. 

 

I've had 3 of these. 2 were lap chickens and 1 didn't want anything to do with you.

 

The are quiet and the hens have almost no combs which makes them a good winter bird.

 

They tend to get the neck feathers dirty, and some times those feathers can get into their eyes.

I have 3 EEs I got at Tractor Supply last spring. 2 are silver duckwing in color, the 3rd is the orange partridgey color you often see in EEs, 2 have green legs, 1 has slate. 2 have "cushion?" combs, the other has a straight crossed with something else comb. The one with the straight cross comb lays beautiful blue medium sized eggs sometimes with white spots. The other 2 lay large green eggs. They didn't lay much over the winter, but now that the days are getting slightly longer again (it is the last week of Jan) we are getting 3 eggs a day from the three of them. They are a family favorite. Friendly and fun to watch. The only issues we have had is problems with them getting into our neighbor's yard no matter how we tried to keep them out. They are decent foragers. Not as flighty as my Penedesencas, but worse than most of my other breeds (Sussex, sexlinks, leghorns.) Not a problem for me, I like having my hens forage, and we have 40 acres. I think if you have an escape proof pen, they would be happy enclosed as well. They're pretty calm.

My EE is the sweetest little hen. She runs up to you like a little beagle, and she never bites or runs away.  She lays beautiful, large, blue-green eggs daily, and is by far the favorite of my hens.

I had originally bought these birds as fence testers (a necessity of life on the open range) from a backyard seller I'll never be able to locate again. A shame really, because these birds were not only surprisingly sweet for started pullets but were egging at 6/week. At the time, we were not set up to handle that level of production and it got to the point that friends and family would hide when they saw you coming with an egg carton in your hands.

they are great years round layers. they are very friendly

I have two and their personalities couldn't be more different.  Since they are only 20 weeks old, they haven't started laying so I don't have any idea about their eggs.  One of mine is super sweet and social.  The other one, while named Hazel, is often called the Skiddish One as she bolts over the smallest things.  She runs from car noises, the dogs, people walking up.  The other four chickens won't fallow her, so then she will go running back when she feels it is safe again.  The other one, I call Mable, would craw up my arm as a chick and will run up to me when I come out. 

 

They are both absolutely beautiful birds with very unique markings and fluffy cheeks. 

My easter eggers are very pretty, but do not like to be picked up or touched. They don't like to be around me but sometimes will let me hold them on rare occasions or if I catch them. They're skittish but are beautiful and can come in many different colors. I raised them up as chicks and got a variety of pretty colors and I currently have 4 of them. Mine have not started laying yet but they're suppose to lay beautiful green/blue eggs. I also got them from Cackle hatchery. 

Our EE was great until about a year old when she turned into a terrible bully and "got sent to the farm."

 

We didn't get more EEs, nor do we plan to.

In my experience, these birds are wonderful pets.....once they reach laying age. All of my EEs have been skittish and a bit standoffish as chicks and as juvies...but once they reach laying age, they become sweet as pie.

 

My first experience with this breed was a feedstore special. I picked her because of her adorably puffy cheeks. Because of her squiggly markings, she was given the name Waffle. She ended up being a beautiful, gold laced, black bearded HUGE bird. She was shy, and was always quick to run for cover. I guess that is what saved her when her flock mates got dispatched by a predator. Around that time, she also reached laying age. When I got her more flock mates, not only did she become flock matriarch, but also began laying eggs (big, beautiful sky blue eggs). This is when her personality really started to shine. She stole my heart, and she will always be a bird I will never forget. 

 

She would sit with me while I read a book, and even occasionally bring me "treats" that she had found in the yard (bleh! nothing like a fat white grub shoved up your sleeve by an approving beak to enhance your reading experience).

 

My current EE Clover was also painfully shy until she started laying. Now, she is always underfoot, begging for treats, and begging to be picked up and loved on.

 

 

Since EEs are not a breed per se, they may have any breed trait be it personality or looks, but they tend to be a dual purpose looking bird that is slow to mature as far as egg laying goes. All of my EEs have been late bloomers, not laying until around 30 weeks of age.

