How can I make an easter egger?

[Posh Chickens]

Ok, we don't have ee's in the uk, but what breeds are they?

 

[nhnanna]

Araucana or Ameraucanas

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[klf73]

they are ameraucana crosses, usually crossed with a production breed. In the UK you would need what you call Araucana and cross with a breed of your choice. EE's are usually muffed/bearded and lay a tinted egg, green legs(result of slate legs and yellow legged breed).... there really is no "standard". good luck

 

[Mahonri]

Breed one of your famous Cream Legbars with just about any other breed.

Viola... EE!

BTW: Happy Wedding Day

 

[blefky]

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I think the best way is for you to get on a plane and fly to Connecticut, rent a car and drive to my house and I will give you one of my beautiful, excellent olive egger cockerels absolutely for free (only because you're a BYC member). Let me know when you get here.

 

[Posh Chickens]

Oh, my... I'm at the airport

So, I could cross my cream legbar with a salmon faverolle? Would that have the easter egger look?

 

[blefky]

Because the term "Easter Egger" refers to any cross of a blue egg layer (generally Ameraucana, or Araucana) with any other type of hen, there really isn't a specific EE look. Because of the usual crosses, you often see EE's with muff/beards and often pea combs and willow colored legs but this is far from always the case. My olive eggers are from a breeding of a Marans roo over lavender ameraucana hens and I have pea combs, straight combs, feather and featherless shanks, etc. I think the wondrous variety is the most appealing aspect of EE's - like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're going to get.

 

[storminstaffs]

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if you do this let me know as i have both breeds would love to know the outcome