Amongst chicken enthusiasts, Easter Eggers (EE) refer to chickens that lay green or bluish green eggs. An EE is a cross-bred chick with one parent being an araucana, a pure-bred breed of chickens that lays green eggs, and another chicken.
My baby chickens are Easter eggers for another reason. They have been helping us eat all of our leftover Easter hard-boiled eggs. My father-in-law thinks that I am raising cannibals. The truth is egg whites are one of the first treats that chicks can handle eating. Embryonic chickens find their nutrients from egg whites so it makes since that young chicks would enjoy them and be able to digest them easily, too.
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