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Thanks I'm trying to breed my flock only ligt buff or white. Success is 50 50 though. That basic brown color keeps popping up.

Here are some of this year's chicks. Daddy 1 2 There are more but they won't hold still for pics.

At my place culling usually means rehoming. I only freezer camp animals with physical issues and roosters with bad attitudes.

Good luck, The odds are against it but I've learned not to cull until they start laying, just in case.

Single comb doesn't rule out blue eggs. This hen is single comb, yellow legged and tuftless but lays the prettiest mint eggs daily. She's one of my best producers. So far her chicks look promising. Don't write them off just yet. Your hens might surprise you.

They should produce a light olive egg, kinda a dark mint. To get the dark olive color you need a maran type layer.

My newest hatch of EE chicks.

Thank you. That helps allot. I prefer blues over all other colors and thought I was out of luck when my splash bantam roo died. I will have to rethink my hens now to go towards the blues.

I have a quick genetics question. This roo fathered a black and 2 blue chicks from my EE hens. None of my hens are blue/splash. I was playing with a genetics calculator and can't figure out how he thew blue chicks. I thought he was a recessive white, My question is could he be a really white...

My EE are about 50/50 on flighty. Some are super friendly, some aren't. They were all raised the same. As for production 3-4 eggs each a week seems common. I do have 2 that are daily layers

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My English mastiff does well with my birds, but it took a little training. I used a low volt shock collar any time she was overly attentive. She doesn't know I control the collar so she thinks running,jumping, and barking around birds hurts. It took 3 sessions about 30 min each for her to get...

I got a few EE chicks yesterday. They are in with some muscovies. Gotta love those cheeks.

Last year 24 sexed chicks from several hatcheries. 6 roos 18 pullets by fall. But then agian I have always had bad luck.

Cool I hope to foster the baby turkies to my bantam frizzle hen. She hatched 4 chicks a few days ago and wants more. She keeps trying to "sit and mother" on a serama hen. Counseling may be needed.

I see you have a turkey in with your hen.Does it cause any trouble?I am adding a hen turkey to my flock but am a little worried about bullying.

It's true in most cases but it really only helps with brown and white layers. White earlobes= white eggs (like leghorns) Red/dark earlobes= brown eggs(like rocks). It unfortunately does not apply to EE with any accuracy.

I move any new layer into a 8x8 dog kennel set up inside the run for a day or two so I can see what she lays.If the throw a real fit I have an "non laying old lady" to put in with them so they aren't alone.

Today was picture day. Whitey 8months old roo. One of his hens and three new chicks.

Then perhaps free ranging is not an option in your area. A large secure run is almost as good.