easter egg layer (real name)

[Buttercup Chillin]

My EE's started laying with everyone else at 24-26 Weeks old in the winter, maybe he meant they'll be laying in about 3 weeks not 3 months.
Also, pullets are young, so they are not full grown yet. They are smaller than hens, and their first few months of eggs will be smaller. Because they are crosses their eggs can range dramatically in color. I have one now that lays a light pink egg, 1 blue/green, 1 blue and 1 that is a sky blue.

 

[chick_magnet]

Dora'smom :

I have two EE's in my first flock, and one of them started laying at about 7 months, and the other one didn't start until about 10 months. I think mine are the extreme, but they are ready when they are ready, and not before. I love them so much that I got 3 more, and will just watch to see when they deliver.

can you post some pic of your chickens? please if you have them posted already can u send me thelink

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Easter eggers can look like anything--there is no breed standard--merely SOMEWHERE in their background was a blue egg laying hen.

Ameraucanas and araucanas lay blue eggs. They do not lay green eggs, although the perception of blue vs green varies from person to person. These breeds both have very specific standards. Ameraucana breeders are pickier about plumage colouring htan araucana breeders; however both are picky about being confused with Easter Eggers.

All three of these types of birds were developed from chickens native to South America. Araucanas were standardized first, but have a lethal gene (tufts) and another gene (rumplessness) that reduces fertility. So you will find pur araucanas with tails and clean faces. They can be useful for breeding purposes, but will never see the show room. Ameraucanas have tails and muffs/beards, and do not have tufts. They carry no lethal genes, nor any that reduce fertility, so every pure ameraucana should meet the breed standard, even if not quite up to show quality.