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post #1 of 6
11/14/11 at 1:23pm
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Do any of you have this bird? I have raised red sexlink, Indian Rivers (Which I love) and Barred rocks. Was not thrilled with the Red Sexlink or the Barred Rock but the Indian Rivers where calm, white, and laid lots of jumbo eggs. I have been thinking about the Cherry Egger and wondered what you guys thought of them. I am not looking at one or two but 50-100 birds. So are they docile, do they lay well, are they hardy and what size egg do they lay?wink

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post #2 of 6
11/14/11 at 1:29pm

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post #3 of 6
11/14/11 at 1:41pm

I did not find much information on them, but they are just a production breed like production red (just with a different label).  No personal experience with the breed.


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post #4 of 6
11/18/11 at 9:01pm

I have three Cherry Eggers - they just started to lay and are laying just as well as the production reds.  Which is what they are really.  A cross between a RIR and a New Hampshire, correct? My only concern is that all my 8 new layers are laying small eggs.  It's been a month and I'm still getting little eggs.  I sure hope the eggs come up to size.  My worry is that the chicks I got (which came to me from someone who had ordered them from a certain hatchery which I will not name) have banty blood in them.  Surely not?  Do hatcherys carefully keep their full size hens away from their banty roosters?? But they are good layers- I'm getting an egg a day off everybody.
Starting with 50 to 100 birds of a breed you are not familiar with is a daunting undertaking.  That said however, it's hard to go wrong with the production red family (RIRs/NHs/CEs etc) as long as you're certain they come from good stock.

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post #5 of 6
11/19/11 at 6:19am

I have two Cherry Eggers. This is my first flock, so I have no previous experience with chickens, but I love our two. Their eggs are a nice, creamy tan color (if that matters to you), and our girls are very reliable producers. They both started laying in October, and their eggs were a nice size from the beginning. One of them has laid several double yolks, and this is the only breed we have to have done this. I think they are quite nice and docile, but I interact with them quite a bit. I would definitely have them in my flock again, and I really like the lighter color of their egg compared to my other brown egg layers.

I live on Sugar Mountain with my husband, Kevin, Australian Shepherd Grady, cat Phoebe and 1Golden Comet (Annabelle), 2 Cherry Eggers (Scarlett and Minnie Pearl), 3 Easter Eggers (Stella, Clara and Beulah), 1 Cuckoo Maran (Mabelline), and 4 Welsummers (Dorothy, Sophia, Blanche and Rose, aka "the Golden Girls")
RIP Agnes, Jessie, and Daisy Mae

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I live on Sugar Mountain with my husband, Kevin, Australian Shepherd Grady, cat Phoebe and 1Golden Comet (Annabelle), 2 Cherry Eggers (Scarlett and Minnie Pearl), 3 Easter Eggers (Stella, Clara and Beulah), 1 Cuckoo Maran (Mabelline), and 4 Welsummers (Dorothy, Sophia, Blanche and Rose, aka "the Golden Girls")
RIP Agnes, Jessie, and Daisy Mae

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post #6 of 6
5/4/12 at 7:40pm

Cherry eggers are very sweet, prolithic egg layers, reach maturity quickly and are really beautiful birds.  I have six at the moment along with various other breeds.  They seem docile and get along with the buff orphington, silkies, barred Plymouth Rock and a few cochins that I have.  I adore them.

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