need help identifying this chicken.

[member 158781]

Couldn't help to read your signature.
First of all: Congrats about being back home.
Second: I wish I could donate blood. But I originally came from Europe and believe this or not:
After having registered to donate blood, they had me wait for 3 hours and then happily told me they couldn't use my blood because I was from Europe.

As for the chicken: There was this one that I posted, but also another one that was not a real EE. And yet another one died immediately after transport from the Hatchery. Yet another one had such a crooked beak that she is considered handicapped and can only eat chicken layer pellets. She can't eat small insects or seeds.
I had ordered 6 EEs. So that left me with only 2 real live non handicapped EEs. Wonderful.

 

[donrae]

Couldn't help to read your signature.
First of all: Congrats about being back home.
Second: I wish I could donate blood. But I originally came from Europe and believe this or not:
After having registered to donate blood, they had me wait for 3 hours and then happily told me they couldn't use my blood because I was from Europe.

As for the chicken: There was this one that I posted, but also another one that was not a real EE. And yet another one died immediately after transport from the Hatchery. Yet another one had such a crooked beak that she is considered handicapped and can only eat chicken layer pellets. She can't eat small insects or seeds.
I had ordered 6 EEs. So that left me with only 2 real live non handicapped EEs. Wonderful.

Thank you for the good thoughts!
I know the Red Cross has some severe restrictions on donating, and the pool is getting more and more limited with more folks getting tattoos and piercings. My work was going to hold a blood drive (before I got sick, not for me) then realized less than a quarter of the staff would be eligible to donate.

sorry your EEs turned out so poorly. They've got to be my favorite breed, I love the green eggs and puffy cheeks. Also one of my favorites to cross with other breeds, just for the fun of it!

 

[IloveBuffy]

Black Star.

 

[Bullitt]

Thanks guys.
Black sex link it is.
Now an appropriate name for the little critter.
Any Ideas?
Star? (because of the name of the breed)
How does that sound?
Ellen

Just for information, a Black Star, also known as Black Sex-Link, is not a breed. It is a cross of a Rhode Island Red or New Hampshire rooster and a Barred Plymouth Rock hen.

Here are some pictures and information. http://www.cacklehatchery.com/blacksexlinkpage.html

 

[Wyandottes7]

Black Star.

X2

 

[Bullitt]

Couldn't help to read your signature.
First of all: Congrats about being back home.
Second: I wish I could donate blood. But I originally came from Europe and believe this or not:
After having registered to donate blood, they had me wait for 3 hours and then happily told me they couldn't use my blood because I was from Europe.

I just did a search.

People who have lived in Europe during certain times can't donate blood in the United States. "The rule is designed to stop the transmission of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human form of 'mad cow disease',"

I was thinking it might be from the radiation that blew across Europe from the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster in the Ukraine.

 

[member 158781]

Always suspected being a mad cow.LOL