Easter Egger club!

[Catandherchicks]

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This pretty little lady showed up outside my chicken coop about three weeks ago so I adopted her. The other girls have accepted her just fine & she rewarded my kindness with this just yesterday. Her name is Ms. Lorena. I'm sure she had quite the experience getting to my place because no one close has chickens! One brave girl. Thank you Ms. Lorena

What a sweet story! Nice reward - shows she is happy there.

 

[Catandherchicks]

Cackle Hatchery now has placeholders on their website for blue and lavender Ameraucanas. They started offering black Ameraucanas last year. Interesting. None are sexed, however, but still. Tempted to see what they're like. I love their Easter Eggers. My rooster just finished molting his face fluff and he's adorable. I mean fierce. He's fierce. (Don't tell him I called him adorable).

 

[suchcutenails]

I have a silly question...if you breed and easter egger rooster with any hen, are the babies considered easter eggers? Or just a barnyard mix? I hatched four babies from my EE roo. The moms were a golden comet, SLW, and two from my EE hen.
They will be five weeks this weekend, and I'm trying to determine their sex. Also, I may give two to my friend who wants EEs, and I want to make sure I give her the right ones

 

[junebuggena]

I have a silly question...if you breed and easter egger rooster with any hen, are the babies considered easter eggers? Or just a barnyard mix? I hatched four babies from my EE roo. The moms were a golden comet, SLW, and two from my EE hen.
They will be five weeks this weekend, and I'm trying to determine their sex. Also, I may give two to my friend who wants EEs, and I want to make sure I give her the right ones

The answer is maybe. If the females from the hatch grow up to lay blue/green eggs, then they would be considered Easter Eggers. If they lay brown, I would consider them barnyard mixes.

 

[suchcutenails]

The answer is maybe. If the females from the hatch grow up to lay blue/green eggs, then they would be considered Easter Eggers. If they lay brown, I would consider them barnyard mixes.

Ahhh! Okay! So, are the ones with both EE parents considered EEs, or we won't know until they lay, also? My EE hen, the mom, lays a mint green egg, so I'm assuming the two babies that are hers should get that gene? I was told the dad hatched from a 'mostly blue' egg.
I suppose then, that sexing by color patterns that are normally seen in young EEs also won't work? But maybe for the ones with two EE parents? We only have one pinking comb, but there are two others that I suspect are males based on their coloring. I guess I won't worry too much about that if they maybe aren't considered EEs? I appreciate your input!

 

[junebuggena]

The chicks from the Easter Egger hen should lay either blue or green, but there are never guarantees when it comes to Easter Eggers. You can sex by coloring if over 6 weeks. Regardless of breed, males usually look very different from females.

 

[knwisdom]

I love my Easter Eggers. They are the sweetest hens in my flock. I have two ginger, who is a little lighter in color and pumpkin. They both lay beautiful green eggs and even with winter kicking in they both still lay an egg every day while the other 5 hens lay 1 egg between them.

Pumpkins first egg.

Ginger

Pumpkin


Such cute little chicks.

 

[summerb123]

cute!

 

[FlyWheel]

Quote: OK, so then Braveheart, my hen with prominent cheek tufts, but lays a very pale brown (pink, actually) egg would be what? An EE or a "BM"?

 

[junebuggena]

OK, so then Braveheart, my hen with prominent cheek tufts, but lays a very pale brown (pink, actually) egg would be what? An EE or a "BM"?

And this is where most will begin to disagree with me. I don't consider hatchery sourced Easter Eggers to be mixed breeds, regardless of the egg they lay.