Easter Eggers

Our EE's are one of our favorites. We've bred from our EE's back to get more blue eggs. Their colors are great, always interesting. The background of their breeding matters. Some can be more flighty than others. It is one of the best producers, until the winter when they drop off. Otherwise, large eggs are the result almost every day. I have two 2 yr. old hens and their daughter hen. The daughter was 30 weeks before laying a single egg. Her siblings laid at 24 weeks. So the variation makes them somewhat uneconomical as fa as production. They last long, are hardy, and have a decent feed to egg conversion. We will always have a couple on the farm, without a doubt!

Every one of my EEs have dramatically different personalities from one another, which is annoying because when you go to buy one of these birds you have no idea what you're going to get... but I suppose that makes it a little fun too! I have some that are flighty and nervous and others that are calm and sweet. These birds mean business and are always moving around. They're very curious and lay well, but not in the winter. Mine are excellent fliers and are always exploring on top of walls and every once in a while try to roost on top of the coop.

I really have nothing to dislike about this breed. The eggs are cool. They are great birds! I suggest them. Their muffs are SO cute!!!!! They make you wanna hug them! They always look like they are smiling!

Since this is a cross between two breeds, the egg size and bird color varies with who the parents were. Some of mine lay large green eggs. One lays pink and another two lay tan eggs. One of mine (mostly white) is top of the flock and has bullied one production red to the point that I had to move the read to a different flock. My other 4 mature easter egger hens are toward the bottom of the pecking order and just go with the flow (three lavender and one pheasant).

I also have 4 poulettes and one rooster (ordered all poulettes) and they are now 12 weeks old. Rooster is starting to crow and has black/green tail feathers and pheasant coloring. All are very friendly so far. As chicks, they ranged from pale yellow with one black dot on the head (the one that turned out to be the roo) to chipmunk striped.

They have trouble with the heat in south Florida, but having a fan seems to help. I think the low rose comb does not allow them to expel heat as well as the breeds with single combs.

My Easter Egger, Lotus is quite beautiful, and lays a beautiful green (sometimes blue/green) egg.


She lays a lot and her eggs taste great. But she is pretty flighty and doesn't like to be handled much and keeps her distance. While my other chickens peck at my finger pretty roughly when I show it to them, she is very gentle and sweet about it. She is very protective of her flock but never attacks me or any other humans, just bullies the chickens lowest on the pecking order. She was best friends with our former roosters growing up. I would get Easter Eggers again, I love the eggs and they're a real cool-looking "breed."

Love these birds about as much as my Plymouth rocks

We have had many, and currently have 5 in our flock. We get 3 eggs from them each day (they alternate days off). One lays an olive egg and the others lay light blue eggs. 2 are jumbo eggs and the other 3 are XL. Nothing negative to say about them. They are a great backyard flock addition if you want a colorful basket.

I have one Easter Egger, Sylvia, and she is the best hen I've ever had! Sylvia's never laid an egg yet, and I hope she does next spring. She is very cluckative, always chirping and cooing when I hold her. I think, from the experience of having Sylvia, that they are indeed a wonderful breed.

I got one last fall along with a black jersey, she became the unofficial leader of the group. She has gold and black feathers with a cool pattern and is one of our best egg layers.

I have searched high and low for true Ameraucanas, and more than once I have ended up with EE's. I like these birds, but I wish sellers/hatcheries would know what they're selling and disclose as such.

Cleo, my EE is the best layer in my flock. At the end of summer, she went through a streak of 9 days with an egg every day. She lays 6 out of 7 days. She's a beautiful bird and her eggs are a lovely greenish blue. She started laying at around 5 months. My only complaint-she's one of two in my flock that won't let me handle her. She'll come running when I open our back door, but I'm not allowed to touch! She was the prettiest chick. She looked like a chipmunk and had black eyeliner, hence the name Cleopatra.

I have two of these that were purchased four weeks ago with two Delawares and 2 Brahmas. This is my first time with chickens so take my review with a grain of salt. I also have a very small pool for comparison. Moreover these two were sold to me as "Ameraucanas" but from everything I've read and seen on this site - I'm thinking not so much. Esp. since they were bought at a feed store ridiculously cheap.

Of the six birds and three breeds these two are way up there in looks. One especially has the most stunning eyes. They are both crazy smart for chickens too. Always the very first to figure things out. First on the brooder roost, first - and highest - in the coop roost. The only two that figured out that the wire under them in fact led to the inside of the brooder and away from me and my camera. They're the only ones who've figured out how to escape their makeshift run (not sure this is a good thing). Thus ends everything nice I have to say about them. Well, they do run pretty dang fast too. Especially if I'm trying to get anywhere near them. They will come up and investigate me if I sit very still and quiet - but if I move they take off like a shot to the other end of the room. I have been handling these guys every single day for the last four weeks and they are the only two of my six that I have to herd into a corner in order to pick them up to move them from the brooder where they spend the nights and the coop where they spend the days. They are the only two who wont eat out of my hand. They are the meanest of the bunch too. In fact, they are the only ones with any mean behaviors at all. One is far worse than the other and is quickly working her way down from future layer to future dinner. Turns out naming her "Winner Winner" was more apt than I thought. The other EE seems to be mellowing down a bit now that they have more space in the coop during the day, but is still not what I would call "friendly" towards people. She's a touch easier to catch than her counterpart, but is still among the last two to be rounded up. I haven't had any real aggression though - just a lot of pushiness. Any time there's a squabble chances are good one of the EE's is involved - or both.

