Easter Eggers

In my experience, these birds are wonderful pets.....once they reach laying age. All of my EEs have been skittish and a bit standoffish as chicks and as juvies...but once they reach laying age, they become sweet as pie.

My first experience with this breed was a feedstore special. I picked her because of her adorably puffy cheeks. Because of her squiggly markings, she was given the name Waffle. She ended up being a beautiful, gold laced, black bearded HUGE bird. She was shy, and was always quick to run for cover. I guess that is what saved her when her flock mates got dispatched by a predator. Around that time, she also reached laying age. When I got her more flock mates, not only did she become flock matriarch, but also began laying eggs (big, beautiful sky blue eggs). This is when her personality really started to shine. She stole my heart, and she will always be a bird I will never forget.

She would sit with me while I read a book, and even occasionally bring me "treats" that she had found in the yard (bleh! nothing like a fat white grub shoved up your sleeve by an approving beak to enhance your reading experience).

My current EE Clover was also painfully shy until she started laying. Now, she is always underfoot, begging for treats, and begging to be picked up and loved on.



Since EEs are not a breed per se, they may have any breed trait be it personality or looks, but they tend to be a dual purpose looking bird that is slow to mature as far as egg laying goes. All of my EEs have been late bloomers, not laying until around 30 weeks of age.

As others have said, there is an amazing amount of variability in their egg laying, appearance, and personalities. This fact makes it a tad hard to give a blanket review for all EEs...but they seem to mellow with age. Give them time, and I don't think you will be disappointed.

My easter eggers are very pretty, but do not like to be picked up or touched. They don't like to be around me but sometimes will let me hold them on rare occasions or if I catch them. They're skittish but are beautiful and can come in many different colors. I raised them up as chicks and got a variety of pretty colors and I currently have 4 of them. Mine have not started laying yet but they're suppose to lay beautiful green/blue eggs. I also got them from Cackle hatchery.

I have two and their personalities couldn't be more different. Since they are only 20 weeks old, they haven't started laying so I don't have any idea about their eggs. One of mine is super sweet and social. The other one, while named Hazel, is often called the Skiddish One as she bolts over the smallest things. She runs from car noises, the dogs, people walking up. The other four chickens won't fallow her, so then she will go running back when she feels it is safe again. The other one, I call Mable, would craw up my arm as a chick and will run up to me when I come out.

They are both absolutely beautiful birds with very unique markings and fluffy cheeks.

they are great years round layers. they are very friendly

I had originally bought these birds as fence testers (a necessity of life on the open range) from a backyard seller I'll never be able to locate again. A shame really, because these birds were not only surprisingly sweet for started pullets but were egging at 6/week. At the time, we were not set up to handle that level of production and it got to the point that friends and family would hide when they saw you coming with an egg carton in your hands.

My EE is the sweetest little hen. She runs up to you like a little beagle, and she never bites or runs away. She lays beautiful, large, blue-green eggs daily, and is by far the favorite of my hens.

The eggs make for a beautiful basketful. We had three hens, one died from heat (we think, it got up to 100 that day), and the two two were retired for dinner after they quit producing for a period of 4 months. They were some of our most personable birds, and were very gentle. They were more easily frightened than our other birds, but they would run or cower in fear, never attack. No drop in temperature seemed to slow them down like the other birds. They laid consistently 3 to 4 eggs a week from 22 weeks until nearly 2 years. We enjoyed them, but plan to get birds that will go broody more often next time.

I have 3 EEs I got at Tractor Supply last spring. 2 are silver duckwing in color, the 3rd is the orange partridgey color you often see in EEs, 2 have green legs, 1 has slate. 2 have "cushion?" combs, the other has a straight crossed with something else comb. The one with the straight cross comb lays beautiful blue medium sized eggs sometimes with white spots. The other 2 lay large green eggs. They didn't lay much over the winter, but now that the days are getting slightly longer again (it is the last week of Jan) we are getting 3 eggs a day from the three of them. They are a family favorite. Friendly and fun to watch. The only issues we have had is problems with them getting into our neighbor's yard no matter how we tried to keep them out. They are decent foragers. Not as flighty as my Penedesencas, but worse than most of my other breeds (Sussex, sexlinks, leghorns.) Not a problem for me, I like having my hens forage, and we have 40 acres. I think if you have an escape proof pen, they would be happy enclosed as well. They're pretty calm.

I would be prepared to trim there wings if you get them. It's super easy to just cut one sides primary feathers.

You never know what color your going to get when you order them.

