“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!”
“My EE arrived as a dark grey chick so I was excited to watch her feather out. She turned into a beautiful golden girl with some blue lacing. She has a great muff and beard too! I ordered 7 chicks, all different breeds and she was the first to lay. I was debating over a olive egger or EE and ultimately decided to go for the EE for the surprise egg. Today she laid her first and it was a beautiful olive green. Of the 7 she is one of the top 3 friendliest.”
“I had a flock of beautiful Ameraucanas already and was looking for more. For some reason, I had a hard time getting purebreds at the time, so I thought I would give Easter Eggers a try.
As they grew, their colors became dazzling! There is one particular bird that my young son has bonded with, he named her Coco. Coco will follow him around like a puppy and loves being cuddled. I do not regret my choice of ordering Easter Eggers. They lay a plentiful amount of gorgeous of colored eggs and are smart, wiley little birds.”
“Received end of May, waited to review until they were laying. My girls arrived quickly, healthy and happy. All survived and are thriving 25 weeks. Of the 5, 2 are now laying light green and teal eggs (one has been laying for 4 weeks, the other laid for the first time today). Very sweet birds, one likes to hop on my shoulder when I enter their run. No fighting and the introduction to my other 2 adults went easier than I could have dreamed. My only complaint is the description states their eggs are extra large and they are closer to medium. Good thing I ordered so many! Will definitely always want a few in my flock.”
