I didn't really understand it till now. I ordered some BCM eggs In January. the breeder added 6 "pure bred" Amaraucana eggs in as packing peanuts. As fate would have it I got 6 BCMs to hatch and 3 of the packing peanuts to hatch. One is actually an Amaraucana one was a nasty cross bred mean as the dickens roo (he was tasty) and one is a very sweat very docile OE.
So now all 5 hens are laying . The OE started 8 days earlier than the rest. Her first egg was a beautiful olive green egg about medium in size. In the past 19 days she has laid 17 eggs each getting bit larger. The other 4 hens have been futzing around laying an egg here and there. So In 19 days I have a total of 38 eggs... 17 from the cross bred OE. She's laid 9 days in a row. Almost half my eggs are from one chicken. and the other half from the 4 pure breeds.
I had no intention of crossing my chickens. I wanted to keep the lines pure.. but if I was interested in egg production I might seriously reconsider some "mutts".
So now all 5 hens are laying . The OE started 8 days earlier than the rest. Her first egg was a beautiful olive green egg about medium in size. In the past 19 days she has laid 17 eggs each getting bit larger. The other 4 hens have been futzing around laying an egg here and there. So In 19 days I have a total of 38 eggs... 17 from the cross bred OE. She's laid 9 days in a row. Almost half my eggs are from one chicken. and the other half from the 4 pure breeds.
I had no intention of crossing my chickens. I wanted to keep the lines pure.. but if I was interested in egg production I might seriously reconsider some "mutts".
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