Easter Egger club!

[yoopergirl1211]

Little Miss French Fry. Really wish my daughter had picked a different name

. She rides around in my hood and it's so cute. Her riding on my shoulder was cute too till she started pecking at my eye. That hurts!

 

[ChickenMama6RIR]

I was finally able get my easter egger chicks to eat out of my hand today!!! I'm such a happy chicken mama. I've been working on it for a while now

 

[ChickenMama6RIR]

Today my shy Easter egger roo chick decided to step up and be a man lol! He was the first to try and eat some small worms I brought in from outside. He's frien up so much today lol! @TrevorBW11 I agree! It is awesome when they eat out of your hand for the first time

 

[corinetran]

My girls have finally started laying about 3 weeks ago. I think only 3 of my 4 are laying and one of them doesn't lay every day. I only know of two girls for sure that are laying every day. So excited to see green / bluish eggs from them.

 

[Sylvester017]

My girls have finally started laying about 3 weeks ago. I think only 3 of my 4 are laying and one of them doesn't lay every day. I only know of two girls for sure that are laying every day. So excited to see green / bluish eggs from them.

Don't ever think your eyes are deceiving you. Our Ameraucana layed pastel blue eggs that would turn greenish after the air oxidized the outer shell. The best time to catch a blue egg picture is as soon as it's layed. You'll find the greenish-blue eggs turning more sage the longer they stand around. Some owners have put blue eggs into the fridge and got greenish ones out of the fridge LOL!

 

[TrevorBW11]

-Another day in the life of my EE chics

 

[corinetran]

thanks and good to know!

 

[FlyWheel]

These are my Easter eggers. I have two of them. The smaller one without as many feathers is my too Dr. Suess and the one with more feathers is my hen and her name is Audrey They are both skittish, but once they get on the back of your neck they fall asleep lol!!! The bottom pic is an additional pic of my roo while we were on our way home from getting them. I also got four buff Orpingtons. Lost one yesterday morning

The pics of my Easter egger were from about three weeks ago. Now my roo has more feathers and HUGE feet! My hen is a lot bigger too.

"Dr Seuss" huh? You're absolutely positive her eggs will be green?

Do all Easter eggers have those poofy feathers on there cheeks and chin?

No. Only some of mine do. Muffins and Smokey have very impressive beards/tufts, Braveheart, ObLaDi & ObLaDa have modest earmuffs and not much beard. Strawberry Shortcake has just the barest hint of muffs, n beard and Robin nothing at all. Oddly, of those laying, only Muffins and Smokey lay 'colored' eggs, Muffin's is a light mint green and Smokey's is blue. Robin's is a pale gold, Braveheart's is pink. Does the "beard/muff gene' have anything to do with eggshell color? Strawberry Shortcake and the twins haven't started laying yet to my knowledge.

Quote: Actually, Muffin's green eggs and Smokey's blue ones seem to hold their color very well. I have noticed though when I 'bake' their shells before crushing them to give back to the chicken's that the blue insides turn white yet the outside doesn't change at all.

 

[Chicken5555]

This had to hurt!! My easter egger named Wormy laid another whopper today. The last one was 81.3 grams and this one is....

.....103.8 grams!!!!
for reference, I weighed a large store egg and it was only 41 grams.

 

[lutherpug]

That's awesome!! My Australorp laid a 97gram egg yesterday so I'm right there with you-HUGE!!!

Our was a double yolker, anxious to hear what yours looks like!