Easter Egger Rooster Comb : Easter Egger Rooster Chickens Backyard Chicken Breeds Barnyard Animals

This is both awesome and insanely frustrating.

Printable 2021 calendar with federal holidays. If you look closely you can also see the pointed hackles and the arching tail. It could be a cushion comb. Suitability to backyard life.

No number of toes. None recognized but plumage varies widely. According to most people an easter egger is defined as a bird that carries a blue egg gene.

The easter egger chicken temperament is exceptionally friendly and hardy they love getting treats and are easily trained to sit in your lap. The easter egger can literally be a mixed bag of features. Single combs one line right down the center are harder to really peg as rooster or hen but again my roosters all developed their combs at a faster pace.

Easter eggers display different color legs. Easter egger chicken colors are not easy to predict as chicks. A few of the easter egger chickens have beards and ear tufts while the rest dont.

Red on the wings is a sign that an easter egger chick is a rooster. On hens it is just flat to the extent of my knowledge cushion combs appear when a pea comb is crossed with a rose comb as a result of the different genes mixing. Also some of these birds have tails and others are rumpless meaning that they dont grow tails.

Very good 4wk egg color. If you have a rose comb breed like wyandottes or easter eggers a rooster typically has a 3 row rose comb see giant ironically pink arrow in picture below. Since theyre smaller and the roosters are calm this chicken breed is a great choice for any family flock.

The impatience in all of us wants to know what our chicks will look like when they mature but really the sky is the limit with their feather pattern possibilities. That guy above was a jerk you can see the red coloring on his wing. All my ee roos have been evil but they are so beautiful.

More raised up in roosters also sometimes called walnut though its generally smooth like someone stuck a blob of gum to their faces. They can have any sort of comb with single and pea being the most common depends on their parents. Their ear lobes can be any color but are usually red or white and occasionally a bird will have ear tufts.

The wattles on both sexes are red but small.