Easter Egger Fertile Eggs – Mixed Colour Egg Layer Line

🌈 Colourful Egg Layers from a Unique Mixed Breeding Line 🐣🥚

🐣 Breed Overview

• Easter Eggers are a mixed-breed chicken line known for producing a variety of coloured eggs 🌈
• This line is bred from a diverse mix including Maran rooster, Ameraucana-type hens, Koekoek Green Layer, Legcaune, Olive Eggers, Leghorn and Welsummer
• Combines egg production, hardiness, and colour genetics into one versatile backyard flock

🎨 Egg Colour

• Blue, green, olive, brown and beige egg shades 🥚💙💚
• Each hen will lay a consistent colour, but the flock produces variety 🌈
• No matter the shell colour, all chicken eggs taste the same – quality comes from freshness and diet 👍

🧬 Appearance & Characteristics

• Wide variation in feather colours and patterns 🎨
• Mix of traits from heritage and production breeds
• Hardy, adaptable birds with strong hybrid vigour 💪

😊 Temperament

• Balanced and active 🐔
• Good combination of friendly and alert
• Adapt well to backyard and small farm environments 🌿

🥚 Egg Production

• Approximately 200–260 eggs per year
• Approximately 16–22 eggs per month
• Strong, consistent layers thanks to mixed genetics

🌿 Why They’re Perfect Backyard Chickens

• Produces a colourful egg basket 🌈
• Hardy, low-maintenance birds
• Great mix of productivity and uniqueness
• Ideal for beginners and experienced keepers

💡 Fun Facts

• No two Easter Eggers look the same 🎨
• Each bird lays only one egg colour, but the flock creates variety
• Highly popular for “rainbow egg” collections 🌈

⭐ Why You’ll Love Them

• Colourful eggs with great variety 🥚
• Strong, adaptable hybrid birds 💪
• Excellent for backyard flocks and small egg businesses 💰

📦 What You’re Getting

• Fresh, fertile Easter Egger eggs
• Bred from a diverse mixed line including Leghorn, Ameraucana-type, Potchefstroom Koekoek, Legcaune, and Welsummer
• From birds in peak laying condition (approximately 8 months old) ✅

📊 Stock Availability

• Limited stock available ⚠️
• Daily production varies
• Orders processed on a first-come, first-served basis

🔥 Hatching & Incubation Guide

• Main purpose: These eggs are sold for incubation 🐣
• Best results when incubated within 7 days
• Ideal settings:
  • Temperature: 37.5°C
  • Humidity: 45–55% (Days 1–18)
  • Humidity: 65–70% (Final 3 days)
• Turn eggs 3–5 times daily
• Stop turning on Day 18
• Expected hatch time: 21 days ⏳
• Candle eggs on Day 7 and Day 14 🔦
• Allow eggs to rest after transport before incubation
• Note: Hatch rates depend on handling and incubation conditions

🌿 Breeding, Housing & Nutrition

• Raised in the Garden Route 🌿 with clean, predator-protected housing 🛡️
• High-quality diet including balanced feed, added oils, greens, and fly larvae 🐛
• Supplemented with Camelus Avi Layer & Breeder for fertility and egg quality ✅

🧬 Breeder Line & Origin

• Mixed breeder stock sourced from reputable South African breeders 🇿🇦
• Selected for egg colour, productivity, and hardiness

❤️ Our Philosophy

• At Garden Route Trail Hatch House, our chickens are more than just livestock – they are part of our family 🐔
• We believe in raising birds with care, respect, and attention to their wellbeing at all times
• We do not support intensive or caged breeding systems where birds are treated purely for production
• Rather than operating as a high-output breeding farm, we have created a safe, well-managed haven where these beautiful and extraordinary breeds can thrive under proper care and protection
• Our breeding stock is raised using natural husbandry practices focused on health, vigour, and long-term genetic strength 🌿
• No vaccinations are administered
• No routine medications or antibiotic treatments are used
• No added hormones are used 🚫
• Our goal is to maintain healthy, stress-free breeding stock that produce strong, viable offspring
• We believe that how birds are treated directly reflects in the quality of the eggs and chicks we produce ✅

📍 Collection & Delivery

• Collection by arrangement ✅
• Nationwide Courier Delivery 🚚
• Prompt handling recommended due to egg viability