Easter Eggers

Mcse4u · Oct 9, 2017

I will never buy another bird from a swap meet. I bought two blue wheaton aumericanas from a witchy lady, and one ended up being a rooster, and the other is over 21 weeks old, and has not laid a single egg. She is also at the bottom of the pecking order, is skittish, and standoffish while every other hen I have, squats down and lets me pet them, feed them from my hand and hang out with me. I doubt its indicative of the breed, but I will only buy my chicks from Tractor supply from now on.

RingAroundTheRosie · Oct 11, 2017

We have 2 Easter Egger Pullets and 6 more chicks on the way. The two we have, "Pretzel" and "Moonpie" are so sweet. When we first got them around 8 weeks there were skiddish, however being around them several times a day every day, warmed them to us very quickly. They eat from our hands and like to be in whichever area we are in. I would not want a flock without one

jake bauer · Oct 27, 2017

My lone Easter egger developed a off set beek, could not eat on her own, felt bad and thought this is unfair and no way for a chicken to live , when the other 11 chickens peeked and scratched on the ground, she was alone but was reading on this site about possibilities. Started mixing chicken food and water, like a chicken oatmeal and soft human food, I feed her by hand 2 times a day, if I get the right consisitcy and amount in the cup of my hand, she drives her beek into it a little harder than normal and chugs it down. love it when I come home from work, I call out and she is so happy to see me, I feed her till full, lays a beautiful green egg 3 times a week. We also adopted a 3 year old, our neighbors gave us, sweet bird.

Allisonlovesnancy · Nov 2, 2017

how do I know if my girl is an EE rather than an Ameraucana?

Varrington · Nov 14, 2017

I have 2 EE's and they are more friendly than my Australorp's. I was surprised when they layed their first eggs. They we're supposed to be Americauna. But I got green/ light olive eggs. Love my girls anyway.

morrowsl · Nov 20, 2017

I have six EEs. All are sweet birds.

The Reds · Nov 25, 2017

We just adopted a flock with these happy birds in it. They are very friendly, easy to catch, and the eggs are fun since we are used to just your average brown egg

ChicksInCT · Dec 7, 2017

Our blue EE is top of the flock. She's a real people charmer--flies up to my shoulder, dances on my feet when she wants something. Will walk around the outside of the house looking in to find me if she needs something and shout at me to come help her with whatever she needs...such as back into her house to lay. She's a gentle top bird. Puts them in their place but no blood. One of our absolute favorite girls--would get another in a heartbeat. Kids absolutely adore her. She is always first to come say hi when we get home. Ours lays green, very productive and large eggs.

Nutmeg15 · Dec 9, 2017

I have raised two EEs (one roo and one hen who has sadly passed on), as well as a barnyard mix that I suspected to have come from an EE, and they have been the most beautifully colored chickens I have raised. Not to mention their eggs! One of my hens was the classic orange-brown color with black feathers, the other a silky gray, and my rooster is basically a rainbow. I miss finding a green egg and a blue egg in the nesting box each day. My two hens were excellently tempered and liked being handled moderately. The rooster is very protective of his hens (which he over-mated until we separated them) and aggressive, but I chalk that up to being a rooster and not his breed.

pasuit · Jan 3, 2018

jake bauer said:
My lone Easter egger developed a off set beek, could not eat on her own, felt bad and thought this is unfair and no way for a chicken to live , when the other 11 chickens peeked and scratched on the ground, she was alone but was reading on this site about possibilities. Started mixing chicken food and water, like a chicken oatmeal and soft human food, I feed her by hand 2 times a day, if I get the right consisitcy and amount in the cup of my hand, she drives her beek into it a little harder than normal and chugs it down. love it when I come home from work, I call out and she is so happy to see me, I feed her till full, lays a beautiful green egg 3 times a week. We also adopted a 3 year old, our neighbors gave us, sweet bird.

I'm so glad you took the time to investigate and get her to eat. Ive heard so many horror stories about culling them from the flock. Kudos to you,

pasuit · Jan 3, 2018

LOVE EGGERS!!!!!!!

Liz Birdlover · Feb 25, 2018

I love my EEs so much, they are the sweetest natured birds, easy to handle and lay beautiful eggs daily, even throughout the winter without providing extra light. They have wonderful personalities. I got several at a place where they were overcrowded, not happy at all, and were quite traumatized and skittish. I cleaned each one up, checked them over, tended to their injuries, one had very bad bumblefoot, and another was plucked totally bald. Now they are all happy, healthy, calm and actually come running to me when they see or hear me. The Roosters are very sweet, and the youngest one just loves me, and lets me pick him up, and sits on my lap to be pet. They are wonderful!

