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Easter Eggers

The Easter Egger is not really a breed. They are relationed to the breeds Ameraucanas and...
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Breed Purpose
Egg Layer
Comb
Pea
Broodiness
Seldom
Climate Tolerance
All Climates
Egg Productivity
Medium
Egg Size
Medium
Egg Color
Blue/Green
Breed Temperament
Friendly,Easily handled,Calm,Bears confinement well,Quiet,Docile
Breed Colors/Varieties
Any and All Colors
Breed Size
Large Fowl
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The Easter Egger is not really a breed. They are relationed to the breeds Ameraucanas and Araucanas, then bred with many different breeds so they no longer fit either breed's standards. They usually have muffs and pea combs, but come in nearly every variety and color, some even have ear tufts or are rumpless. Each EE is different, but overall they are usually a smaller bird that lays pink, green, or blue eggs. They are normally friendly and calm, and their colorful eggs make them a popular choice in backyard flocks.

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Easter Egger chicks

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Easter Egger egg

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Easter Egger rooster

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Easter Egger hen

For more info on Easter Eggers and their owners' experiences, see our breed discussion here:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/easter-egger-club.361185/
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talkinboutchickens
I feel bad that I have to give this chicken a 3-star.....
Pros: Cute fluffy cheeks, pretty eggs, small comb
Cons: Super skittish, not afraid to stand their ground
On all websites I've visited says that easter eggers are one of the sweetest chicken breeds you can get. Yes, that can be true....But all chicken's personalities vary! I can barely get close to my easter egger, she startles when I make the slightest movement. She is not afraid to stand up for herself. She will fight. She fights with a hen that is twice the size as her. On the other hand, she lays pretty eggs and her face is cute. She only has 2 friends in my entire flock, they were in the same batch. She only really hangs out with the chickens her age. She has a very weird laying time, will lay all throughout summer, and after Winter she starts back up again very early, about February.
Purchase Price
$4.00 at a local breeder
Purchase Date
March 2019
StinkyAcres
One of my very favorites!
Pros: Good layers, lay large pretty eggs, generally very healthy, cold hardy, heat tolerant, small for a standard chicken, so many colors!
Cons: They can fly high and tend to wander, can be skittish, often mislabeled
Easter Eggers are one of my very favorite chickens. I've found them to be the healthiest chickens I've raised and they live a long time. They lay lots of large and jumbo eggs and continue to lay a decent amount when they're older. Because they are mixes you never know what color you are going to get or if they'll have beards or not or what color eggs they are going to lay which is exciting to me. You can usually easily tell individuals apart too. They are on the small side for a standard chicken so they probably don't eat as much as, say, a dual purpose breed, but their size and weight allow them to fly quite well which can be a problem if you're trying to keep them within a fenced area or catch them.

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Amazingly sweet and to-be layers
Pros: Very cute
Much more weather tolerant than my silkies
Very sweet as well
Lay well in my friend's experience
Cutest chicks EVER
The muffs are too cute
Adventurous
Colorful eggs!!! What's not to love?
Cons: A bit smelly
Always jumping out of brooder because why wouldn't they
Easter Eggers are one of my favorite breeds, and I wanted to get them for a while. I got 3 chicks a week ago, and I absolutely love them! Very sweet and adventurous. Would recommend to a first time chicken owner.
Purchase Price
20$ for 3 chicks
Purchase Date
Jan 11, 2023

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Cheryl1948
Harley is very pretty. I still don't know the difference between the EE and the Ameraucauna. Mine are supposed to be Ameraucaunas and I read that the Amers have the tufts on the side of their heads. Mine do. But, your Harley looks like she has the tufts also and you call her an EE. My girls just started laying Dec.22 and today, Priscilla, one of my Amers laid our first blue/green egg. So EGGciting!
 
Studio2770
I don't think I posted a photo of Harley in my review but I do have a photo of her. EE's are not a true breed while Ameraucanas are. Amer. are rare and only sold in certain colors. I think Harley only has a beard but the whole tufts thing confuses me. If your Ameraucana is a color other than the colors that they come in, it may be an EE; Harley is the typical EE color and pattern. Amer. also have blue/slate legs while EE's have green. Harley's legs have changed color around 3 times. From what I've read, Amer. lay blue eggs only while EEs lay blue/green, green, brown, pink. Check out these links to help you out. http://www.mypetchicken.com/catalog/Day-Old-Baby-Chicks/Easter-Egger-p246.aspx http://www.mypetchicken.com/chicken-breeds/Ameraucana-B5.aspx
 
snowflake
some will tell you if you get them from a hatchery they are EE's only can get a true Americauna from a breeder
 
Studio2770
I think so too. Most of the time hatcheries sell EEs as Ameraucanas. I believe My Pet Chicken is a hatchery but I may be wrong.
 
