General Information
- Breed Purpose
- Dual Purpose
- Comb
- Single
- Broodiness
- Seldom
- Climate Tolerance
- Cold
- Egg Productivity
- Medium
- Egg Size
- Small
- Egg Color
- Green, blue, cream, pinkish
- Breed Temperament
- Docile
- Breed Colors/Varieties
- Different variety
- Breed Size
- Bantam
- APA/ABA Class
- Game Bantam
Easter Egger bantams are realated to Easter Eggers except they are a bantam breed. They are friendly, great layers of eggs. Roosters can be aggressive. Please note that while they chiefly lay blue or green eggs, they may (rarely) lay any egg color, including tinted, white, brown or even pinkish eggs. Bantam Easter Eggers especially tend to be good in the heat because of their dainty size, and their small pea comb means they do well in cold, too, because they are not as susceptible to frostbite. (They are typically not good winter layers, though.) "Easter Eggers" are hybrids that carry the blue-egg gene. We like to think that the pea comb is linked not only to the blue egg laying gene, but also to the "sweetness" gene, as well. Because this is a hybrid variety (not a breed), even if you have a whole flock of them, you can often tell them apart because they come in so many different colors - which isn't always possible with other breeds.