Cherry Egger Chickens

Cherry Eggers lay big brown eggs and are a good winter layer. Cherry Eggers are a great free range breed. Called Cherry Eggers because of the diversity of red shades of the plumage, they have been selectively bred from an original Rhode Island Red Hen X New Hampshire Red Rooster. The eggs Cherry Egger Chickens lay range in color from tans to brown. The eggs are not cherry colored as many might think. The Cherry Eggers can be sexed at 1 day with 90% accuracy by their pinfeathers. Cherry Egger Chickens are a large multi-purpose breed. Cherry Egger hens average 4.5 to 5 pounds and Cherry Egger cocks weigh from 7 to 9 pounds. Cherry Egger Chickens dress out nicely either as fryers or roasters. Cherry Eggers provide EXCELLENT feed to egg conversion yielding approximately 250-300 eggs per hen per year and start laying at 20 weeks.