Blue chickens thread

[troyer]

When you breed splash to splash you should get all splash.

 

[mabhera]

I have a blue ameraucana rooster and a splash ee (ameraucanaXameraucana) covering my ee's flock. My flock are hatchery birds. I culled my last rooster and left the splash one adding then the ameraucana but the am is so young he should not be breeding. I just hatched a blue chick from one of the ee's.
It's there a way to hatch mostly Blue feathers ee's ????. Love that color. I would like to make it less random. This is the first ee egg that I hatch since the cull of the main rooster.

 

[DMRippy]

I have a blue ameraucana rooster and a splash ee (ameraucanaXameraucana) covering my ee's flock. My flock are hatchery birds. I culled my last rooster and left the splash one adding then the ameraucana but the am is so young he should not be breeding. I just hatched a blue chick from one of the ee's.
It's there a way to hatch mostly Blue feathers ee's ????. Love that color. I would like to make it less random. This is the first ee egg that I hatch since the cull of the main rooster.

A splash can only produce blues and splashes. So that should do it! EE by nature are random. Not sure what your pullets/hens are but the chicks should be mostly blue and splash with your new rooster.

 

[mabhera]

Thanks a lot DMRippy. I'll load the incubator with the ee's eggs to see the rate. Many people like the blue ones but I was just getting one ore 2 by hatch. And (silly me) it takes my breath away each time hatches one blue. Thats how much I like them.


BTW the blacks, splits and the lavender i hatched from your eggs are growing beautiful. I just need to see if the only split that hatched can give me lavenders with the only lavender girl I have.

 

[DMRippy]

Thanks a lot DMRippy. I'll load the incubator with the ee's eggs to see the rate. Many people like the blue ones but I was just getting one ore 2 by hatch. And (silly me) it takes my breath away each time hatches one blue. Thats how much I like them.


BTW the blacks, splits and the lavender i hatched from your eggs are growing beautiful. I just need to see if the only split that hatched can give me lavenders with the only lavender girl I have.

Yes you will get some lavenders.

maybe you will get more than the 50/50 that should hatch. I am FINALLY getting more Lavs every hatch no. If you don't you will get more splits to make more lavenders.

 

[mabhera]

Hope so too!!!! Cant wait to start hatching beautiful lavender and more blues.

 

[ShellBelle]

I have 2 blue laced red Wyandotte pullets. I LOVE them!

 

[Nigellas]

Just wanted to share my new blue babies.

 

[dwegz]

I have a Blue Orpington "Big Bertha" who is the biggest girl on the block around here! I hatched her from some BBS Orp eggs from another byc member a couple of years ago. Sorry all the other girls had to get in the picture too while they helped me weed some fall leftovers yesterday.

 

[bamachicks8]

my phone is being crazy I have to upload pictures later of my blue ee and blue copper maran I'm defiantly in love with this color and will be adding more to my flock next hatch!