Great Chicken Breed: Easter Egger

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Easter Egger is any chicken that possesses the "blue egg" gene, but does not fully meet any breed standard defined by the American Poultry Association's (APA) standards, or in the case of Easter Egger bantams, the American Bantam Association's (ABA) standards. The name comes from their colorful eggs that look like Easter eggs. The Araucana, Ameraucana, and Easter Egger are descended from the same chicken breed stock that spread around the world from Chile and the Falklands in South America. The pigment oocyanin, deposited on the surface of the shell, is the reason for the blue-green color.

They usually have muffs and pea combs, but come in nearly every color and variety, some even have ear tufts or are rumpless. Each Easter Egger chicken is different, but overall they are usually a smaller bird that lays pink, green, or blue eggs. They are normally friendly and calm, and their colorful eggs make them a popular choice in backyard flocks. Easter Eggers are hardy and excellent layers. Since they are usually quite friendly to children and humans in general, they are a great choice for a family flock.

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That animal looks amazing is a mix between a chicken an eagle. Regards

I picked the right time to check in on your brother! You know I love those chickens. I wonder which breed is the tastiest! hmmmm. This one looks like it may lay the best eggs! Thanks for doing these fun cool posts. Really enjoy them! Hope you are well my friend. -Dan

The tastiest are sure to be chickens that are allowed to roam so they can eat plenty of worms and insects, IMHO.

such an intereating topic kuya, i havent thought that easter holiday is approaching nah, salamat sa pag.remind ;)) nglibog jd ko kng unsa na egg ang healthy ang brown or white ? hahah

WoW no doubt it is a unique chicken breed because it lay colorful eggs, i watch the video and these chickens also looks so healthy to me and i hope their eggs are also so tasty, i think these chickens are perfect if we use them for egg laying purposes, thanks for introducing us to this breed friend, Stay blessed

Our neighbor also has this kind of chicken,I love the information.about the chicken breed.

Then your neighbor is a well-fed man!

I like them when they are a chick, but I love them when they are fully grown.

interesting breed this is very healthy they looks

i like hens and all typ of birds but at the 1rst time i see this type of hens

wow...dear @darthnava your very well post...& excellent animals photography..
i love this post....
thanks for sharing..

thanks dear lovely friend @darthnava..
i love you all time..

Great Chicken Breed: Easter Egger this is a good tropic of your post. a healthy hen growing up alots of good eggs.its very omportant for man health.this video very good.this time i see ur video and read this post.i am alot of learning new thing of poltry farm hen good egg matter.thank u very much for ur good educativev post..overall perfect sir.. @darthnava