Easter eggers with their cute looks, vibrant personalities, and colorful eggs have become a backyard favorite across America.
History
The exact history of the Easter egger is unknown it is thought that they were created when people started crossing Amerucana or Araucana's with other breeds.
Characteristics
Easter eggers are both heat and cold tolerant. They can have any comb with pea and single being the most common.
Their ear lobes can be any color but are usually red or white. Occasionally they will have ear tufts.
The wattles are small and red. They can have any facial features, some or no muffs and/ or beards. They usually have a tail, but some may be rumples because of the Araucana genes.
The legs and feet can be any color from yellow to slate blue.
Color
There is no true coloration of the Easter egger. Their feathers can be solid colors, patterns, and splashes of any color.
It depends on what color their parents were and which of those colors became genetically dominant.
Size
The Easter egger is a small hybrid with the roosters weighing around five pounds and the hens four pounds. They don't lay small eggs though, in fact their eggs are considered large.
Eggs
Easter eggers usually lay blue or green eggs but can lay pink and dark brown.
They are good egg layers producing four large eggs a week (around 200 a year)
The first color a hen lays will be the only color she will ever lay; they
don't do rainbow assortments.
Easter eggers rarely go broody, so they devote most of their time to laying.
Temperament
They are friendly, curious, and gentle
They are not bully birds and may get picked on by more aggressive birds.
Easter eggers are not shy and often approach humans looking for attention.
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