 

As others have said, there is an amazing amount of variability in their egg laying, appearance, and personalities. This fact makes it a tad hard to give a blanket review for all EEs...but they seem to mellow with age. Give them time, and I don't think you will be disappointed.

i wish i had some

I started with a dozen 4 week old mixed chicks from the feed store. 5 Easter Eggers were added about a month later. The previous owners fed them scratch and Timothy hay so they were not in healthy when they came to me. They were older, so they immediately took over as the lead hens, (the lone rooster was gorgeous but died within a week). When we added other hens a few months later, the Easter Eggers dropped in the pecking order and have become more reserved. Mine do not like to be handled and are reluctant to be hand fed. They hang out as a group and stay away from most of the other hens when they can. One started laying this week, beautiful blue eggs. The others are likely ready to start as well. YEAH!

Now to review Nugget, my favorite chicken. My Easter Egger hen has the most friendly personality. She will answer to her name (I spoiled her), come over to you and if you kneel, she will jump on your leg. She will jump to my other leg and move her way up my arm.

 

She calls out when she sees me and jumps to a higher ground to watch me in the kitchen. She will sit there and watch me.

 

In the evenings, I will pick her up and she will nuzzle up to me, burying her head into my hair near my neck. Sometimes, I bring her to my (indoor) office and sit her on my desk. She will chill there on the end of the desk. (No, she has never pooped on my desk.)

 

She lays about an egg a day and was the first to stop laying when it got cold and the light became less than 12 hours. Her eggs are a medium sized light blue and can be expected about every other day. She has a little comb over on the back of her head, where her feathers from each side of her face meet in the middle in the back of her head. Mine is a darker golden color scheme that is sort of laced looking.

 

Her personality is absolutely unbelievable and for that, she will never end up on the dinner table. I am very attached to this chicken.

Very nice birds

I like my EE's. They are all colors and have been called the "grab bag" chickens for good reason. I have had an egg eating issue with one of mine but I can't blame it on her being an EE.I have hatchery EE's and the egg colors are not really brilliant, but still pretty!

EE's are fun, friendly and easy going from my experience. I think it's a great chicken to buy for kids and adults alike!

Ameracaunas (not rumpless) were added to our flock for the novelty and to evaluate production relative to the standard homestead breeds. The hens were docile, moderately vocal, and a bit jumpy. They laid medium to large eggs (mostly medium), with poor winter production and the lowest rate of lay in the flock. Hens would normally lay a couple of days, then skip a day. 

 

These birds did a decent job rustling their own feed free range and showed no aggression (we had only females though). The hens were prone to hunting out their own nest sites, like brush piles and under the lawn mower, and they also would readily abandon the pen in favor of roosting in trees during the summer.

 

No trouble with thin eggshells. Molts were slow. No hens went broody in the 3 years we kept them.

 

Our flock is free-ranged, kept up at night, on a 15 hour light regimen, and allowed free choice layer pellets.

very easy to take care of and do very well in hotter climates. they also tend to be less agressive then other breeds

I just recieved my first batch of chicks 4 days ago and we got 4 different breeds. I was most looking forward to the EE they have great markings and i knew id be able to tell them all apart cause the all look different i mostly cant wait for the colorful eggs im so excited to get my first green or blue egg. But now i have them and they still look amazing but the personalities werent what i hoped for. 2 are somewhat skiddish when i try to hold them and the other is just plain mean. All she does is walk around jabbing eyes pulling feathers and latching on to faces no particular taget just gunning for them all. We call her timeout cause she always ends up back in her "timeout box" I really hope she grows out of if cause she is beautiful.

Of all the hens I have had over the years, my EE (named Cheeks) is the oldest, healthiest, and most predator savy.  She is going on 7 years old now and my chickens always free range.  We have a light predator load here, but we did have one fox attack, and numerous hawk attacks over the years.  She was hatched on my farm from an egg, and she has never been sickly, or injured, ever!  The only bad thing about her is that she lays BROWN eggs!  Not all EEs lay colored eggs, unfortunately.

 

My bird went broody 2 summers ago, and I got a dozen fertile eggs for her to hatch.  Only 7 hatched and she raised all the babies to maturity and she was an EXCELLENT mother.  She taught them about the hawks and how to forage.  She kept them out of the rain, and never let the other chickens get close to them.  When she thought they were old enough to start roosting, she moved them from the floor to a hay bale, then after a couple weeks, up to the window sill, then after another week or so, up to the roost pole.  Some hens just fly up on the roost and abandon the babies on the floor and hope they'll follow.  She was the best mother.