Don't appear to be particularly inclined toward foraging either - which is important when you're trying to raise chickens on a tight budget. They also tend to hog the feed dishes, but the flip side is they are so cautious about me and anything that comes out of my hands that they are usually the last to get any "treats" I give out.

I would not recommend these guys as far as personality goes - and have no frame of reference on their laying abilities as of yet. Unless they lay an egg a day or mellow considerably with age I doubt I would bother keeping them again. Will be nice to have some color in my egg basket though, and they do make a nice aesthetically pleasing addition to the flock. Not exactly a cuddly pet, but will mill around you so long as they don't think you notice. They do seem to be doing better with the larger space of the coop during the day so maybe if they were free rangers or had plenty of space to run in they would be more personable with the other chickens.

my Easter Eggers

The only chickens I've ever had were EEs. And man did I love them!
Little list of the pros :

Eggs - you may see those photos of pale green eggs or eggs that look like they may have had a single drop of light blue food coloring sprinkled on them, but mine were beautiful. They were olive green, deep, pretty, and for young pullets, very large! Not to mention soooo good!
Looks - not that I would pick a chicken on looks, but they were fine lol. I had a white one, who was small and soft and jumpy, very cute. Then I had one who I would call beautiful. She was this sheeny black color that reflected the sunlight with a glow that can't be compared, with feathers splashed with a pretty copper brick color. So fluffy, soooo pretty! The last was largest, but had the smallest ego. Really sweet, but that's not the point. She was tan with black and white spots on her feathers, and she was also just a gorgeous bird that impressed me every time I looked at her. Her belly feathers were the most satiny, beautiful tawny color.
Personality - August, the white hen, was a bit off. Not saying she was like... mental or anything, just really jumpy. The ONLY way you could catch her was a gentle tackle... it's as hard as it sounds. But once you got her, she wasn't mean or anything, just not exactly affectionate. I usually left her to herself, she was never my favorite. Clover was the lead girl. Very, very, very dominant but in a nice way. No question she did what she wanted. But everyone loved her, just because she was so calm, pretty easy to catch, as long as she wasn't in the proximity of bird seed, she would sleep in your arms, she would be excellent around young children. Lilac (I spelled it Lilack, but I was 10... so... yeah) - she was my favorite, hands down. Pretty timid actually, but I liked her and she agreed with my assessment. Easy to catch and what not, and would sleep in my arms without complaint for hours.

Little list of the cons :

Flighty - that was mainly August, but the main point is, if they saw birdseed, seeds, or a patch of delicious grass, it was all over. They would shoot around like rockets and I basically had to give up and just watch them play until they sat down in the grass, which if you have chickens, you know isn't very often... with August, she was always hard to catch, but it was possible. Most of the time. Clover almost never ran unless she wanted to, then not gonna happen. Lilac was quick and agile, but she didn't like to run off unless the other two were doing it also.
Running Away - yes, they ran off into other people's yards and didn't like coming back. Nearly 5-10 times a day I would fetch my uncooperative brother and we would go wandering through the neighborhood until we found one of them vanishing around a bush. Then we'd corner them and my brother would grab one, as would I. I'd hand him the one I caught and go race after the last one. This was a pain, and it's the reason we had to sell them. That may have been my fault

All in all, get some Easter Eggers.

My Easter Egger is one of the tamest, sweetest birds I have. Consequently, she is lowest in the pecking order, but she doesn't mind. She puts up with the other hens' bullying, and still lays plenty of beautiful blue-green eggs. While she isn't my best layer, my Easter Egger has always consistently laid large, well-formed eggs, and continues to lay in the wintertime. Even at 2 1/2 years of age, my EE is still laying like she did when she was younger.

At times, I've found Easter Eggers to be timid. However, if handled enough when young, this is not the case. My Easter Egger follows me around, and loves eating treats such as mealworms and grubs. She'll happily eat dandelion leaves, even the roots and stems of them, which is something that my other chickens don't do. She is a pretty good flier (also something that my other chickens are not), but does not try to escape using her abilities. My Easter Egger is alert, and has been known to chase away a hawk if it swoops down on her and a ranging flock. She is excellent at hunting insects, too.

The last thing that I find great about Easter Eggers is that they come in so many colors. In fact, they can come in any chicken color. My own Easter Egger is a beautiful partridge color. Her feathers are always in great condition, and are extremely soft and silky. She dust bathes often to keep herself free from parasites, but always preens well afterward.

Overall, the Easter Egger is a great breed of chicken for the small-flock owner. Their colorful feather patterns will make any flock more interesting, their eggs will make egg baskets more complete, and their temperaments will make them a delight for children to hold and care for.

I have one Easter Egger chick that is very sweet and laid back. The other chick is just the opposite and wants nothing to do with people. Not friendly and very flighty. It really depends on the personality. Mine are too young to lay, but I am hoping that they will produce a good amount of eggs.

IN my entire flock, my EE are the only ones who fly over the fence to eat my garden. I'm to the point of planting my garden in the front yard. More efficient than a lawn anyway!

I have an EE and she loves to follow me around the farm while I do the daily chores. My EE, Little Hawk is so sweet. we named her that because of her plumage and how it makes her look like a hawk.

I have 2 Easter Eggers, and the more friendly one is called Amber (she's mostly yellow). She sits in my lap every evening and stretches her neck out and closes her eyes while I rub her neck! She actually leaves her little group of 5 to come over and sit with me. I love her little fluffy cheeks. She is not old enough to lay eggs yet, but when she does I'll be the one crowing, ha ha! What a sweetheart...

I love my easter eggers! They have never acted viciously towards anyone and always run to greet me when i go outside. It's also fun to have the colorful eggs.