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I can understand that feeling ill. I think I would have, too. I do hope that you never have to go thru that again. I love to eat eggs, but everytime I wonder what the chick would have looked like.

Remember that an Auracauna is rumpless, meaning that it even lacks the final vertabrae that the tail portion sprouts from. It's not an Auracauna, but I would call that a very beautiful EE, at the least. Looks like an Ameracauna, to me, tho it might not meat the SoP. I am NOT a judge, nor that...

You may be on to something. My game hen, Gamey, is the meanest of all of my chickens, but she is also my best broody hen. She is viscious, and has mauled a few of my Hens to the point of having to put them into "hospital cages" (isolation) for healing. She'll have their heads and eyes pecked to...

Outrun, Thank you for your kind words. I feel worse about the idea of hurting an animal than kicking a human's butt! haha Humans usually deserve it! ANYWAY! Those birds are drop-dead GORGEOUS! If I wasn't already into EE's, those would make me want to start! I'll take ALL of her culls! Good...

Outrun, are you talking about the "sneak attack rape" habit that so many young Roos exhibit? If so, I am told (by old-timer raisers) that they grow out of that. I am praying that it's true, because my younger Amie Roos are at that stage, and spend lots of time in the isolation cells, (I should...

I have an Amie hen that hops out, every day, with my game Hens. The fence is 6', tall and the coops are over 7'. I am 6-4, and walk straight when I'm inside the coops. They are made from 8' posts set 6" deep in concrete, ergo, 7-6 + the height of the roof and plates.The Roos leave when they...

I agree, Amie/EE Roos are very "non-aggressive" towards humans. My big alpha, Cog (my avatar) just looks at my 5 year-old Grandson, and steps away when he wants to "chase the chickens" a bit. Cog doesn't get mean, he just guides all of the girls out of the line of fire. He's also quite good at...

I just finished a post, there. I would LOVE to see a few pullets in my yard with that Chocolate Cuckoo color, wouldn't you? Hmmm... next project shaping up? hahaha!

What gets me about the whole Amie vs EE thing is that there is no such thing as a chicken that is ONLY Amie. It is a mixed breeding of genetic characteristics to obtain a particular and desired breed or type of chicken. The creator of the breed discussed the various breeds that he used in an...

Salt n Pepper: Yup, that's pretty much the way of things, especially if you have different breeds or mutts, as most of mine are. I have had chicks from the same parents all grow at different speeds. Wishing4Wings: Yes! That's the one I'm referring to. The head looks pullet-ish, but that is a...

That is what I think of as "standard EE hen color". haha! The most common and the prettiest of all, if you ask me. I knmow, I know, there is no standard for EE's, but most hens seem to come out that way. All 3 of my 1st EE Hens are like that, and were sold to me as "Auracaunas". I knew it was BS...

I have penned in about 1/4 acre for chickens only in an attempt to start a rotation thingy to see if I can keep them in ryegrass, next winter. A new coop will have a door to each side so that I can rotate them thru it. One coop, and two enclosures. They kept the single side of it in pure mud...

seventreesfarm, I drove 110 miles, each way, to buy 2 hens that look alot like your girls, there. They are Marans/Amie crosses, as well. beautiful olive green eggs. One lays olive that is brown speckled, as a former Soldier/Marine, I love them. I also like the "blue" bottoms of those girls. I...

That new poultry purchasing law sounds about right for politicians: those who know nothing are making the "informed decisions" for those of us who actually know something about the topic. It's about like that with gun laws, seat belt laws, motorcycle helmet laws, you name it. It always seems...

ARGH! Okie doke. Thanks for the quickie come-back. I guess I have to add to the "wanted list".

Yes, I have extensive training, in that regard. Yes, it is a strong light, as I professionally hog hunt for ranchers and farmers. That 45 is my day-to-day and back-up carry when I hog hunt. Alo, my driveway is over 1/4 mile long, so I shoot pretty much whenever I want. I have a 200 meter range...

I guess that I should have pointed out that the cats were eating the remains of the chicken, when I found the legs, feathers, etc. The dog came out of the chicken pen with feathers in his mouth, the day before, and I couldn't get a shot without endangering all of the other chickens. The fox was...

Sparkle, the first chicken hatched on my property and one of the most interesting-looking hens that I've had, has been eaten by either a dog or a fox. I saw both in the area, and each now has a death watch on them. When I put the gang up, yesterday evening, Sparkle didn't make bed check, and was...

We-e-e-e-ell, some of us call them OE's, and I have a few that lay OD eggs, but...I don't know that it is any more official than EE is. Is Easter Egger even a real chicken name since there's no actual breed specification?

I am crossing a white hippy-head Polish Roo with a pure white, EE offshoot that was supposed to lay perfectly blue eggs. I hope the beard from the EE and the hippy-head from the Roo give me girls with beards and hippy hair. They're together, now. Maybe I should clarify something since my post...