Easter Egger club!

[CosmoTheRooster]

Thank you! I am very proud of them.

 

[Critter Crue]

I can't figure out how to add a picture...

But I have 3 (what I was told at least) Easter Eggers. I am happy to say they payed an egg sometime overnight or early this morning. It looks more of a tan color... Is this common to start with a more of a brown color then change to a blue or is this the color they will always be?

I am still very happy one of my girls is laying

Any advice on cleaning the egg or checking it for certain things? Do I need to keep them refrigerated at all times?

Thanks!!

I have what I was told are 2 EE's, one looks exactly like a photo of a Silver Ameraucana on the breeds club website, she lays beautiful green eggs. The other has beard, muff & slate legs and lays a cream egg. I have two 8 week old pulleys bought from a hatchery as Ameraucana but in fact, EE, cannot wait to find out egg color, like counting down to Christmas.

 

[AmpersatChick]

I'm so excited! I'll be setting up my chicks in the coop this evening (before sunset). That should give them enough daylight hours to check out their new digs before settling down for the night. Then tomorrow I will let them out in the run to have fun! I will probably have to physically put them back in the coop a few nights. But I'm sure they will catch on soon enough

Just a heads up iwana...we were surprised that ours didn't catch on to going into the coop on their own. We put them away every night for a month or more before reading that we should lock them in the coop solidly for a week so they learn it is their home and then let them out. Ours still wouldn't go back but after a few more days in lock down they went back in by themselves. We were so excited!

After an additional week of proving good behavior we opened the door to the run and they will put themselves back after free ranging all day long now.

 

[iwanaplae2]

Just a heads up iwana...we were surprised that ours didn't catch on to going into the coop on their own. We put them away every night for a month or more before reading that we should lock them in the coop solidly for a week so they learn it is their home and then let them out. Ours still wouldn't go back but after a few more days in lock down they went back in by themselves. We were so excited! After an additional week of proving good behavior we opened the door to the run and they will put themselves back after free ranging all day long now.

Thanks. That's what I knew I should do. But DH was so excited and I gave in. It has been pretty warm here the last few days, and our coop has several vent openings. But it's in desperate need of a roof vent! I know when I was working in it I was sweating my ars off, and I'm afraid it'd be to hot for them to stay in 24/7. So I will still do the lock em in thing. But I will need to wait til it either cools down, or we get that roof vent installed.

 

[Critter Crue]

Just a heads up iwana...we were surprised that ours didn't catch on to going into the coop on their own. We put them away every night for a month or more before reading that we should lock them in the coop solidly for a week so they learn it is their home and then let them out. Ours still wouldn't go back but after a few more days in lock down they went back in by themselves. We were so excited!

After an additional week of proving good behavior we opened the door to the run and they will put themselves back after free ranging all day long now.

Ok, I have a question. Will I need to plan on locking my 2 EE pullets in the coop when I integrate them into my existing flock of hens? Or will they figure it out after I sneak them in one night?

 

[FawniesFleet]

Any ees for sale in or near lansing mi?

 

[FawniesFleet]

rip fawn my at times scruffy chicken. This is last fall. Long live<3

 

[mckenzy]

Hiding in the bushes.

 

[AmpersatChick]

Thanks. That's what I knew I should do. But DH was so excited and I gave in. It has been pretty warm here the last few days, and our coop has several vent openings. But it's in desperate need of a roof vent! I know when I was working in it I was sweating my ars off, and I'm afraid it'd be to hot for them to stay in 24/7. So I will still do the lock em in thing. But I will need to wait til it either cools down, or we get that roof vent installed.

We had the same dilemma so I totally understand...both on the too excited and the too hot

We're in Arkansas. What we ended up doing is putting a "screen door" where the door for the nesting boxes is. It can be taken off and on. It was awesome. I still worried, it was pretty hot for a few of those days. I had jugs of water freezing just in case they needed some A/C

but it cooled back down.

 

[Jayzandra]

Oh they are great with us. She is mean to the chickens lower on the totem pole. My daughter named her sugar....

Our RIR is like that. We tried separating her for a while, but it didn't work. She's still mean. Our EE is actually on the bottom of the pecking. She's so sweet and funny.