“When I ordered my first 5 chicks from MPC, I added an Easter Egger Bantam in hopes of having small blue eggs...I didn't get a hen that layed small blue eggs--she laid cream-colored eggs.
But what I DID get, was one very remarkable, amazing little friend! My Clementina was, by FAR, the friendliest, most fearless and curious hen of the mix!
She was healthy, robust, knew how to take care of herself, and could easily intimidate hens 5x her size, when she had to. She was a prolific layer of her little eggs, which were actually quite large, when you took into account that she was the size of a large pigeon! And she kept laying into her 8th spring.
This little peep had a HUGE personality! As soon as she could "fly", she was up onto my arm, my lap...my sandwich...LOL One of my best memories was getting her to fall asleep, cooing, as I gently stroked her. She was special.
Little Clem passed away a few months ago at the age of 8 1/2 -- due to a case of fly strike :(
I'm considering rebuilding my flock and although I know I cannot replace Clementina, I definitely want to add at least a few of these spunky little banties to my backyard flock!”
“I love my EE bantam. She's almost a year old and lays green eggs, almost olive colored, that are big for her size. She is 2 lbs 5 oz and is the perfect mini version of my LF Easter Egger but she is more calm and quiet. She is perfect in every way and we can't get enough of her personality.”
“I ordered two of these birds in fall 2018, and they were by far THE cutest chicks I've *ever* seen. They were both a lavender mousy brown/gray, and one (Luna) grew up to be a warm white with some brown-sugar lacing and lays blue eggs. Ginny is gold, ochre, and "dirt"-colored and lays green eggs. They both have fluffy cheeks and are sweet. A little flighty, but, they live with standards so who can blame them. Their eggs are perfect! Ginny goes broody fairly often but she's not mean about it. They are hardy and did well as young birds in the Utah winter. I adore them. I wish I could afford a whole flock of EE bantams!”
“Out of the 5 sexed pullets I ordered, we had one early death at 3 days, and one rooster crowing at 6 weeks. The three little pullets left are full of personality though! Two white and gray and one in shades of tan. They're perky and curious and I love them to bits! Even the rooster is a very sweet chick, although it's proving pretty difficult to rehome him, which we'll have to do because of the crowing before we can process the mis-sexing at ten weeks. Oh well. We'll try again next year.”
“We ordered one easter egger bantam as part of our mixed flock of 6. She is a gorgeous snow white with dark blue feet! She isn't the friendliest of the 6, but she will tolerate having my 9 year old son pick her up to hold her. She is full of spunk and fun to watch. When she arrived as a 1 day old chick, she was very lethargic and I didn't think she would make it. But this girl is tough and she pulled through just fine and is thriving today! We love our little easter egger!”
“Our EE bantam is very small and slender, and a good layer of relatively large aqua eggs. She's very pretty, snow white with black lace patterns. She's the most shy and flighty in our mixed breed flock and has no interest in people whatsoever. She went broody in spring and successfully hatched 2 of 6 eggs (I think 6 was too many for her to cover; they were enormous Marans eggs). She's been a devoted mother, though she's not assertive enough to defend her chicks effectively. At five weeks her two chicks are almost as big as she is, but she still tucks one under each wing every night.”
“I enjoy the bird and she lays fairly regularly. She's definitely one of the smartest chickens we've owned She's low on the chicken yard ranking but doesn't seem to let that bother her much. She is a little too good at flying, though, and has a streamlined body so she can make it to the roof, even though we've clipped one of her wings. I thought she'd do less flying once she started laying but not yet.
The only difference between her eggs and the other brown egg layers is hers are an odd shape (very wide at one end) and occasional darker freckles.
I was so disappointed about the dull eggs (and it's unnerving when she tries to fly into the yard with a hungry dog) that I first gave her three stars--but really, she's too engaging to downgrade that much. And she's pretty to have around. Not splashy, but her brown feathers are pretty.”
“She is SO talkative. She just talks and talks!! Most of the time it is a sweet, quiet tone but she can get loud! I enjoy listening to her. She is a bantam so she does not lay much but neither does my other one I purchased from a farm store so I'm not surprised and not docking her. Her eggs are adorable and bluish/green. She is lively and fun!”