Cycomiko · Mar 4, 2018

Mcse4u said:
I will never buy another bird from a swap meet. I bought two blue wheaton aumericanas from a witchy lady, and one ended up being a rooster, and the other is over 21 weeks old, and has not laid a single egg. She is also at the bottom of the pecking order, is skittish, and standoffish while every other hen I have, squats down and lets me pet them, feed them from my hand and hang out with me. I doubt its indicative of the breed, but I will only buy my chicks from Tractor supply from now on.

I have an Easter Egger that skittish, bottom of the pecking order, and didn't lay until 28 weeks. The day she layed her first egg, she rocketed up the pecking order. She layes 7 eggs in 8 days, constantly. Pink ones at that. Patience and understanding are rewarded.

vllang · Mar 11, 2018

A Easter Egger is created by crossing a Brown egg Rooster with a Blue egg chicken. Everyone wants to say EE's are Americana's but this isn't so. There are several Blue egg laying chickens True Blue Whiting, Cream Legbars, Auracana's, Americanas and I think there is another I am leaving out. This is why you see EE's that look nothing like the Auracana lines.

Fox2112 · Mar 29, 2018

jake bauer said:
My lone Easter egger developed a off set beek, could not eat on her own, felt bad and thought this is unfair and no way for a chicken to live , when the other 11 chickens peeked and scratched on the ground, she was alone but was reading on this site about possibilities. Started mixing chicken food and water, like a chicken oatmeal and soft human food, I feed her by hand 2 times a day, if I get the right consisitcy and amount in the cup of my hand, she drives her beek into it a little harder than normal and chugs it down. love it when I come home from work, I call out and she is so happy to see me, I feed her till full, lays a beautiful green egg 3 times a week. We also adopted a 3 year old, our neighbors gave us, sweet bird.

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Stephanie Mitchell · Mar 29, 2018

This is the type of chicken I strive to breed to. Although there is no standard, I feel the birds I use as an example are level headed birds, with varying feather colour. Though to me they must have a pea comb (or small, flush to the skin), and beard/muff feathering. Leg feathers aren't as important but an interesting addition. Crests are I guess an option as well depending on what birds you originally bred to make the EE's. I will be attempting a cross between Sultan and Ameraucana in the coming years to test temperament, as well as crossing Ameraucana with Faverolle (which I understand is already a 'thing'). Looking forward to future EE crosses!!

grayv · Apr 10, 2018

We have a handful of Amerucanas and we like them! I didn't use the word "love" because they are not NEARLY as friendly as the rest of our flock (Barred Rocks & Black Sex Links) and they seem to have many more feather issues than our other two breeds. We LOVE the look of their eggs, though and that's why we choose to continue to keep them. Their eggs are always a fun conversation starter!

Phoebus · Apr 14, 2018

SYLVIA STEVENSON said:
Can anyone tell me if they've ordered from Cackle Hatchery, especially any Rhode Island Reds or Golden Comets, Buff Orpingtons, White Rocks, Barred Rocks, Wyandottes, or Easter Eggers? And, I understand each Easter Egger can have a different personality and each within the same breed can have a different personality (and I do have an older Easter Egger now who is not a cuddly bird but she is nice and lays well). I got a batch of Black Australorps from Chickens from Backyards (which has great service) that are extremely skidish and unfriendly. Also, if I get any new breeds again, I want to try to make sure that are somewhat friendly, fairly docile and/or at least will fit well in a mixed flock without much aggression (allowing for a normal pecking order of course) and be easy to handle.

Bght 6 EEs frm Rural King (VA) two wks ago. Let them do the picking for me. All chicks they gave me were different! Got a black&gray, a nice chocolate brown, a cute little yellow one w/ no tail, and 3 similarly marked w/ spots & stripes but different shades of gray, tan and yellow. I love them! They're so friendly. A couple will jump right up in my hand! Can hardly wait for them to grow up so I can see what color eggs I get. (I'm new to this--it's my first batch of chicks!)

BlueHenDel · Apr 15, 2018

I just got my first EEs on Wednesday (4/11/18). They are the most adorable little creatures! Two of them. I already have had/raised 5 Ameraucanas. Hope my EEs grow up to be as strong and healthy AND FEMALE as my Ameraucanas did! Looking forward to the colors of eggs they will lay. :wee

Devonne Short · Apr 19, 2018

I love my Penny she is a Ameraucana!

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