I've had 3 of these. 2 were lap chickens and 1 didn't want anything to do with you.

The are quiet and the hens have almost no combs which makes them a good winter bird.

They tend to get the neck feathers dirty, and some times those feathers can get into their eyes.

I LOVE my EE's!! They love to jump on my shoulder and groom my hair! It can be irritating sometimes but I love them for it!! I get about 5 egg a week from each of them! VERY nice birds!!

I really like their color eggs, but other than that, I don't care for the breed that much. I have never met a super friendly Easter Egger. Most of them have been pretty shy or stand offish. I have had 3, and my neighbor has had 7. Most of them never liked to be handled very much. If I could only have 2 or 3 chickens in a small space, this would not be one of the breeds on my must have list. If someone has room for 5 or more chicken breeds, then the green eggs worth it for the novelty.

They usually take 3 to 4 months off laying in the winter months.

Easter eggers are great backyard pets and egg birds. They're easy going, friendly, and not flighty. Medium sized birds, easter eggers come in a wide variety of colors and patterns. Because they're mixed birds I find their personalities can vary as much as their appearances. Some of mine are very outgoing and some are more reserved.

Most lay green or blue eggs, but occassionally one will lay brown or pinkish eggs. From my experience, easter egger roos can be friendly and non-aggressive towards hens and humans. My easter eggers are the first to hop up in my lap or on my shoulder when I bring out the treats. Every backyard should have a couple EE.

I loved my EEs but will not have them again. The other chickens loved to peck at their cheek fluffs, to the point where one of my EEs went blind. Because of the bullying, they often didn't want to come into the henhouse at night.

Venus, although just a chick right now, is very motherly and patient. I bought her with another chick and Venus literally took it under her wing for the first night. I never seen that happen. I thought Venus would be startled or not engaging, but they both bonded fairly well. She's one cool bird.

We love easter eggers for their colorful eggs and sweet disposition. They are a medium size bird and easy for my kids to carry around. My last flock was all Easter Eggers, while my current flock has one. (we ordered two but one ended up being a rooster which is not allowed in our town). I request the chipmunk colored chicks because I adore the beautiful orange coloring and the orange ones I've had lay pretty blue eggs. The white easter eggers tended to lay olive colored eggs. This picture shows Bunny, our EE.

I have five. Three are a bit flighty, but two are the friendliest and sweetest chickens around. They come up to you in the pen and want you to hold them, cuddle them, and pet them. They're very talkative and just fun to be around in general.

One of the five has just started laying again after a couple of months off. The eggs are about the same size as a medium sized brown egg.

My husband has a few in our other flock, and they're the friendliest of the whole bunch (Leghorns, Black and Red Stars, EEs).

I will always have some in every flock of mine from now on; that's how much I enjoy them.

I have 7 EE they are all gorgeous different colors and very nice to look at but try and catch them for anything, impossible but that is ok since I have lots of others that will tolerate my touches.

I have EEs in my mixed flock and they are THE most beautiful birds. I love their muffs and colorful plumage. Although I prefer brown eggs, they worth keeping for a little bit of color in the egg basket. I really like keeping a gorgeous EE rooster around, they seem to be really aware of their surroundings and make good flock protectors. I have noticed however, that more than 50% of the EE chicks I've hatched have been male. This seems to be a trait of EEs from what I've gathered on the EE gender thread. I also want to note that because these birds have pea combs and no wattles (generally), they do great in a cold climate and have a lot lower chance of getting frostbit than single combed breeds. I give them a 4 instead of a 5 solely because of the high percentage of male offspring. I raise meat chickens also, so the smaller carcass size on cockerals isn't that big of a deal; they didn't gain as fast as my Rhodie's or Aussie's. I didn't like EEs when I first got them, but now I'm breeding them! I've come to the conclusion that they are a great all-around bird.

the only reason to buy an Easter Eggers is for the novelty of blue or green eggs if you get them for any other reason prepare to be disappointed their not that great. BUT i only bought them for the novelty so ill give them a five out of five

Wonderful personalities, beautiful plumage, beards and striking blue-green eggs, what more could you ask for?! My EE hens are the sweetest, most well-behaved of my entire flock of 50+ chickens. They are mellow and kind to their other chicken friends. My roosters have personality plus, confident, proud and always have something to crow about! Egg production has been great. Winter is here and they are keeping up with my Golden Comet hens pretty well. I am really impressed with the color and nice medium size of the eggs. A definite must-have for any chicken fancier!