On their five acres of paradise, Jason and Stephanie Haines and their six children raise nearly 150 chickens, including "Easter Egger" hens which produce colored eggs that resemble Easter eggs.

No chicken will naturally lay eggs of the vibrant, neon pinks and greens and blues that are commonly found on plastic Easter eggs. But there are hens known as “Easter eggers,” that will lay eggs in ...

The Araucanas lay so many colors of eggs that their nickname, "the Easter egg chicken," is most apt. Different breeds of chickens lay different-colored eggs.

I charge less than the stores. Everybody wants eggs." Gracie Haines, 9, of Bethlehem Township, shows a colored egg laid by one of the family's chickens, some of which are called "Easter Eggers." ...

A distraught California farmer is searching for the culprit behind the disappearance of almost 300 specialty hens that lay unusual colored pastel eggs. White and brown eggs may be perfectly good ...

True Ameraucana & Araucana chickens are in fact not that common. Many people believe they may have one of these breeds, but it is more likely that most people have the Easter Egger.

A lot of Easter traditions — including hot cross buns and lamb on Sunday — stem from medieval Christian or even earlier pagan beliefs. The chocolate Easter egg, however, is a more modern twist ...

These students were lucky enough to have their own school chicken coop and just that week one of their chickens, called an Easter Egger, laid a blue egg and they became very curious.