Easter Egger club!

[McKennA]

We need help with one of our Easter Eggers. Both have the same feathering/coloring, no red splotches. But one is quite a bit bigger, with a bigger comb, and a more upright tail. Both are 12 weeks old ordered from MPC.



These are our two EE's, one in back is the one we are suspicious of.


Comb


Suspect in front in this pic.

Better side view.

 

[junebuggena]

We need help with one of our Easter Eggers. Both have the same feathering/coloring, no red splotches. But one is quite a bit bigger, with a bigger comb, and a more upright tail. Both are 12 weeks old ordered from MPC.



These are our two EE's, one in back is the one we are suspicious of.


Comb


Suspect in front in this pic.

Better side view.

At 12 weeks old, that's a pullet. A gold based cockerel would have the dark red shoulders by 8 weeks old. There can be a wide range of sizes when it comes to EE. My smallest girl is about 3 1/2 pounds, my biggest girl is at least 6. The comb is starting to turn pink because she is starting to hit puberty. Over the next few weeks her comb will get more red and developed as her body prepares for egg production.

 

[Naliez]

We need help with one of our Easter Eggers. Both have the same feathering/coloring, no red splotches. But one is quite a bit bigger, with a bigger comb, and a more upright tail. Both are 12 weeks old ordered from MPC. These are our two EE's, one in back is the one we are suspicious of. Comb Suspect in front in this pic. Better side view.

She looks henny-penny to me!

 

[Naliez]

HA! I love that pic, mine are timid little scardey chickens but they do get up in places no body else will venture.

She is our only EE right now (we lost our other to a dog) and with the Australorps and Sussex, she was very timid and flighty also. She wasn't "bullied", but she was definitely trampled a lot and was always the last to get treats and so it made her even more nervous and dramatic. We heard taking her out of the flock for a bit can rearrange the pecking order and instill confidence, so we had her as a "house chicken" for 3 days and it absolutely worked! She spent a couple days in our "flock" with our very well behaved dogs and chicken fearing cats and realized that size alone didn't matter (at least not in our "flock") When we put her back out with the other chickens, she was the most used to us and she was the first to run up, get treats, attention AND she didn't back down when the others chest bumped her. She's also the most athletic and the only one who doesn't waddle terribly when she runs, so she can get out of the way when the other fatties come barreling through. She is our most calm and friendly chicken now and we just love her!

(working on the computer with Dad)

 

[serama mamma]

Hey guys! I haven't posted in a while. I have been busy with the new chicks. I figured I might post a picture of them for you. Sadly we had two easter eggers. They are both white but one is a rooster and we can't keep roosters.

We have a really nice olive egger too. It jumps up in your lap and it is so cute. But that one is a rooster too. He is going back to my grandmas she will probably keep him since he is nice.

This isn't at all recent but that is one of the white ones. I couldn't find a recent picture of them. I am so happy they are still not liking being held though really but still great birds.

 

[richardwhite]

Lol thats cute seems you have created the illusion of companions. No more lonely chick she has a best friend, that seems to always be there when she needs her haha! And as for the quiet i have noticed my new single chick that i got when i picked up a few the kther week is very quiet. May just be their temperment because all my ee's dont seem to be very noisy.

 

[Shahann]

Loving the feathering on this chick. She (I'm pretty sure it's a she...) is 7.5 weeks old now.







Here she is at one week old:

 

[Naliez]

Loving the feathering on this chick. She (I'm pretty sure it's a she...) is 7.5 weeks old now. Here she is at one week old:

That might be a little roo.

 

[gypsyroseplus6]

Thank you guys he's a good roo. He is my breeding roo.

gypsyrose, your roo is a handsome feller!Love the gold feathers! my Bantam roo is gold and gray. do you have a difficult time seeing the gold feather iridescence as I do?? (may need to wear my glasses more)

 

[gypsyroseplus6]

his tail feathers are starting to grow in.