Easter Egger club!

[Catandherchicks]

So, my first batch of chickies are about 18 weeks old now. This one, Lady Gray, has been changing over the last two weeks. The white on her head wasn't there before, the feathers on her back (toward the tail area) are getting puffy, and her face is getting so very red. Do you think she'll lay soon?? I am beyond myself with excitement at the thought of it. The face picture was her just as she was starting to change, the second picture was taken today.

She is very pretty. Ahhh, the wait for the first egg. Any time now.....

 

[theuglychick]

So, my first batch of chickies are about 18 weeks old now. This one, Lady Gray, has been changing over the last two weeks. The white on her head wasn't there before, the feathers on her back (toward the tail area) are getting puffy, and her face is getting so very red. Do you think she'll lay soon?? I am beyond myself with excitement at the thought of it. The face picture was her just as she was starting to change, the second picture was taken today.

She's beautiful! What did she look like as a chick. I have a chick that I'm trying to figure out what she will look like as an adult.

 

[Chicken5555]

@Catandherchicks Thank you! I'll be sure to take pictures of her first egg when we find it. The nesting boxes have been Every morning I check the nest boxes and put the golf balls back in the middle of the nest. They're there to encourage laying in the right place LOL. Someone has been shuffling the nesting material lately. I'll bet it's Lady Gray.

 

[jerryse]

Is it possible to have an Easter egger without a beard/muffs? I have two pullets that were labeled as heavies at the store. I was convinced that they were easter eggers because I saw a picture of an EE that looked just like them but now I'm doubting myself. I thought they would develop muffs as they matured but now I realize muffs are usually present even in day olds. They also have yellow legs. I can't figure out what the heck they are, please help! (Also, someone on this forum told me they were red laced cornish but I know for a fact they're not)

I see barring when I enlarge the picture . My guess is Dixie Rainbow . A meat cross sold by hatcheries . Also go by other name that I forget .

 

[Chicken5555]

She's beautiful! What did she look like as a chick. I have a chick that I'm trying to figure out what she will look like as an adult.

Thank you! Here are some pictures of Lady Gray at different ages.


Top Right corner - she was very silvery but it's hard to tell from the heat lamp lighting.



I think she was 3 weeks in these pictures. You can see in these pictures how silver she was.



Left - this was wen the black on her head was coming in. The white pretty much went away up until the last couple weeks. She was four weeks in these pictures.



Lady Gray at seven weeks - all of the white on her head is gone here, and her salmon coloring hadn't come in yet. To be honest, she was sort of boring LOL. I didn't expect her to be as pretty as she is now.

 

[Chicken5555]

@theuglychick - here are the other two "chipmunk" looking chicks from the first picture, just to give you an idea how different they can end up despite being full blooded sisters.

left, Sassy.... right, Frass


Frass


Sassy

 

[newmarch2014]

So, my first batch of chickies are about 18 weeks old now. This one, Lady Gray, has been changing over the last two weeks. The white on her head wasn't there before, the feathers on her back (toward the tail area) are getting puffy, and her face is getting so very red. Do you think she'll lay soon?? I am beyond myself with excitement at the thought of it. The face picture was her just as she was starting to change, the second picture was taken today.

This is exactly what mine named Easter (my daughter names like a 5 year old) looks like! Before the mystery feather picker in the group made her look like a down covered hacked up mess......Mine lays green eggs with speckles.....She started laying at 18 weeks if I remember right but unless the picture lies, mine was a bit redder in the face first.I know the pictures can lie about color cause this was mine after she started laying and her face looks like no red whatsoever lol.

 

[theuglychick]

@theuglychick - here are the other two "chipmunk" looking chicks from the first picture, just to give you an idea how different they can end up despite being full blooded sisters. left, Sassy.... right, Frass Frass Sassy

So cute!! I love seeing her grow! So what do you think of this one? Does she look like your girl when she was a chick? This was fuzzy chick stage. It's hard to tell from the pic but she was kinda a greyish chipmunk pattern.

This was taken last week at between 2-3 weeks old.

What is this pattern even called? I thought wheaten, but there isn't much wheat color in it. I have another one that seems like it's sort of the same pattern, but is much lighter. She was also a light grey chipmunk color. Then another that is the standard brown and gold color. And one that's almost white.

 

[junebuggena]

I see barring when I enlarge the picture . My guess is Dixie Rainbow . A meat cross sold by hatcheries . Also go by other name that I forget .

That's not barring, it's penciling/incomplete lacing. They are poor quality White Laced Cornish.

 

[DogCatChickMom]

Thank you! Here are some pictures of Lady Gray at different ages.


Top Right corner - she was very silvery but it's hard to tell from the heat lamp lighting.



I think she was 3 weeks in these pictures. You can see in these pictures how silver she was.



Left - this was wen the black on her head was coming in. The white pretty much went away up until the last couple weeks. She was four weeks in these pictures.



Lady Gray at seven weeks - all of the white on her head is gone here, and her salmon coloring hadn't come in yet. To be honest, she was sort of boring LOL. I didn't expect her to be as pretty as she is now.

She looks just like my Penelope!!!



I don't have any updated photos on the site but she looks very similar