Cheryl1948
Researching on online, the Amer has the tufts at the ears and a beard and like you said, lay only sky blue eggs. The small hatchery where I picked up my chicks did call them Ameraucanas (spelled it right this time), but I am thinking they are really EEs. Especially since the egg Priscilla laid looked blue/green to me. Sara and Naomi look like they have a big start on beards, but who knows. If I get sky blue eggs from them, I will know then. lol I am not a chicken "snob" so it doesn't matter what they are to me. I just love the colored eggs along with the brown ones. And, I love my "Biblical girls" (they are all named after women in the Bible, lol) Happy New Year chicken friends.
 
lalany
Love Sadie my Easter Egger! She started to lay in late summer, but has since stopped. We don't use artificial light. Can I expect her to start again in the spring?
 
Chickengirl47
My 3 full grown Easter Eggers lay on and off.

Right now I am waiting for my young Easter Egger pullets to start laying.
 
hellbender
Smarter than pigs? Please...I love chickens and I wouldn't write a flaming review either but going off the deep end on the other side is unfair to people who read these reviews.
 
tamdeva
I actually did a test the other day......threw some scratch over the fence after getting the chickens over to the other end of where the gate was....so they were close to the feed on the other side but away from the open gate. Guess who figured out to go to the gate first? The EE"s !!!!!!! Sweet and Smart girls.
 
thecuriouslynx
I love muffs and beards of any color. LOL! They have become my Achilles heel.
I have an EEs and an assortment of other breeds. With mine I have found that if my chicks are raised by one of the hens then they usually are little Einsteins very early on because they have learned from mom and from the rest of the older chickens in the flock right off the bat. However, the incubator chicks I have had seemed to be greatly lacking in chicken common sense. I assume it is the difference between having someone to teach you how to survive versus having to learn it on your own. The old "it takes a village to raise a child" sort of thing.
Once I Had an incubated rooster I bought who was six months old and must have had a very small space to be in because he didn't know how to go in or out of the coop door, Or forage/scratch in the grass, drink out of puddles or make himself a dust bowl to bathe in! He only ate and drank from the chicken feeder or water fount in the coop when I put him in there and I literally had to pick him up and put him in the coop at night. He would follow the others out but would not follow the back in. He didn't seem to be developmentally disabled or challenged except that he had never learned what natural chickens do. He eventually picked it up but only after he started following a momma hen and her chicks around.
 
sepaditty1
I only have 2, and I love them! They are definitely not on the bottom of the totem pole. They rule the roost. I can't wait until they start laying!
 
TaraBellaBirds
I have one and she is psycho! I adore her and she is a great layer but she is so flighty you would think she knew I was going to eat her every time I get too close! I have had her since a chick and she wasn't so flighty when she was young so I'm not sure what is up in her chicken head but I still plan on adding more EE's to my flock!
 
JadedPhoenix
I can't believe that you have some unfriendly EE's. Most reviews I've seen have always been positive. My girls are always running to see me despite the fact that they have had little human contact over the first year and half of their lives. My coop design of using the trampoline for their run was supposed to be temporary. We've just now gotten around to building them a nice run that I can walk into instead.
Anyway, when I open their coop to check for eggs each day, they come and crowd the small door to it and beg for some attention. I can't wait to see how they'll behave when I can plop my lawn chair in their run and just watch some chicken tv. :D
 
JadedPhoenix
Not sure why the OP's EE's appeared to be a little dense. Mine are pretty smart. I have 5 hens who are EE's and just today I opened up their small run to a larger one and they had no problem figuring out how to get in and out of the small and into the large one. It was my Lav. Orpington Roo that couldn't figure it out! I had to open the back of the coop and let him get out through there since he couldn't figure out how to get in and out of the fenced in area.
 
nknkdvt
totally agree. that's what we have too. We also added a Brahma to the mix and now we have a wide variety of egg colors. our friends love the eggs too! <3
 

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