Flowery Easter Egger

A Flowery Easter Egger hen looks inquisitively at the camera while standing in a green pasture.

Another wonderful My Pet Chicken designer cross! Selected for extreme hardiness, large blue-green eggs, and gorgeous feathering. Due to breed genetics, ninety-four percent of Flowery Easter Eggers will lay a blue-green egg, and the remaining six percent will lay a light brown egg. Plumage color will vary, but will often be blue or have a blue undercoat beneath glossy coppery feathers--some speckled--and often fluffy faces with small crests and feathered legs, too. Regardless of their appearance, they're good brooders and mothers. Some may have modified pea combs.

Origins/History:

Class: Not recognized
Type: Large Fowl
Size: Heavy (7-8 lbs)
Rarity: Rare
Purpose: Egg-laying
Recognized Varieties: None recognized

Egg Facts:

Egg Laying: Excellent (5/wk)
Egg Color: Blue-Green
Egg Size: Large

Fancy Features:

Comb Type: Pea Comb
Crested: No
Feathered Legs: No
Number of Toes: 4

Suitability to Backyard Life:

Cold Hardiness: Hardy in winter
Heat Tolerance: Tolerates heat well
Bears Confinement: Bears confinement well
Especially Docile: Yes
Setter/Broody: Yes
Personality: friendly, good foragers

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