Easter eggers?

[jatsma]

Are Easter Eggers actually called easter eggers or do they have specific names. is there only one type of breed? or is there many? What colour eggs do they lay? I find them super interesting. Pink blue and green eggs would be awesome

 

[CascadiaRiver]

Easter Egger is their own breed, (not recognized by the APA) and they can lay pink, white, green, olive, blue eggs in many shades.

 

[Michael OShay]

Welcome to BYC. Glad you decided to join our flock. Easter Eggers are hybrids produced by crossing blue egg layers with brown egg layers to produce offspring that will lay eggs in colors other than just blue (olive, green, beige, and sometimes pale pink). Hatcheries and feed stores frequently and incorrectly market their EEs under the labels Ameraucana or Araucana, but those are true breeds and not hybrids. There is a good article at http://www.the-chicken-chick.com/2011/09/ameraucana-easter-egger-or-araucana.html explaining the difference between Easter Eggers, Ameraucanas, and Araucanas. Please feel free to ask any questions you may have. We are here to help in any way we can. Cheers.

 

[drumstick diva]

 

[MeepBeep]

Easter Egger is their own breed, (not recognized by the APA)

Easter Egger is not a breed, it's just a generic catch all name for any mixed breed chicken that lays a colored egg... This can be an intentional hybrid or a complete barnyard mutt...

 

[BantamFan4Life]

Welcome to BYC! I'm glad you joined us!

 

[jatsma]

Thank you everyone. This hatchery is selling ameraucana and was wondering if they were the same thing.

 

[junebuggena]

Only Meyer hatchery has pure Ameraucana. All the rest have Easter Eggers marketed as Ameraucana, Araucana, or Americauna.

 

[Michael OShay]

Thank you everyone. This hatchery is selling ameraucana and was wondering if they were the same thing.

You're welcome.

 

[Mountain Peeps]

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