# Easter egger

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In American usage, an **Easter egger** or **Easter-egger** is any [hybrid](/source/Hybrid_(biology)) or mixed-breed [chicken](/source/Chicken) resulting from the breeding of a bird carrying the blue egg (oocyan) gene with one that lays brown eggs. Eggs from such a bird may be any shade of blue or brown,[1]: 175 or occasionally pink or pale yellow.[2] These birds do not constitute a [breed](/source/Chicken_breed), and so are not recognized by the [American Poultry Association](/source/American_Poultry_Association) or the [American Bantam Association](/source/American_Bantam_Association).[2] They may be marketed as "Americana", but are quite different from the [Ameraucana](/source/Ameraucana), a recognized breed.[2]

## Characteristics

Hybrid birds of this type may be of any [color](/source/List_of_chicken_colors). They are commonly muffed and bearded, often with a pea-[comb](/source/Comb_(anatomy)); the [wattles](/source/Wattle_(anatomy)) may be small or absent. The legs can be grey, yellow, or greenish.[1]: 175

## References

1. Kathy Shea Mormino (2017). [*The Chicken Chick's Guide to Backyard Chickens*](https://books.google.it/books?id=NlA0DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT175&hl=en). Minneapolis, Minnesota: Voyageur Press, 2017. ISBN 9780760359792.

1. [Araucana; Ameraucana; Americana or the Easter Eggers](https://web.archive.org/web/20131019040607/http://apa-abayouthpoultryclub.org/Edu_Material/Easter%20Eggers%20vs.pdf). APA-ABA Youth Poultry Club. Archived 19 October 2013.

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