What breeds get along with Easter Eggers?

[ChickenPerson999999]

Rhode Island Reds are also called Rhodies.
PBR are also called just Barred Rocks.
A lot of people call the same chicken by different names, you'll get the hang of it with a little time.

What are an easy breed to care for in small backyards rate now I currently have 4 Easter Eggers all pullets that are 5-6 weeks what are some chickens that are some what around their size and is most commonly friendly the breed can be bigger or smaller or the same size doesn’t matter just as long as they get along and like small backyards and are easy to care for friendly towards chickens and humans and a little broody like or a good mother or layer please reply as soon as possible have a great day

 

[ChickenPerson999999]

In my first flock I have easter eggers, silver-laced wyandottes, buff orpingtons, buff brahmas, dominiques, a silver-gray dorking, salmon favorelles, and speckled sussex. The good folks on this forum helped me pick the breeds. They all seem to be pretty docile and get along well with no bullying or complications. I'm quite pleased with the mix so far. Of course, they were raised together which I'm sure helps. Mine are still pullets and won't be laying for at least a month or two, so I can't tell you how broody they will be. According to my research, many of those breeds are supposed to be broody at least occassionally. Good luck! Be sure and let us know what you decide and how it goes.

Ok I’m surely looking forward to seeing your chickens grow up and looking forwards to see which ones are broody.

 

[EggWalrus]

What are an easy breed to care for in small backyards rate now I currently have 4 Easter Eggers all pullets that are 5-6 weeks what are some chickens that are some what around their size and is most commonly friendly the breed can be bigger or smaller or the same size doesn’t matter just as long as they get along and like small backyards and are easy to care for friendly towards chickens and humans and a little broody like or a good mother or layer please reply as soon as possible have a great day

Any of the aforementioned breeds should fit the bill. If this is your first chicken experience I would recommend steering away from Rhodies in a new mixed flock. They are a hardy, survivor breed and can be a little rough on other breeds that are more docile. If you had some 2 or 3 year old roosters and older hens of other breeds to keep the teen age Rhodies in their place it wouldn't be too bad.
What ever you choose I hope it all works out for you and them.

 

[feathermaid]

Why I’m Intrested is because I have 4 chicks that are Easter Eggers and when they get bigger I’m gonna get more chicks and when they grow they will reproduce young

Ok so you do plan on having a rooster and breeding more chicks... eggs won't hatch without being fertilized. Most purebred heritage breeds will have a better chance of becoming broody than a hybrid or production breed. Everyone else has already made great suggestions.

You should be more concerned with how to raise a rooster that will be nice to your hens and how to handle him. Once you give your pullets or hens to the rooster, they'll be his... no longer yours, and he probably won't let you cuddle and be too friendly with his girls after he matures. A flock headed by a rooster is quite different from a flock of only hens.

Some more links to read and learn about what to expect with cockerels:
Selecting Good Flock Roosters

Keeping A Rooster

How to Raise a Good Rooster

 

[ChickenPerson999999]

Ok so you do plan on having a rooster and breeding more chicks... eggs won't hatch without being fertilized. Most purebred heritage breeds will have a better chance of becoming broody than a hybrid or production breed. Everyone else has already made great suggestions.

You should be more concerned with how to raise a rooster that will be nice to your hens and how to handle him. Once you give your pullets or hens to the rooster, they'll be his... no longer yours, and he probably won't let you cuddle and be too friendly with his girls after he matures. A flock headed by a rooster is quite different from a flock of only hens.

Some more links to read and learn about what to expect with cockerels:
Selecting Good Flock Roosters

Keeping A Rooster

How to Raise a Good Rooster

Hmm it will change my flock what if I raised a docile like breed or rooster that’s calm and friendly my first rooster I ever had died he was taking care of the chicks then one night just died he he was about 2-4 months old and he was broody and gentle and sweet as could be.

 

[DobieLover]

Which breed is your favorite?

Impossible to answer. I like my WLHs and my PBR but I also have a soft spot for my Exchequer LH and one of my EE... and I'm also quite fond of my Ameraucana cockerel, Captain.

 

[EggWalrus]

If your not worried about future babies not being purebreds, one of the best most docile roosters you could get would be a large silkie. Not the little toy banties. I've also heard Brahma roosters can be gentle giants. Both are large enough to protect their flocks and are supposed to be easy going.

 

[feathermaid]

Hmm it will change my flock what if I raised a docile like breed or rooster that’s calm and friendly my first rooster I ever had died he was taking care of the chicks then one night just died he he was about 2-4 months old and he was broody and gentle and sweet as could be.

Sorry for your loss. At that young age he would still be very friendly. A cockerel won't be fully mature until at least a year old, and will start showing his dominance sometimes a little before then. Many people are very surprised that their sweet lovable cockerel suddenly attacks them one day. I've heard that silkies or bantam roos are usually gentle and more manageable. You may want to start a new thread on that, but there isn't a shortcut answer. Please read the all links I left earlier.

I'm wondering if you misunderstand "broody"... a cockerel won't ever be broody. Broodiness is the desire to sit on a nest to hatch eggs. A broody hen (sometimes pullets under a year old) will sit all day long and night, stop laying eggs, and only take a break once or twice a day to eat and poop, and she's usually very protective of her nest and even "growls" and may peck if someone comes too close. If a broody is allowed to sit on unfertile eggs indefinitely, she can neglect her own health and succumb to illness or parasites and possibly even starve herself to death. Though some broodies may give up before then, it depends on individual personalities.

It's really not necessary to keep a rooster and hatch eggs. You can have a lovely peaceful flock with only girls, they'll still lay eggs and give you lots of experience until one day you may want to add a rooster to the established flock. It usually turns out better that way, the older hens teach the juvenile cockerel some manners.

 

[ChickenPerson999999]

Sorry for your loss. At that young age he would still be very friendly. A cockerel won't be fully mature until at least a year old, and will start showing his dominance sometimes a little before then. Many people are very surprised that their sweet lovable cockerel suddenly attacks them one day. I've heard that silkies or bantam roos are usually gentle and more manageable. You may want to start a new thread on that, but there isn't a shortcut answer. Please read the all links I left earlier.

I'm wondering if you misunderstand "broody"... a cockerel won't ever be broody. Broodiness is the desire to sit on a nest to hatch eggs. A broody hen (sometimes pullets under a year old) will sit all day long and night, stop laying eggs, and only take a break once or twice a day to eat and poop, and she's usually very protective of her nest and even "growls" and may peck if someone comes too close. If a broody is allowed to sit on unfertile eggs indefinitely, she can neglect her own health and succumb to illness or parasites and possibly even starve herself to death. Though some broodies may give up before then, it depends on individual personalities.

It's really not necessary to keep a rooster and hatch eggs. You can have a lovely peaceful flock with only girls, they'll still lay eggs and give you lots of experience until one day you may want to add a rooster to the established flock. It usually turns out better that way, the older hens teach the juvenile cockerel some manners.

Ooh bantam is a posibility I think banatans are adorable also I love Easter Eggers

 

[Hens1952]

What breeds get along with Easter Eggers? Currently I have four Easter Eggers and I don’t just want Easter Eggers what other chicken breeds will get along with Easter Eggers? That are broody and caring.