The gallery below shows exactly what you'll need for each idea, but in general, the following supplies are handy for crafting your Easter art: In addition to laying fun and colorful eggs, Easter Eggers has excellent production. One hen can produce about 250 eggs per year. That’s about five colorful eggs per week! Hens may slow down with laying in the winter due to shortened daylight hours, but they can still produce several eggs during the winter. 4. Egg Color

Unlike Easter Eggers, they have a clean face. True Blues are about the same size as Easter Eggers, so they’re pretty efficient on feed. Did You Know? We can’t be entirely sure who their parents are. However, it is widely accepted that the parents are Araucana and Ameraucana. Araucana Be sure to put down plenty of newspaper or plastic sheeting before you start. A cheap tarpaulin or tablecloth can be a great option. It's surprising how far paint can go when kids are involved, so you'll want to protect not just the table where they're working but also a wide area of the floor underneath. Keep kitchen roll or baby wipes close at hand for any emergency clear-ups.Easter Eggers lay about four eggs per week, totaling about 200 per year, making them decently productive layers. Dress the kids in old clothes or give them an apron to protect their regular outfit. An old adult T-shirt is an easy way to protect clothes if you don't have an apron to hand. Bee-eaters normally nest in southern Europe and northern Africa, and the expansion of their northern range is a warning that rising temperatures will become the norm without urgent action. Legbars have a different appearance than Easter Eggers. Instead of cheek muffs and a beard, these spunky Legbars have a clean face and a fancy crest. Their ear lobes can be any color but are usually red or white, and occasionally a bird will have ear tufts. The wattles on both sexes are red but small.

Alongside making this cute card, you could continue the Easter crafts with this Easter paper plate! These are a lovely little gift! If you let them free-range, they will supplement their diet quite handsomely, reducing your feed bill slightly! You should know that whatever color eggs the hen lays will be the only color she lays – they don’t do rainbow assortments. But if you have several hens, you are likely to get a good variety of colors in your egg box. The development of pen control for writing can come from the control of things like paintbriushes and crayons. Children learn to build up their stamina, which will help them write for longer.

Having previously been rare visitors, breeding attempts by these brightly-coloured birds are increasing in the UK, with six recorded in the past 20 years.