Easter Egger Rooster Spurs - Rooster Spurs Community Chickens

And all chicks will have a little bump where the spur might grow.

Easter sunday massacre 1975. The lay four eggs per day and they can live for longer than others. And all chicks will have a little bump where the spur might grow. I just got my 1st easter egger.

Spurs are most likely to show up on roosters but hens can have them. Those from mixed breeds are stronger since they exhibit the qualities of different breeds at large. But dont be fooled.

Shell even eat from my 7 yr olds hand. The easter eggers. Again rooster hackles are longer and pointier.

However theyre not as thin or as long as rooster feathers. The hackle feathers or the feathers around the neck are different in hens and roosters too. Unruly spurs or overzealous roosters can cause painful injuries to hens.

An olive egger is a specific type of easter egger that is produced by crossing any dark brown egg laying breed barnevelder empordanesa marans pendesenca or welsummers with a blue egg laying breed ameraucanas araucanas cream legbars. You will notice a pointy bony looking growth. The other chickens leghorn and rhode island dont want anything to do with that hyper little guy.

Hens produced from these pairings are hybrids that will produce olive green eggs. They are relatively stronger compared to other chicken breeds we have around. She lays slate bluegrey eggs and is adorable.

Easter eggers arent considered an actual breed so there isnt a set standard or set of genetics that you can depend on. Among egg laying roosters leghorns are one of the most aggressive roosters. Rooster spurs are a natural thing on a rooster and even some types of exotic hens.

It completely depends on the variety of easter eggers you raise. When you look at a rooster pay attention to the insides of his legs. An easter egger chicken isnt necessarily one breed so its hard to say that they could be purebred.

Spurs grow on the inner leg an inch or two above the back claw. When roosters mate with their hens they jump on their backs and hold the hen still with their beaks and feet. Im going to pick up another easter egger next month.

Most easter eggers do have dark colored legs but the occasional bird could have yellow legs. Easter egger chickens are one of the rare and unique breeds found in the world. Rooster spurs can harm hens inadvertently roosters may hurt their beloved hens with their spurs especially if they grow abnormally or are extremely long.

Leghorn hens tend to develop larger wattles and the roosters have large wattles and leg spurs that make an attack more painful. Hen hackles can look a little pointy too. Are leghorn roosters aggressive.

Now heres a closeup of rooster hackles to.