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Easter Egger with white legs

post #1 of 3
2/22/12 at 6:50pm
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I just got my 2 baby chick easter eggers.  One has the greenish/gray legs and the other has white legs.  The other eggers that I have had always had the green/gray legs.  Can they have white legs?

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post #2 of 3
2/22/12 at 9:47pm

Yes. Easter Eggers are simply colored laying mutts, so just about anything is possible with the right breeding. White legs are dominant though, so a simple thing like EE x Buff Orp will get you that.

Araucanas, Polish, Shamos

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2/23/12 at 2:59am

"Mutts" or not they are about the most awsome chicken there is.

They were the for runners of the Ameraucana and Araucana breeds (the original imported stock anyway).

I have gotten EE's with gray (bluish), green, yellow, and white legs.  I try to not breed the yellow and white legs on only green and blue-gray.  Sometimes even taking care not to breed it on it sometimes will still pop out as will egg color.

I only hatch out blue and green eggs but sometimes the brown egg gene will still come through.

 

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