 

I agree though that they must rarely get broody, because in her 7 years of age, that was the ONLY time she wanted to set on eggs.

 

Cheeks is a real hit at the vet's office.  The girls in the office love to pet her because she is glossy smooth and has that wonderful beetle green sheen on her black feathers.  I have never felt a chicken with feathers as silky and glossy as hers.  She is the picture of health and vitality and does NOT look her age.  This photo was taken at 6 years old.

 

She is friendly and not too flightly.  At the vet's office, she will sit on the counter and preen her feathers while she waits.  She has no fear of being picked up and held, although she doesn't come up to me and ask to be picked up.  She has never pecked at me or bit me. 

 

I am raising 4 little EE chicks right now, and I hope they are every bit as wonderful as my Cheeks has been.  So far they are the most robust, friendliest, and happiest chicks in my group of 26.  They were the standout favorites for me immediately!  They were literally double the size of my other large fowl chicks, they were the first to grow their feathers in, and the only ones who voluntarily hop on my hand and ask for attention and treats.

 

I love this breed and will always have EEs in my flock!  I get a little tired of people picking on EEs because they aren't really a breed, they're just mutts, mongrel birds, and so forth......it gets old.  When you create a hybrid based on two distinct, recognized breeds, and then continue to reproduce that hybrid for many years and generations, it does become a breed.  Doesn't matter if it's not recognized on paper by a show committee.  EVERY breed of chicken that we have had to start somewhere.  They were all crossed with various specimens to create a breed.  The Easter Egg Layer is a breed in my opinion.

 

 

We have had several EE's and have enjoyed the variation in plumage, colorful eggs, and adorable fuzzy face.  There seems to be a lot of variation in size and temperament.  I had one hen whom I thought was going to be a roo, but she just ended up very big and meaty.  Another hen was petite and light as a feather.  Some have been very social, others borderline flighty.  Overall They are funny, playful and animated birds.  I have had at least one that was very vocal and talkative.  My only real beef with this breed is that I did not find them to be as hardy.  They seem delicate, and could be inconsistent layers, while my other birds never missed a beat.  We found on occasion their facial plumage would get soiled and yucky, and we would have to bath their facial feathers.

Fun birds for backyards in suburban cities.  Hens are fairly quiet and do not sing the egg song after laying.  They  'roar' slightly, instead.  They only sing when in danger or being bullied by other chickens.  Egg production is very good for not being a dedicated layer.  Here in Washington State, EE hens of all ages stop laying in late November and resume in January if additional lighting isn't provided.  When temps get over 90 degrees F, they will pant and reduce laying.   

 right now i have 6 ee chicks from TSC they all give me curious looks when they see me and love to eat out of my hand. my chicks are too young to lay yet but hwen they start they hopefully will not only be roosters as some of them are getting long tail feathers *sigh* and they will have blue/greeen/pale brown eggs! i love this breed one of my cockerels is soo cute when he looks at me because his eyes are huge and he has black dots on his face! i love them!

I have one easter egger who is very friendly. We get very large eggs, and they are green! I would highly recommend them to any people with pets or kids. They are always nice and people friendly!

 

I have two black, and one blue, easter eggers in my flock. I absolutely love them - as layers, and as far as personality goes. I have two that just want to be held all the time. They are my two sweetest chickens. One of my black ones is not nearly as friendly, though. She doesn't like humans at all, and hardly even tolerates the other chickens. I think she is the exception here, though, because I've only heard good things about this breed as far as temperment goes.

 

One of mine lays a blue egg, and the other two lay blue-ish/green-ish colored eggs. I'm not sure who lays which color, but I enjoy them all. They are smaller eggs than some breeds lay, but not too small. They fit perfect inside the medium egg cartons from the store. They lay consistently, I'd say each lays 6 eggs a week, sometimes even 7 days a week.

 

I highly recommend these to add to your flock. They're fun to watch and are truly pretty chickens in any of the available colors.

