Which lays more eggs, the Cream Legbar or the Easter Egger?

The Easter Egger typically lays more: 200–280 eggs a year against the Cream Legbar's 180–220. Strain matters, though — hatchery lines of any breed usually out-lay show lines.

Which starts laying first, the Cream Legbar or the Easter Egger?

The Cream Legbar usually starts sooner, at 18–22 weeks old; the Easter Egger typically starts at 20–25 weeks. Daylight is the wildcard for both — a fall-hatched pullet often waits for lengthening spring days regardless of breed.

Can you keep Cream Legbars and Easter Eggers together?

Yes. Both need the same feed, coop, and run, and mixed-breed backyard flocks are the norm. Size the housing to the more demanding bird: plan on 4 sq ft of coop floor per bird for this pairing, plus run space.

What color eggs do Cream Legbars and Easter Eggers lay?

The Cream Legbar lays blue eggs and the Easter Egger lays green — keeping both gives you a two-tone basket.

Cream Legbar vs Easter Egger: Which Chicken Breed Should You Get?

The short answer: the Easter Egger lays more (200–280 eggs a year vs 180–220), and the Cream Legbar starts sooner, at 18–22 weeks.

Figures reviewed against hatchery and breed-registry guidance · Last reviewed July 2026

Side by side

	Cream Legbar	Easter Egger
Eggs per year	≈ 180–220	≈ 200–280
Egg color	blue	green
First egg	18–22 weeks	20–25 weeks
Size class	standard	standard
Coop floor per bird	4 sq ft	4 sq ft

Guaranteed sky-blue vs the color lottery: the Legbar is a standardized British breed, while the Easter Egger is a mixed-gene layer that may give blue, green, or olive.

Cream Legbar in brief

A British auto-sexing breed (male and female chicks hatch visibly different) that lays sky-blue eggs and forages hard.

More detail: when do Cream Legbar chickens start laying?

Easter Egger in brief

Not a standardized breed but a blue-egg-gene mix — each hen lays one color for life, but you won't know if it's blue, green, or olive until the first egg.

More detail: when do Easter Egger chickens start laying?

Which should you pick?

Pick the Cream Legbar for certain blue eggs, auto-sexed chicks, and a hard-foraging bird.

Pick the Easter Egger for a bigger egg count and whatever color fate deals you.

And honestly, most keepers don't have to choose. Both breeds eat the same feed and share a coop happily, so a couple of each is a common answer — use the coop size calculator to size the setup for your total flock, and the first egg calculator to see when each breed will start laying from your chicks' hatch date.

Frequently asked questions

Which lays more eggs, the Cream Legbar or the Easter Egger?: The Easter Egger typically lays more: 200–280 eggs a year against the Cream Legbar's 180–220. Strain matters, though — hatchery lines of any breed usually out-lay show lines.
Which starts laying first, the Cream Legbar or the Easter Egger?: The Cream Legbar usually starts sooner, at 18–22 weeks old; the Easter Egger typically starts at 20–25 weeks. Daylight is the wildcard for both — a fall-hatched pullet often waits for lengthening spring days regardless of breed.
Can you keep Cream Legbars and Easter Eggers together?: Yes. Both need the same feed, coop, and run, and mixed-breed backyard flocks are the norm. Size the housing to the more demanding bird: plan on 4 sq ft of coop floor per bird for this pairing, plus run space.
What color eggs do Cream Legbars and Easter Eggers lay?: The Cream Legbar lays blue eggs and the Easter Egger lays green — keeping both gives you a two-tone basket.

More breed matchups

Sources

First-egg age and egg counts are the consensus of multiple hatchery and breed-registry sources (no extension service tabulates per-breed figures), cross-checked and last reviewed July 2026.

The Livestock Conservancy — Chicken breed profiles