Easter Egger club!

[MrsKris]

Oh Yay! I love my EEs! I have 6....so far. They are 9 weeks old and are named Shorty, Minnie Mouse the Chicken, Angel, Sweet Pea, Nosey and Munk. View attachment 1029565 View attachment 1029567 View attachment 1029569 View attachment 1029570

Thank you! Minnie Mouse is in the second pic, she was claimed and named by my 3yo niece. Shorty is my sweet boy in the first pic, and Munk is in the last... I was wondering on him, lol. Angel is in the third, her feathers are just so pretty!

 

[naturegeek168]

This is Mars, she is my favorite. Shh... don't tell the others!

 

[PeepersMama]

Awwwww!!!! She is ADORABLE!!!

XD my lips are sealed.

 

[djunafarms]

howdy, I hope it's ok if I post this question here. I have a new EE (the yellow chick in the photo, in front of the blue ameraucana and the polish) from my pet chicken.

She has no beard or muffs but I can see that she has a pea comb and her legs are very green.

I'm wondering if the absence of muffs is a deal breaker for blue or green eggs? Do any of y’all have muffless EES that lay a blue or green egg? Thank you! Love this thread.

 

[Farmgal101]

I have broody easter eggers that hatched all 3 of there eggs

 

[FlyWheel]

I have two EE hens that lack muffs or beards. One lays a gold-tone egg the other a light blue egg. And just to make it more interesting one of my muffed Easter Eggers lays a pink egg, while another lays a blue that is so pale it is almost and sometimes completely white.

I've read that the blue egg gene and muffs/beards go hand in hand, but as with the red shoulder=cockerel* myth, with EE's at least in the end it's the chicken that decides!

*Three of my promiscuously laying hens had/have red shoulders.

 

[combatfuzzball]

Here is some pictures of my rooster Orson. He has only started showing as a rooster a few weeks ago. His comb is not typical of a pea comb and is actually orangish. THe picture in the coop is not due to camera flash. It's actually that pale. What would cause this comb to be orange rather than the darker red that is normal of roosters?

 

[FlyWheel]

How old is he?

 

[combatfuzzball]

How old is he?

He's around 3 1/2 Months old.

 

[FlyWheel]

15 weeks. If I remember correctly he should just now be starting to mature. I've never heard of an orange-ish comb/wattles as being the signs of anything dangerous. It may just be the way his particular color change is happening.