Hi Stacy, welcome to the Forum, and good on you for doing the research before you jump into getting your first flock! "Easter Eggers" is the name of the breed. They are actually a mix of a couple different breeds, including Ameraucanas, and so they - the EEs, lay colored eggs, usually bluish, greenish, olive, or pinkish. Each bird will lay her own particular color. As a breed they are generally calm and readily tamed if you start at hatch. We have about 15 and really like them. We also have Buff Orpingtons which lay brown eggs. They are also a calm, sedate bird, but as mentioned above, tend to be broody, meaning they would rather sit on eggs for 3 weeks to hatch them than to lay an egg a day. Then of course they spend the next several months raising the little hatchlings, so they are still not laying. Then there are the two moults a year when they are not laying either, lol. EEs don't seem to get broody, and they lay well into their old age, at least they have for us. So many reasons we love them! Also, their mottled coloring protects them from predators. And you gotta love the colored eggs! 
