Easter Egger Chicks are a delightful and unique addition to any backyard flock. Known for their colorful eggs, which range from olive green to turquoise blue and even rose or brown, these chicks bring diversity and charm to your coop. Easter Eggers are loved not only for their beautiful eggs but also for their calm and friendly temperament, making them a perfect choice for families and beginner poultry keepers.
These chicks are adaptable to both heat and cold, making them well-suited for the climates of Arizona and Texas. As they mature, Easter Eggers develop a wide variety of feather patterns, adding visual interest to your flock. Their dual-purpose nature means they are not only excellent layers, producing 4-6 colorful eggs per week, but they are also large enough to be raised for meat.
Care and Habitat:
Easter Eggers thrive in a variety of environments, from free-range setups to smaller backyard coops. They are excellent foragers and love dust baths to keep their feathers clean. With their hardy nature, they are perfect for hot climates like Arizona and Texas, while still tolerating colder weather.
Egg Production:
Expect 4-6 medium-sized eggs each week in stunning shades of blue, green, or brown. Their egg color variety makes them a favorite for adding some visual appeal to your egg basket.
Easter Eggers are a fun, easy-to-keep breed that adds a splash of color to both your coop and your egg basket. Their calm demeanor and hardiness make them ideal for families and first-time chicken owners. Ready to bring some vibrant personality and color to your backyard? Add Easter Egger Chicks to your flock today and enjoy a rainbow of eggs in your basket!
FAQs - Baby Chicks
All of our breeds are sold straight run, and customers have a 50/50 chance of receiving males or females. If you are looking for a certain number of female chicks, we'd suggest adding a few extras to your order. We do offer older ages including: juveniles, adults, laying hens, pullets or roosters if you have a specific need. The list of those breeds is found here ... We are happy to arrange a custom order as well. Please contact us.
No, we do not vaccinate our flock or baby chicks. We constantly monitor this with our poultry vet to ensure our birds are healthy and robust. We are tested yearly for disease as NPIP participants and customers can be confident that they are receiving healthy, happy chicks from our farms.
Did you know?... They don't crow till about 12 weeks at the absolute earliest, most later than that.
Couple options for roosters...
1. Use him for food for the family, maybe you have a hunter in the family that could help. Often there are families that will buy or take the rooster for meat for their family.
2. Once hes older than four months old, Pratt's Pets (Glendale location) will purchase them from you for $10 per. If they're younger than four months, the Stock Shop will accept them if they have space.
3. You could also post them in the Arizona Backyard Chicken group on Facebook to rehome him. Just have to be VERY careful with your wording. Rehome, sale and wording like that is not allowed by FB.
4. Another app called MeWe you can rehome/sell there in the Arizona Backyard Chicken group but not nearly as many people in the group.
To join the group on MeWe: https://mewe.com/join/arizonabackyardchickens2
Definitely options out there. Hope this gives you some ideas. 👍😁🍻
Our available chicks and eggs are always updated on our website. You can find the next available chicks here or contact us to see what we have to take home today. We often have a few.
The locations of our farms we are generally able to provide chicks and hatching eggs year around. Our hens do get 2-3 months off per year for a break to molt, rotate and just be a chicken. This is the time of year we will see lower egg counts and our availability less.
Our recommendation and best practices: From October to March we suggest a shipping minimum of 10 chicks to ensure that chicks stay warm enough during transit. During the peak months, April -September, the recommended minimum to 6 chicks.
We gladly offer local pick up for your order. We have strict biosecurity measures for both our flocks safety. Once your order has been placed and notified your order is ready to come home, we pre-arrange a pick up time and date with you to come to our pick up drive-thru. Very simple, we have your order boxed and ready to travel home for you. You will not need to bring any boxes, cartons or crates. Local pick up orders are considered sale is final.
Why do chickens go to the beach?
To collect their EGG-shells