Hybrid layer
Easter Egger
Easter Eggers are mixed-ancestry chickens, not an APA breed, kept for their colorful eggs. Each hen lays one shade of blue, green or pinkish egg, and looks vary bird to bird. They are generally friendly, hardy layers.
At a glance
200–280eggs a year
4–6eggs a week
16–20weeks to first egg
4–5.5 lbhen weight
5–6.5 lbrooster weight
Largeegg size
Traits
- Cold hardyhigh
- Heat toleranthigh
- Goes broodylow
- Fine in a small runhigh
- Egg colour
- varies by hen: blue, green, pink, or other tints (each hen lays one color)
- Temperament
- friendly, active, generally docile
- Origin
- United States (mixed blue-egg ancestry)
- Comb
- pea
- Bantam size
- Available
- APA standard
- Not recognized
- Purpose
- eggs, pet
Good for
- colored eggs
- beginners
- hot or cold climates
Watch out for
- egg color and looks are unpredictable
- not the same as Ameraucana or Araucana
Looks and feathers
Not a breed: appearance varies widely; many have muffs/beards and pea combs.
Our drawing shows the most common US variety; colours vary.
Similar breeds
All breedsSources
- 1Easter Egger Day Old Chicks (product/breed profile)Meyer Hatchery
- 2Easter Egger (product/breed profile)Cackle Hatchery
- 3Managing Chickens From Chicks to Peak Egg ProductionUtah State University Extension (J. Okoh, E. Perry; October 2025)
- 4Easter Eggers (breed page)My Pet Chicken
- 5Accepted Breeds & VarietiesAmerican Poultry Association
- 6Blue Ameraucana Chicken (product/breed profile)Cackle Hatchery
Hatcheries often disagree on eggs a year; ranges span every source we read. How we check the facts.