With all of that being said they are still a hatchery and the birds aren’t going to be the cream of the crop to say but they are damn close! If you want a decent flock with beautiful birds and you dont want to pay an absurd price to a private breeder cackle is your one stop shop! I have ordered from other hatcheries in the past and I have had many issues (wrong chickens, dead/ sick birds, bad packaging, the list goes on) none of those issues happened when I ordered from cackle. Also, all of the birds are very healthy and all seem to be growing to breed standards. We have a few extra roos that we didnt order but I think they gave them to us because we ordered 5 buff roos and 5 jersey roos but zero egger roos. all of the birds made it besides that one we lost in the first few days. I would like to mention we ordered 10 roos that were all marked on their heads with paint which was amazing. We lost one bird at a few days old but Cackle sent us 60 birds instead of 50 so it wasn’t an issue. All of the birds arrived alive which is amazing since we are located in hawaii! I would like to point out that they give you a full list of what you ordered/ got extra which was a really nice touch. 15 easter eggers, 10 Jersey giants, 10 Buffs, 5 Leg horns, 5 welsumers, and 5 marans. They’re healthy, friendly birds, and it’s fun to watch what colors and feather patterns they grow into. With the aforementioned caveat of ordering more than you need and having a plan for “oops” roosters, don’t hesitate to order this breed. Since Cackle does guarantee a certain percent accuracy on sexed orders it does make the situation much less frustrating than it otherwise would be, and I do plan on contacting them before the 12 weeks is up. While I do enjoy their cute little crows at this young age, and I am prepared to eat my extra boys, it was a bit disheartening to find quite so many boys in my pullet order. Of my seven “pullets,” four are definite roosters, and I am keeping my eye on a fifth one who I’m giving the benefit of the doubt until I see it crowing along with the four other male songsters. I would advise anyone ordering this breed that they seem to be a breed that’s harder to sex, so order more pullets than you need. They were very robust and healthy chicks, and are still going strong now at around 8 weeks old. One was dead upon arrival, but Cackle was nice enough to send an extra Easter Egger chick with my order so I still had my full order of seven birds. I ordered seven Easter Egger pullets in my last order from Cackle Hatchery. We also have Easter Egger™ Started Pullets available to order. Many people who like this breed of chicken also like the miniature version of the breed (bantam) the Easter Egg Bantam Chicken. Also most Easter Egger™ chickens don’t inherit the lethal alleles from their parents unlike a lot of Araucana chickens. There are numerous articles and information on the Internet on this subject. You can find more information about this issue on our Cackle Hatchery blog. This can be best described when the top and bottom beak do not align and this condition normally will get worse as they grow. 1 out of 100 chicks as they grow may have some variance in severity of scissor beak/cross beak. NOTE: It should be noted that this breed has an inherent genetic beak issue. The Easter Egger™ chickens are great chickens for backyards, chicken coops, larger chicken houses and for raising free range chickens.įor a list of the best blue egg layers visit Cackle Hatchery’s Best Blue Egg Layers Blog. The Araucana chicken and Ameraucana chickens have a number of different color patterns being worked on all across the USA and are being shown in poultry shows. We do not offer a specific color variety of this breed however we do breed for a wide variety of colored feathers and egg colors. The meat is delicious and it has a taste similar to quail. The color of their egg shells vary from pale blue chicken eggs to dark blue to various shades of green and a few light brownish/pink eggs. Cackle Hatchery® breeding program objectives for the “Easter Egger™” chickens are to produce chickens with a wide variety of feather colors, patterns and feather combinations of colors with a full beard under the beak and high egg production of colorful egg shells. The Easter Egger chicken is different because they have a full beard under the beak rather than a tuft and have a tail rather than rumpless and do NOT have pure color types. The true pure Ameraucana chicken has a tail, full beard and comes in pure color types. The true pure Araucana chicken is rumpless (tailless), has a small curling tuft of feathers next to each ear and come in different pure color types. The “Easter Egger™” chicken originally came from Chile in South America, discovered by the Araucana Indians.
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