Easter Egger
Egg layer · United States · 🌱 Beginner friendly
The Easter Egger isn't a standardized breed at all — it's any friendly mutt of a chicken carrying the blue-egg gene, and that's exactly its charm. No two look alike, the eggs come in blues, greens, and olive tones, and hatcheries can barely keep them in stock.
Eggs per year
200–280
Egg color
Blue, green, or olive
Egg size
Large
Hen weight
4–5.5 lbs
Temperament
Friendly and curious
Broodiness
Rarely goes broody
Did you know?
Each Easter Egger hen lays only one shell color her entire life; the rainbow effect comes from keeping several hens, not one overachiever.
Is the Easter Egger right for your flock?
Expect roughly 200–280 blue, green, or olive eggs a year from a healthy hen in her prime — production dips during molt and the short days of winter, and eases off as she ages. Planning space? A Easter Egger hen runs 4–5.5 lbs, so size the coop with our coop size calculator and estimate the feed bill with the feed cost calculator.
The Easter Egger shows up in
More breeds to compare
Keeping Easter Eggers?
Give every bird a profile in PoultryPal — track their eggs, weight, and life events, and see who's really your best layer.
