Easter Egger club!

[ldawntaylor]

Just got 5 EE's...So cool and exciting to see what their colors/markings look like coming in as their true feathers come. How would I introduce them to my "pack" that I already have In the coop/run? I don't want them pecked to death, and I do have a "pecker head" lol

If you take a look at post 11292 on this thread you can see my initial step. Of course, my new birds are just 5 weeks old. So that may make a difference.

 

[Jheff1983]

I have 2 EEs. Kevin and Potpie. Kevin will lay eggs, but he is a prince at heart. Potpie is the princess and she is the sweetest. Potpie has a reddish beard and Kevin has the black beard.

 

[TheChickGirl22]

here are my two EE's both are girls... I hope. Dotty is the darker one and her sister Sooty Dotty tends to like to peck my hand a lot lately and once in a while pecks the other chicks. her new favorite thing is to sit on top of the waterer

 

[awizkey]

I am questioning the sex of a couple of the EE I recently bought. Any experts? The one in the back has a more red non developed comb but the other has weird coloring. I know it's still early, just eager to have all hens!

 

[debid]

I am questioning the sex of a couple of the EE I recently bought. Any experts? The one in the back has a more red non developed comb but the other has weird coloring. I know it's still early, just eager to have all hens!

Both look female.

 

[BBZZZZTT]

One of my EEs turned out to be a boy. I couldn't tell until he was crowing at.. 12 weeks? Looking back, the only dead giveaway was his huuuge feet. Comb looked identical to his 'sisters'

 

[New2Chicks97]

As part of our first foray into chickens we chose to get 5 Easter Eggers along with 3 Buff Orpingtons and 2 Silver Laced Wyandottes.

The EE are by far my favorites! They are friendly jolly little birds that look so unique. So far only 2 have started laying eggs but those have both been pretty colors: green-blue & pale blue. I do hope the rest start laying soon because I am interested in seeing what the colors will be.

 

[Jheff1983]

I've got two EEs. I'm so glad I can tell them apart, only because Kevin has a black beard and Potpie has an orange-y-ish one lol. Your babes are beauties. I love seeing pics. Mine are 11 weeks in a couple days. How old were yours when they started laying?

 

[New2Chicks97]

I've got two EEs. I'm so glad I can tell them apart, only because Kevin has a black beard and Potpie has an orange-y-ish one lol. Your babes are beauties. I love seeing pics. Mine are 11 weeks in a couple days. How old were yours when they started laying?

The two that have started laying are around 18-20 weeks old. They came from a feed store so I don’t know exactly how old they were when we bought them just a rough estimate.

I love the fact that the EE are so colorful & look distinct enough that I can tell them apart. Ours are named Lucky, Unlucky, Convict, Hudson and Chicken Hawk. So far Convict & Unlucky are laying. I am looking forward to the rest starting because their egg colors are still a mystery!

 

[mrsbrown37129]

I am so happy to have found an EE club! I love my little EE's, though everyone around here has fancier/more purebred chickens, and wouldn't change them for the world! I have four of them: Blue, Audrey, Lola (all named by my daughters) and George Elliot. They are all the sweetest girls and should be laying soon. I'll try to get photos later today when I clean out their coop. They have two Black Sex-Linked roommates who are sweeties too!