Reviews by ChickityChina

EE's are not a true breed sure, but they are favorites in our household anyways! Finding out what color eggs you will get from these hens is so much fun! No way to know until they lay though. I have heard many method people use to try to predict the egg color (e.g. "ear" color, feet/leg color, etc.). None of them have ever been successful (apart form the odd coincidental correct guess lol). So don't bother trying to pick chicks that are going to lay certain colors because it they won't cooperate. =D

The only true con for me is that all the EEs that I have had tend to be a bit skittish. They don't like to be handled, petted, held. They were all raised from day old chicks and handled exactly as my other breeds were, and the others turned out to be super sociable and love to be held. But, my EEs will scatter if I try to handle them. None of them are in any way aggressive and have never tried to bite, they are just very shy.

They lay about 5-6 eggs a week, which is pretty good. Two out of three of my EEs lay large-jumbo eggs (a medium-dark brown and a mint green), but my third EE has always laid a small sized pink egg. The only reason I don't trade her in for another is because the color is so beautiful.

One of my EEs has gone broody a few times (really irritating),. We tossed her off the nest, but she kept coming back so we eventually just gave up and let her work it out of her system.

Overall, we do love our EEs, and will always have them in our flock no matter what.

This is probably the overall best hen in my flock. She was the first to begin laying out of the breeds (EEs, Black Australorps, and Golden Comet) that I bought last Spring. She is my two-year old daughter's favorite hen and will allow my daughter to pick her up and carry her around with no fuss at all. When the weather began to get colder and I hadn't had a chance to put a light in the coop yet, all the other hens laid fewer eggs for a while, but not the Golden Comet! She was consistent with her egg-a-day all the way through! Great size eggs too, right from the first egg. Highly recommend this breed for laying!

I have a mixed flock of seven currently and two of them are Black Australorps. They are without a doubt the boldest of the bunch and will always be the first to rush me at the gate for attention and scraps. They don't mid at all being held and petted and my two year old (who isn't very delicate at picking them up) carries them around in all sorts of awkward positions and they just calmly let her. Never ever aggressive. Super friendly birds. They are great layers. They were the first to start laying in my flock and consistently lay an egg a day. I have not had either of them go broody yet. They do eat a bit more than my other hens though, if they have any con at all it would be that. But overall, I highly recommend this breed, especially as pet chickens and for families with children.