Vegaschick - such a lovely variety of colors. Where did you get them, what hatchery? I'm going to order a box of EE and I'm considering which hatchery.
Lovely hens. And I love your hen names.
I'm about to place an order for Easter Eggers from a hatchery.
No feedstore bins here so it will have to be by mail from Ideal, Martis Poultry, Meyers, Purely Poultry, or Cackle. Welp won't ship to Alaska except CornishX..
There are so many pretty Easter Eggers posted on this thread. I wish...
Thank you, SteveH.
Beautiful bird!
The beard is a natural for it.
Love the old-time shape of that bird.
I hope to find some of the white Chanteclers. Hard from Alaska - no big chicken shows here. Everything must be mailed.
Have buff and partridge chicks, newer recreations, but I understand...
Thank you, SteveH, for all the information on the comb genetics especially, and the blue egg gene. I'm saving it and filing it.
I have Chanteclers now and was wondering about introducing their gene for cushion comb into my Easter Eggers to get rid of the really poor pea combs the EE roos have...
My guesses:
The top one looks like a hen. The hens seen to have areas of different colors that blend into each other, and any pattern in the color is more subtle.
The one with a lot of white and the one facing the wall look like roos. Roos seem to have splatchier colors.
Sharol - that looks like a hen to me. Some Easter Egger hens have big combs. some of mine did anyway.
She's beautiful. Where did you get her?
I'm trying to decide which hatchery to place an order for Easter Eggers. I'd like to get some of the pretty ones like been posted on this thread.
It...
I think chicks by a Buff Orp roo and EE hen would be very cute.
I'm not sure, but most of the chicks will lay a turquoise egg. The blue egg gene plus the brown egg gene from the Buff Orp makes beautiful turquoise eggs.
Many of the chicks will have the puffy cheeks and muffs of the Easter Egger...