What color is your Easter Egger?

[andischickenfarm]

I thought I might see if this would work or not. Can you all tell me what color your EE is and what color of egg she lays? Then maybe if I buy a chick the same color, I might have a better chance at picking what color of egg she'll lay. I'm wanting a blue egg sooo bad!

Thanks,
Andi

 

[speckledhen]

Well, Andi, if you want only blue eggs, you'd have to get a true Ameraucana, not an Easter Egger. Easter Eggers can lay almost any color egg and I'm not sure there's any correlation between the color of the bird and the color of the egg. It would be an interesting thing if there was. I don't have any Easter Eggers, only Ameraucanas and they are not laying yet.

 

[andischickenfarm]

How do I know if it's a true Ameriaucana?

 

[Buckguy20]

Pardon me for butting in. Check out feathersite about Ameracauna and Aracaunas. I had Ameracaunas and easter eggers. Ameracauna have beards or mufffs. EE's may or may not have muffs. They both come in an abundance of colors. Out of my EE's I had some with muffs that laid a tan egg and I had some with muffs that laid blue eggs. I had some with no muffs that laid blue and green eggs as well. I had six beautiful blue hens with muffs and only two of them laid blue eggs. EE's are a cross between an Ameracauna and any other breed. If the other breed lays a white egg, then the EE egg will be bluish. If the other breed was a brown egg layer then the egg will be green or olive colored and like I said sometimes the egg will just be a tan or maybe pinkish color.
The only way to guarantee getting true Ameracaunas is to buy from a reputable breeder. It is very hard to tell an Ameracauna from EE that has muffs. A lot of people sell EE's as Ameracaunas
Hope this helps.
Monty

 

[Buckguy20]

Andi,
I may have already asked you but where are you from in Oklahoma? I live near Choctaw, just east of OKC.

 

[andischickenfarm]

I live in Northeast Oklahoma. A few miles from the Arkansas line.

Andi