How to make a Easter Egger

[Chicken boy 1156]

Ok so we are thinking about starting up a small hatchery next year and we want to sell Easter Eggers in that stock and we have a bunch of different breeds and egg colors so some one pls tell me if I have something that could make an Easter Egger please tell me.

Blue egg layers:
Ameraucana
Americana

Olive Egger


Brown egg layers:
Barred rock
Rhode Island Red
Sapphire splash
Cinnamon queen
Partridge Brahma
Silver laced wyandotte


Roosters:
Black copper Maran
Barred rock
Silver laced Wyandotte
F1 Olive Egger
Sapphire splash



Once again I will ask if you have any info on how to make an Easter Egger with these breeds please share your info


Edit: I change my mind we don’t have a lot of egg colors

 

[Chikyboy]

But I want Easter Eggers not olive eggers
The Ameraucana s are pure because we bought them from a breeder the Americanas are from tractor supply

If you got the Ameraucanas from a breeder that's good but the americanas are still just easter eggers.

 

[Red Mangrove]

Easter Egger is just a slang term for mixed breed chickens that lay colored eggs

 

[Chikyboy]

The "americana" are already easter eggers. The ones you spelled "ameraucana" could very well be easter eggers as well. Also, to make easter eggers, just cross the ameraucanas with any breed.

 

[Chikyboy]

But I want Easter Eggers not olive eggers
The Ameraucana s are pure because we bought them from a breeder the Americanas are from tractor supply

Green egg layers aren't necessarily olive eggers. That's mainly dark green egg layers. Are you saying you want more blue eggs?

 

[Chicken boy 1156]

@NatJ @TwoCrows could y’all help?

 

[TwoCrows]

@NatJ @TwoCrows could y’all help?

I know nothing about this, but I will wish you all the luck in this breeding project!

 

[Bananabread]

Green egg layers aren't necessarily olive eggers. That's mainly dark green egg layers. Are you saying you want more blue eggs?

Agree. Seems like it would help if you defined the type of egg color you're looking for. Whether by design or reason, the term easter egger has always been vague to me...

 

[BigBlueHen53]

As I understand it, there are really only two colors of egg shells, white and blue (y'all correct me if I am wrong!). You can prove this to yourself by cracking any egg and looking at the shell on the inside. A brown egg is a white egg with a brown outer coating. A green egg of any shade is a blue egg with a brown coating. An olive egg, for example, is a blue egg with a lot of brown pigment on the outside. The more brown coating a blue egg has, the more "greenish" it will appear. The more brown there is on the outside of a white egg, the darker brown it will appear (like a Marans). A white egg with a very light brown coating may appear pinkish, or cream colored.

With this in mind, as you pick your breeders, you'll need to figure out how much pigment your birds tend to deposit on their eggs, as well as what color shells they lay. If you want olive eggs, start with a Marans (lots of dark pigment) and breed to a blue-shell layer like a Legbar. That's what I would do anyway. But if you want clear blue eggs, keep brown egg layers out of your program, is my advice. Good luck, have fun!

 

[Chikyboy]

The "americana" are already easter eggers. The ones you spelled "ameraucana" could very well be easter eggers as well. Also, to make easter eggers, just cross the ameraucanas with any breed.

Crossing the Ameraucanas with all of those breeds would make green egg layers