Easter Egger club!

[SwedishDude99]

Oh ok thanks. Our local feed store is getting its first spring shipment of chicks next Friday and they include ameracaunas. My mom wants blue and green eggs, so she said I could get a couple. I just wasn't sure on that exactly. thanks again!

 

[ClemsonAg]

Is there anyway to estimate the age of these two hen Easter eggers?

 

[Gryphon]

SwedishDude, odds are those "ameracaunas" are easter eggers. Ameracaunas came from thr same base stock as the EE (a South American blue egg layer) but the Ameracauna was further defined as a set of colors and body type. Basically, you can only get them from breeders. Now, an EE isn't necessarily inferior or a "mutt". There are some breeders that have bred EEs eblnough so the same type is always produced with predictable hatch results. However, the blue egg gene is dominant, so a lot of people will cross breed and the resulting offspring can still carry the blue egg gene, so would still be called an EE.

 

[Scrambles55]

X2... most likely EE.

 

[Mybackyardgirls]

I would say less than 1 year old as they look like my EEs who were born in May. They whiskers look full and seem to be there beginning about 6-8 months. Are they laying? Are their combs red?

 

[ClemsonAg]

I've only had them for a week and a half so I guess they haven't adjusted yet to the move. So no eggs yet. I've also been doing some construction in my yard on their new coop. I suppose the noise could effect egg laying because of stress. Not sure how red they are supposed to be but here is a closer picture.

 

[ClemsonAg]

Not sure how big Easter egger hens are supposed to be, but they also way around 7 lbs. they are huge.

 

[kenzier093]

Not sure how big Easter egger hens are supposed to be, but they also way around 7 lbs. they are huge.

Mine aren't heavy at all. They usually weight about 5-7 pounds.

 

[ClemsonAg]

I guess it just throws me off, because they look like sumo wrestlers beside my white leghorns, haha. But I know leghorns are naturally small hens.

 

[tnspursfan09]

I guess it just throws me off, because they look like sumo wrestlers beside my white leghorns, haha. But I know leghorns are naturally small hens.

Not my little Dora...she's a chubbo.