 

 

 

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I started out with Easter Eggers and quickly found out why they are a favorite for beginners and homes with children.  I know the statistics say Silkies are the friendliest, but I think my Easter Eggers are exceptionally friendly.  They are free roaming and still let us pet them pick them up, hand feed them and will even follow us in the house if we aren't careful.  My silkies only let me pick them up if they are in the coop.  Also my EEs eggs are a little larger than a medium egg and more than often have double yokes which is kinda neat. And then there is the colors... light greens, olive greens, light blues, pinks... so much fun!  Love my EEs!

 

The front 3 (10.15 labeled ones) are all from my silkies,  The front one was a double yoker :)

I LOVE my girl! She is very pretty- lavender grey with red leakadge. I did not raise her from a chick but she is definitally my favorite girl- a lap chicken, and comes running for treats! She's very pretty too! She lays a beautiful green/blue egg. Although I only got her a few days ago, apparentally she is a prolific layer. Easter Eggers are fantastic birds! She is freindlier than my red and black sex links!

 

 

These are one of our favorite hens.  In our current flock she is calm when picked up and quiet all around (bonus in an urban setting)  Also it is fun to give our neighbors her blue/green eggs.  We will get another one this year.

I have several, and it really seems to matter what breeds they came from. I have two that were bred from Pure Black Ameraucana hens and Black Marans Roosters...they are both total sweethearts and friendly and beautiful. They are olive eggers....1st generation....and to me they are more of a 'breed' than EE mutts. I will get more of these in the future.

I have hatchery EE's and they are wild acting, mean sometimes (one to the point of cannabilism). I also have pure Ameraucanas who are sweet. It really is a roll of the dice if you do not know the breeds that came into play to create your EE. I think if you get 1st generation Ameraucana crosses you have more control over how they turn out and may be happier with those. At least this is my experience so far. One of my hatchery EE's lays every day, rarely misses...and I was pretty happy with her. But she is pure white and has slate legs and meets all the Ameraucana standards physically so I think she has better breeding than some of the others I have had and seen.

Comes in a rainbow of plumage and lays an equally wide variety of colorful eggs that tend to be large.  Reliable layer, but a shy/skittish bird from chickhood forward.

Friendly and good layers. Love getting colored eggs each morning!

I love the different shades of blue and green eggs that mine lay !  I have 3 laying and 2 that should lay by July.

My Ameraucana/EE chicks grew up into delightful, friendly puffy-cheeked & bearded green & blue egg layers- and they started laying in February this year!  It was still cold out, but I still get at least 4 colored eggs per day.  A real sparkle in the dozen for sale... add an Ameraucana!

On a note, my birds are free range while the sun is up.  When the girls are hungry for scraps & stuff (my laying hens are more like pets- good producers get to stay around awhile) they get so loud standing at the bottom of the deck steps *I have a baby gate up so they stay off the porch and don't torture my 5 German Shepherds!* and they'll get to skwaking and chirruping as loud as they can- the EE girls make more noise than my rooster when it comes to getting their meals!  LOL  It does seem that my Ameraucana birds make different and unique noises to their breed, as I have most of a dozen different breeds here, and none can talk just quite like "Killer"- whose photo graces my profile.  She was  a hard peep to start (only wanted bugs- no mash for her) but is so friendly and placid she will ride in the car around the farm with me!  And with a dog in the car too...  

Well I picked these little boogers up from the local feed store they were selling them as amerucuanos. But after a little research I realized they were eggers. Two of them are super sweet love being held and love taking a nap in my lap when I read at night. Of the other three one likes being talked too(but not held or touched in anyway). I call her sweetie because she will come sit on my foot and look at me with the most endearing facial expressions until I talk to her then she will go about her business for awhile and then sit on my foot an hour later and chirp at me until I talk to her again. Precocious to say the least. The other two could care less as long as I dont handle them. When I do handle them they become for lack of better terms offended and they will let you know in no uncertain terms(vocalization) that this is not cool. They dont make an alarmed sound. They sound offended.

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The ees take forever to start laying but are pretty reliable when they do

I just purchased some chicks from my local feed store. they told me they were bantys (bantams). i got them home and was CLOSELY inspecting them and question #1 is.... are silkies the only breed that has 5 toes? #2... are the easter eggers considered as a bantam?

