Easter Egger club!

[Junibutt]

At this point Charlie looks like a pullet, but things could change.

Thanks!

 

[kenzier093]

Well I have to go on a little rant. I opened the next box door up to the coop and a black snake was laying there looking at me!!! Ugh, the dang thing ate some of the eggs...let's just say he broke into the wrong chicken house...

 

[jerryse]

She is a very good looking bird!
How old is she? I have 2 EE's that at one time looked very similar to her...but you should see them now! VERY beautiful when their adult plumage came in and both different! One of the things I like about the EE "NON"-breed is the lack of a standard to live up to! Either they are good layers or they are not, either they are well tempered or they are not, either they are pretty or they are not....I've yet to see an ugly EE though!

And that's nothing against the pure bred birds or breeders, I also appreciate a good "To Standard" pure bred!

And Jerry, correct me if I am wrong..but the statement "Ameraucanas came from EE's" would be more correct than "EE's came from Ameraucana's"...true?

You are right EE came first . At that time if it laid a blue egg it was called Araucana . Never saw a tufted or rumples from the hatchery birds . Hatchery catalogs often said Araucana the Easter egg chicken and showed blue , green and pink eggs . Some even claimed yellow eggs . The mixed egg color eggs helped them sell the mixed breed chicks . Blue eggs were a new novelty . So mixes were made to increase flocks to meet the demand . That said the hatcheries got blue eggs to the masses and made the EE recognizable to the average person . On the down side they now call them Americana and confuse the novice .

 

[RoosterLew]

Thank you! I think she's very pretty, and as she is my only EE, I don't mind having one of the more common EE colorations. She helps complete our "chicken rainbow" - we have all the heather brown-partridge-mahogany range, and some white & B&W, so her golden yellow fills out the spectrum. Her color also fits her name, Waffles, perfectly!

She's 9.5 weeks old, and just starting to drop a few feathers; I can't wait to see her adult plumage! What did yours that were similar to her end up looking like?

I hope she's a good layer for us; she's got awesome green legs and a pea comb, so I think our chances of blue or green eggs are pretty good (but of course, you never know!). As for temperament, she will hang out on my shoulders and head whenever she gets a chance, but squawks like the dickens if you try to pick her up. I'll post video soon of her "chicken button" sound that she makes whenever you touch her back.

Ill just have to get some pictures....I'm not good at describing them. Both are yellow gold in the hackles and dark bodied, one of them sorta laced with the yellow gold and the other is kind of "checkered"?? not sure what you'd call it! LOL I think they are the 2 prettiest birds we have!

 

[estamets]

@RoosterLew

I would love to see pictures.

 

[WendyF]

My 4 EE eggs shipped this morning!

 

[RoosterLew]

Here ya go estamets, looked alot like yours when they were younger

 

[estamets]

Here ya go estamets, looked alot like yours when they were younger

They are so pretty! Thank you for sharing the pics.

 

[nab58]

Very pretty bird. She doesn't have any chin fluff though. Is that normal for EEs based on what they're mixed with? Yours looks a lot like a gold laced wyandotte....do you think that's what she's mixed with?
Mine show no indication of growing neck fluff and one of them actually looks very much like a barred rock with green legs.

 

[MommaHen77]

Pretty chick