“Fun story: A few years ago on Mom's account, she ordered her first batch of Easter Eggers. They were a joy to raise then and are a joy for me to raise now. I've only had my little ones for two days, but I know they're gonna be strong and healthy. I've got a little brown female who already steps into my hand because she loves to sleep on me (I promise, I'm not handling them much yet). It was a hoot earlier when a fly flew into the brooder box. I had a minor problem with pasty butt in one of my Easter Egger chicks, but I took care of it immediately and I'm still monitoring them and everyone seems fine. To the lady who helped me check over everything in the brooder when I called, THANK YOU. it's been five years since I took care of chicks, but it's all coming back to me.
Mom still has one of the Easter Egger roosters I raised from My Pet Chicken, Hawk. He's a butthead to me but LOVES her. And he's pushing 6 years old.”
“Love these Easter Eggers. Sweet, intelligent, energetic and lovers of attention. All but one arrived in perfect health. The one that didn't had weak/shaky legs and ended up being a failure to thrive that had to be put down. Unfortunate but it happens sometimes. As a side note, the others were very sweet and gentle with the sick chick which I didn't expect. I was given a variety of colors (one white, one black, and several what I call "tabbies" of different shades) which is great. They're still only a few weeks old but so far they're exactly as described. Very happy with my choice.”
“I have had my hens for a year now and they‚Äôre all laying beautiful blue eggs! They were all very healthy upon arrival and were all darker in color except one that is now white! I haven‚Äôt ever seen a white Easter egger! Very pleased with my experience and have just placed an order for 10 female ducklings!”
“I am so pleased with my chicks! They shipped Monday and we received them Tuesday. They all came very healthy and happy. They have such sweet little personalities, I love watching them play! We got quite a variety of colors too I can‚Äôt wait to see them feather out.”
“These chicks have the best personalities out of all the varieties we purchased. They are friendly and inquisitive. The first to come say hello and kind to the other chicks as well. Soo happy with this purchase. I‚Äôll be getting more in the future!”
“I absolutely love Easter Eggers. They have so much personality, even as littles. I love to watch them run around and play. Shipping was quick (birds shipped Monday night and we received them Wednesday morning). All 24 arrived happy and healthy and we got a good variety of different color patterns. I'm excited to see how they feather out!”
“This is our first chicken breed, so I may be biased in my review.. so I'll just try to be honest. We ordered 9 Easter Eggers and they all arrived super happy and healthy! We ordered females and only got 1 roo, so not bad! Our Easter Eggers are almost 2 years old now and are prevalent egg layers of LARGE to EXTRA LARGE bright blue and green eggs. One even lays a speckled egg which is really neat. These birds are smaller than some but not bantam sized... ours as adult weigh between 4-5 lbs. Their small size will save you on feed costs!
Colors: There is a large variety of color-- some dark brown, red, copper, light brown, white hens flecked with blacks and grays all with small pea combs. All have beards and muffs except for one odd hen. They seem to do great in the summer and winter.
Eggs: At their peak, with 8 hens, in the summer they lay up to 6 large-extra large blue/green eggs a day which is pretty decent. Huge orange yolks! Grade AA quality eggs! We do have one EE (the one without a muff/beard), that seems to go broody in the summer which is the most annoying thing because she stops laying and just sits in the nesting box. We broke her out of it and she went broody 2 more times this summer! Geez! They lay up to 6 eggs in the summer and tend to take a few months off in the winter. It's mid February right now and we're getting 0-3 eggs per day. They took off Nov through January.
Personality: They aren't cuddly like some people claim their chickens are, even though we held them lots growing up. Some of them tolerate being held more than others, and they're all a little look but no touch type personality (they'll shy away and not enjoy being pet or cuddled). They are inquisitive, talkative, active, kind and seem relatively intelligent. They aren't picky eaters and love crumbles, pellets, mealworms, sunflower seeds, scratch, apples, leafy greens, grapes, cucumbers, eggs... really anything healthy they love. Ours don't take to flying much, we have a 5' fence which they have never tried to fly over, nor do they roost in trees. Heck, they don't even use the nice perch in the run my hubby made for them, nor the fancy dustbox-- they'd rather just be digging in bedding or scratching around outside all day. Last spring we had an incident where all the hens ganged up on this special one (we say special because she seems a little slow and has difficulty pecking and picking up small objects, we think maybe she's borderline crossbeak or something special lol of course she's also the friendliest one). They plucked her head BALD and raw so I had to separate her during the day to let her heal. All her feathers have grown back now and I'm hoping they never do anything like that again! We have them in a coop sized for more hens than we got, as well as an appropriately sized run... we think maybe she was attacked because she's the lowest in the pecking order and the others sensed she was different.
Health: They seem like a healthy robust breed... only had a couple scares: a brief upper respiratory infection when they were pullets (~8 months old) which was treated with antibiotics (Tylan). Mild Acute roundworm last summer which was treated with Fenbendazole. One of the hens once had a swollen up eye but was better in a couple days without treatment, we think maybe she got a piece of dirt or straw in it. Never had any issues with bumblefoot since we keep them in a clean dry run and use pine shavings. Other than those few incidents, we haven't had any severe health issues with them.
Summary: We LOVE our beautiful Easter Eggers and know you will too! Chickens for life!”
“Our EE chickens aren't as friendly as our Dorkings, but they aren't a mean spirited bird. We only got 3 EE in our batch of chicks and each lays a dramatically different color! One Blue, one Green, one light tan/pinkish. Very happy!”
