EASTER EGGER

The Easter Egger chicken originally came from Chile in South America, discovered by the Araucana Indians. The true pure Araucana chicken is rumpless (tailless) , has a small curling tuft of feathers next to each ear and come in different pure color types. The true pure Ameraucana chicken has a tail, full beard and comes in pure color types. The Easter Egger chicken is different because they have a full beard under the beak rather than a tuft and have a tail rather than rumpless and do NOT have pure color types. They are not recognized by the APA. Easter Eggers come in a wide variety of feather colors, patterns and feather combinations of colors with a full beard under the beak and high egg production of colorful egg shells.

• Origin: United States
• Purpose: Eggs, meat
• Climate: Cold hardy, heat tolerant
• Temperament: Friendly
• Average weight: 5.5 to 6.5 pounds
• Egg color: Vary from pale blue chicken eggs to dark blue to various shades of green and a few light brownish/pink eggs
• Egg size: Large
• Egg production: About 200 to 280 per year
• Feather color: Wide variety of feather colors, patterns and feather combinations of colors with a full beard under the beak
• Comb type: Pea

Easter Egger