I thought i had Americaunas but find i probably have EE's.Ttheir colors are beautiful like pheasant but whatever they are crossed with all  3  are   flighty and scared of being petted

.I try and pet them a few times a day  since day one .My Light Brahmas and my Barred Rocks are tame  now .,but these girls ...no way!!!

You'd think i was coming for chicken dinner.

They are 4 1/2 weeks old now.

These are fun birds to have. The color of their chick down often isn't a good indicator of what they'll look like as adults, so it's a neat guessing game as to their final plumage. The downside is that they cannot be shown and people often pass them off as Ameraucanas to unsuspecting customers. They are good layers and I have had one prove her worth as a broody hen.

We have 1 Easter Egger and I would love to get some more. My daughter picked this breed when I placed my order with Meyer hatchery. From the very beginging Chilly ( the EE) wanted our attention. She was the first to grow feathers, the first to find the roost, the first to jump out of the brooder, and the first to want to be around us. Chilly has a great personality. She comes runing as soon as we walk out the door. She likes to perch on the back of my chair when we sit outside or sits in my lap. She lets the kids pick her up and looks proud as can be when she sits on someones shoulder. This is absolutly a wonderful breed. I can't wait to get eggs from her.

 

But as she gets older, I realize that she's probably an Easter Egger.

 

VERY sweet, but also shy. She loves my lap.

 

The cutest thing is that every time the group sits down, she runs under my Black Star's wings. I think she feels safer underneath places.

Easter Eggers are great! My favorite breed. They are very sweet and curious. Great Foragers and insect control.

I've had my Ameraucana/RIR hen, Big Red, for a little over a week. She lays blue eggs that are bigger than an x-large store egg daily. She's really sweet to my other hens, even my silkie bantam. The only problem is well... she's HUGE! It's OK though, her personality and eggs make up for it.

We began our chicken journey May 2011... with 2 of these "Easter Eggers"... one tan w/black markings (PennyLane), and one with dark chocolate/blue markings (Prudence). Gorgeous colors! Along with our Easter Eggers, we got a Light Brahma, a Buff Orfington and two Barred Rocks. We LOVE our "Layin ladies" and will forever be owners of at least one Easter Egger... Prudence lays a slate blue egg and PennyLane lays a Seafoam Green colored egg.. they are always bright and so colorful when we find them in the box. They get along great with all the flock, and average 4 eggs a week, even thru the cold months (we did keep light on them). the girls roam well with the flock, and if they get too far "behind" while coming back to roost, they do actually fly, and fly very well. Also while building our coop fenced in area, before we put the netted top over it, they learned with in an hour how to fly out of it... which was no easy task as its 15 feet tall ! They would hop up on the roost that we have outside, and jump with all their might and take off.. it was quite cool to watch, but I would for sure have a "lid" on your area... we needed to protect our girls from Bald Eagles that roam our house for prey ...

 

Enjoy them! This is a wonderful breed

I got my first EE in 2009, and they quickly became my favorite standard breed. At the moment, I have 1 adult rooster (my top roo, Ugly Burd) two pullets, and 4 little babies. I will definitely always have EEs in my flock! 

I have only had my two pullets a short while, they are just over five weeks, but so far they have been a blast! They tend to be jealous of my affection, each thinking they should be to sole recepient. They get along with eachother, and are great with my kids! I would love to get some more of these special girls!

Whoa! These Americanas are my very first chickens, and I would def. buy them again! I only have 5 girls, who just celebrated their 1st b-day. 

     When ever I whistle "their tune" they come running! so friendly! I literally have nothing bad about his breed! Not to big, not too small, and make the most beautifulst eggs!!!!! XD

They are nice to look at because of their variety in color and egg color. However, they are nervous birds, more so than my White Leghorns and their food to egg ration is low; meanining they are not the best layer out there.

I only have one Easter Egger, but it is my intention over the next five years to obtain an entire Easter Egger flock. The personality of my bird is friendly and spunky. She is equal to, if not better than a silky when it comes to ease of handling, and human attachment. If you are looking for a pet quality bird, look no farther than the easter egger!

I love my Easter Eggers ..