Easter Egger chick colors?

[PNWskye]

You might want to invest in purebred Ameracaunas rather than Easter Eggers. That way you get everything that an EE has to offer but can also select your chicks based on color. I have a buff Ameracauna, a black Ameracauna and a splash Ameracauna. Then I have a beautiful blue Olive Egger (1/2 Marans and 1/2 Ameracauna). All of my pullets were sorted by color as soon as they hatched.You can find my Ameracauna breeder (she ships) by searching for “Itty Bitty Farm” within Facebook (you can’t Google her page; you have to search within Facebook).

I couldn’t find her page. Can you post a link instead?

 

[Acre4Me]

Which chick turned out to be male?

The one with the copper shoulders. He’s standing on the railing in one pic.

In the chick pics he has the triangle on head, is the lighter “dark” one, and is the one with the note on the week 7 pics (hoping he was not a male).

 

[PNWskye]

The one with the copper shoulders. He’s standing on the railing in one pic.

In the chick pics he has the triangle on head, is the lighter “dark” one, and is the one with the note on the week 7 pics (hoping he was not a male).

Thank you! I could tell when he was older but not as a chick. So, it was the chipmunk one in front. Did you find out what color eggs they are laying yet?

 

[Acre4Me]

Thank you! I could tell when he was older but not as a chick. So, it was the chipmunk one in front. Did you find out what color eggs they are laying yet?

Yes-chipmunk color. They lay green eggs. One lays light green, the other a nice medium pastel green.

 

[Acre4Me]

Thank you! I could tell when he was older but not as a chick. So, it was the chipmunk one in front. Did you find out what color eggs they are laying yet?

Yes-chipmunk color. They lay green eggs. One lays light green, the other a nice medium pastel green.

 

[LiAuEv]

I usually hatch my own chicks, but my son wanted a pure white (some sort of bantum?) and a pure black chick, and so I had to get these EEs at Central Tractor. What colors would you call them?

 

[TayInTX]

This are my Buff Orp Roo x Blue Egg Laying EE chicks. The one with three dots in a triangle on her head is Domino, the one we kept. She has extremely light buff chipmunk stripes that are nearly invisible in real life, outlined with a very faint black stripe that looks like a shadow in pictures. (I believe the presence of the faint black stripes might indicate female. There were other chicks I hatched with the same black head smear, nearly invisible Buff chipmunk stripes and no black outlining. I’m raising her to see if my theory is correct. She also wing-sexed as female and vent looked female.)

I’ll update as she grows. Her EE mom is a dark black-brown and daddy is a Buff Orp. I’m anticipating her being a more golden brown kind of leopard-ish partridge pattern with a 50/50 chance of laying a green egg. EEs have become my favorite because once the cute chick stage is over, you still have the delight of seeing their feather patterning develop and the surprise of their egg color!

(Although I’m beginning my own breeding program to create guaranteed blue or green egg layers with larger body sizes, more like a heritage breed, and I’m selecting for vibrant egg colors. No one in my area offers such a thing so I’m hoping there is a market for it because kids love Easter Eggers!)

 

[TayInTX]

Posting pictures of my Buff Orp Roo x Brown EE (Blue Layer) cross chick “Domino”

Chick pics of Domino at 7 days and 18 days old.

 

[sgtruglo]

Hi everyone! I Love seeing all the chicks. I have 2 new EE from TSC and are about 1 week in photo. I was curious if anyone had this colored chick and if so, what color they grew up to look like! (Circled in photo) I understand EE are mixed and “mutts” which makes it tough, but I am so curious since she isn’t the typical chipmunk color like my other one.
thank you in advance!

 

[aavina]

Can you update us what the yellow one looks like as an adult?

Here's my new babies! I just got them this morning from Ideal Poultry. The yellow one is Sophia and the chipmunk one is Tiana. I'll keep updates coming as they grow!