The EE braggers thread!!! - Page 452

Sure, waiting is a good idea. Slate legs are not normal for RO's. They're supposed to be yellow but some have white legs due to crossbreeding with Speckled Sussex. If they lay an egg that is blue or green in hue...your birds are definately EE's. If they lay a light tinted or brown egg the mystery will remain unsolved because EE's can also lay any color egg. I wouldn't worry about it. They are beautiful regardless of what they are. Until you know...I'd say the slate leg is strong enough reason to go ahead and call them EE's. IMHO. Just enjoy them and post more pics.

ETA: After looking at the pics again...those legs look yellow from here.

Some of my EEs:

I was successful in making sex link EEs

I had a white EE rooster and barred rock hens and I bred them together and I was sucessful, I got solid black hens and white and black roosters. The hens are so pretty but the rooster on the other hand is just weird looking.
I will try to post pictures later tonight.

I am excited to see what color eggs I get out of them.

I am interested in seeing the pictures of these birds.  I have a beautiful white Am cockerel and a bunch of mixed hens. I was thinking of making sex link by using Dominique hens I prefer the pea or rose comb birds.  But I think a hen with mahogany will work also because I do not want any weird looking birds male or female.   

I am interested in seeing the pictures of these birds.  I have a beautiful white Am cockerel and a bunch of mixed hens. I was thinking of making sex link by using Dominique hens I prefer the pea or rose comb birds.  But I think a hen with mahogany will work also because I do not want any weird looking birds male or female.   

Okay, I think I'm starting to unravel a mystery I have with my Easter eggers (who I got from Ideal Poultry). From the start of their feathering, I noticed they weren't the Easter eggers I expected them to be. Today my brain finally connected the dots (partly because I finally decided to check out other breeds) and I think my EEs are displaying a part of their mixed heritage. In this case, I think my EEs are part Speckled Sussex.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a192/Fallaryn/Chickens/066.jpg
July 12. The male (red marker on chin from hatchery with info from them saying it meant he was a he). I'm surprised his comb isn't really developed at this point. I can confirm he is definitely a boy (although a good, non-horny one at this point). Just today I was trying to pick up one of the girls to take her to the cool kiddie pool I had set up for them for the hot days; she shrieked like no tomorrow and all three boys suddenly appeared there - Scratchy, the Delaware, and this EE.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a192/Fallaryn/Chickens/068.jpg
July 12. I'm quite sure this one's a girl, but the boyish stance in this picture worries me.

http://i11.photobucket.com/albums/a192/Fallaryn/Chickens/033.jpg
July 13, with celebratory cake* for reaching the three month milestone.
* Hard boiled eggs.

As you may be able to tell from the pictures, my chicks have a feather picking problem. What I find to be very odd, is that only the EEs are the victims. So far I haven't been able to put an end to it.