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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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Fluffy_Moth_With_Silkies
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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Xiao Casa
My Easter Egger chicks were the first to get their feathers too, and surprisingly, the bigger one is the largest of all my chicks, even the Buff Orps!
 
foghornleghorn9
They are a bit skittish but over time they calm down. The best thing that's worked for me was to almost ignore them. I would go in their coop with a little treat and then give them the treat and pet them once or twice and then just go about my business. It seemed like after the second time my hand petted them, they were about to run away, that's why I stopped right there and kind of ignored them. Now they come to me cautiously and "tolerate" being pet a little bit. If I pick them up they just get quiet and settle in. Good luck. I hope some of this is helpful to you. I recently added some bantam EE and they are super cool. Beware though, they can almost "fly" They seem to be less skittish but I don't have them long enough to make any definitive statements.
 
sunflower4you
What would you call Cheeks' feather coloring? I just got three 3-month-old EE hens last night and one of them looks just like this. My 3-year-old already named her Caramel because of the color on her head.
 
RezChamp
Yes. I like these birds. It gets to -50*F sometimes where I live, although normal nights are -30to - 35.
when I first moved back home from the city I got a few of these birds. Tough enuff. They all survived 2(corrected by my wife) winters living in an unheated.plastic tarp covered, bent sapling structure before we made a "kind of coop" from wood scraps found at the landfill site.
I would like to get Araucanaas as well as bantam and standard sized Americana to put with EEs into a big flock to run free in the swamp, meadow and field close to my house.
Ah!! Who am I kidding?! I want every breed .......
 
ceceuu
I have one EE in a mixed flock of hens that are all 7 months old. She is bright, inquisitive and friendly. She seems very smart in comparison to most of the other chickens. She knows to come out of the rain better than some of the others. She is more agile than most of the other chickens too. She is the first to put herself to roost every night. She is the only chicken I have that flies up to sit on my lap when I sit on stumps in the run to visit them. I am enjoying her very much. If I had to say which of my birds seemed the smartest, she would be one I would name. One of the other posters made a good point that we don't know what our little ones went through being hatched and shipped that could affect their potentials.
 
Sylvester017
From talking with other Ameraucana and EE owners we have found them not only human friendly, talkative, and good pets, but they are non-combative and get along with any breed put into their flock. OurFlyBabies.com says they always keep Ameraucanas because they will accept orphaned chicks or injured birds into their flock where other breeds are not so willing. From comparing notes with other owners we have also found our kooky spooky jittery Ameraucanas and EEs are the sentinels of a flock. They might stay awake until everyone has gone to roost, they might watch an open coop or pop door until it closes for the night, they will chase away stray cats or wild birds - just a good all-around guard chicken even if they don't place themselves very high on the pecking order - they leave pecking order politics to the other breeds. Though slow to mature they will always be predator-savvy because of their high-strung nature which will also be 99% sweet most of the time.
 
Dragonmamma
Totally agree with this review. I've only had six different kinds of chicken so far, but my two Easter Eggers are definitely the dumbest. Example: I've had them 10 weeks now, and they still can't figure out how to get to the other side of the netted fence without butting head-first into the netting and getting their heads stuck in it about a dozen times. (I call them The Goonies.)
 
Sylvester017
To Dragonmamma - EEs and APA Ameraucanas are slow to mature and 10 weeks is still very young. They seem flaky because they are wary jittery alert birds that are quick and predator-savvy - but there is a wait on them to mature while they get used to their environment and their humans. Because of their sweet nature and non-combative temperaments we find it worth the wait to watch them mature into the sentinels of our flock and/or become lap pets. Ours coos and falls asleep when we pet her. Netting is not a good idea around pullets or cockerels because they will get their heads stuck in the webbing and choke or break necks. Heard too many sad stories about netting. However we used rolls of rabbit fencing and that works very well as barrier fencing.
 
Dragonmamma
10 weeks is how long I've had them; they were already 3 months old when I got them! The netting I have is electrical; it's not on during the day, but it's necessary at night to keep the raccoons at bay. I think the raccoons are more of a risk than the netting, I have to weigh the dangers against each other.
I still like them even though they're total goofballs. They're definitely the clowns of my flock, always trying to balance on things and falling off.
 
sssharon
Love the picture of your Goldilocks! She is beautiful. I have an EE I named Pearl and Pearl turned out to be an Earl. I named his hatchmate, one of them anyway, Highstepper. He has long legs and struts around with his head high. Very cute bird.
 
Sylvester017
Dragonmamma is correct - every and all safety measures to protect from Raccoons is essential. They are a scourge to chickens and you can never be too secure against these clever, manipulative, and aggressive pests who often kill not for food but for the frenzy of the chase! And they attack coops at night when the chickens are lathargic and not at their savviest against predators!
 
waddles99
Have you considered an enclosed run? It will be a little bit more expensive but you will have her contained and she will not be able to get out, and its better than clipping wings every couple of months.
 
BooeyBird
My EE is the exact same way, she is very skiddish, always flies out of the run, and it takes forever to catch her. I think this is because when she was little a raccoon broke into the coop she was in and killed one of her friends. Now she won't leave my Speckled Sussex's side. Also, her beard gets muddy all the time, and she hasn't started laying even when she is almost 30 weeks. However, I used to have ameraucanas and araucanas and they are great layers and super sweet.
 
moms3cuties
I have 5 hatchery Easter Egger pullets and 1 started laying at about 5-6 months old. Her sister is still not laid as of yet. So 30 weeks or 7 months is probably more accurate. Mine to have all been very skittish except they
will usually submit & bow down for me as if I was A Roo going to mate them,,,lol
 

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