The EE braggers thread!!!

[fawkestheman]

You want that many EE's?! Wow you must really love them!

 

[Illia]

You want that many EE's?! Wow you must really love them!

Even if they only wanted a flock of 20, still, there's LOTS of room for hatching out to sell extra for a little to pay for the feed.

 

[ChickyChickens]

How much is an incubator like that.

It is R16 000 wich is 1420.34 dollars!!

You want that many EE's?! Wow you must really love them!

Yeah, i love EE's!! They are my favourite!!

Even if they only wanted a flock of 20, still, there's LOTS of room for hatching out to sell extra for a little to pay for the feed.

Yeah, that is kinda my plan!! i want +- 50 EE's before i can start selling!! Then i can buy more feed for more birds!!

 

[gander007]

I am really wnting more EE's!!
Im buying an incubator soon so here is the incubator!! Then i can buy EE eggs to hgatch!!

You just need to keep us updated on your incubating endeavors ,,,, oh that looks so nice ........

 

[Illia]

Congrats on getting it, and good luck! Looks like a seriously fun and big project. I love Easter Eggers, but I especially love wild odd mixes of "homemade" Easter Egger combos, especially 2nd generation onward ones, like when you start introducing recessive genes not found in normal EE's. Like mottling.

I hope to hatch out some blue mottled, mottled, blue and normal spangled/calico/jubilee type EE's within the next month but man I first need to finish building my outdoor brooder and grow-out pen. I can't keep raising small batches indoors during the winter then hoping they'll grow strong through the cold rainy months like this, but even less so can I endure going through winter without hatching anything, haha!

 

[ChickyChickens]

You just need to keep us updated on your incubating endeavors ,,,, oh that looks so nice ........

Yes, I will! I cant wait to get it so that I can hatch a lot of fuzzies...sooo many!!

Congrats on getting it, and good luck! Looks like a seriously fun and big project. I love Easter Eggers, but I especially love wild odd mixes of "homemade" Easter Egger combos, especially 2nd generation onward ones, like when you start introducing recessive genes not found in normal EE's. Like mottling.

I hope to hatch out some blue mottled, mottled, blue and normal spangled/calico/jubilee type EE's within the next month but man I first need to finish building my outdoor brooder and grow-out pen. I can't keep raising small batches indoors during the winter then hoping they'll grow strong through the cold rainy months like this, but even less so can I endure going through winter without hatching anything, haha!

I also love mixes!!

 

[Peep a Cheep]

Hi all!
I'm relatively new to BYC and to chickens in general. But I knew I wanted some EEs and I have 3. Original plan was 2, but when I got home from the feed store with my chickies and they began growing, my 'leghorn' turned out to be a buff EE - works for me

And then today, I got my first egg (from an EE)!!!! I've gotten 19 eggs in the last 20 days from my RIR (my very first eggs), but last week my EE Cleo started to squat, so I knew it would be soon. Today, I went out to give them new water and she was up in the coop, making a very nice nest (in the bedding, not in the nest box). About 30 minutes later I saw her out in the run again so I went to look for an egg, hoping today was the day. I ran out to the coop and looked in her nest...no egg.

So, I went around to the Run to ask Cleo what she was up to, and there, about 2 feet out into the run, was her egg. My guess is she tried, got frustrated, gave up and came down to see what treats I had brought out, only to realize she really did need to lay that egg!!

Anyone else have a crazy first egg story like that?

Here is Cleo (short for Cleopatra) - she is named for the 'eyeliner' like markings on her eyes as a chick, she is also my Avatar.



Here is her first egg - the camera made it look a bit more brilliantly blue that it does in real life....


And, here are my other two EEs, the first is Buttercup - the "leghorn chick":


And here is Dolores - who is my most...energetic and naughty chicken. You can see it in here eyes...


Finally, there is their coop and run. Sorry I don't have better face on views of my EEs. This whole taking pictures of a moving chicken thing - it's hard

Anyway - I've been enjoying reading this thread and everyone else's adventures with their EEs.

 

[MistyMountain]

Hi all!
I'm relatively new to BYC and to chickens in general. But I knew I wanted some EEs and I have 3. Original plan was 2, but when I got home from the feed store with my chickies and they began growing, my 'leghorn' turned out to be a buff EE - works for me

And then today, I got my first egg (from an EE)!!!! I've gotten 19 eggs in the last 20 days from my RIR (my very first eggs), but last week my EE Cleo started to squat, so I knew it would be soon. Today, I went out to give them new water and she was up in the coop, making a very nice nest (in the bedding, not in the nest box). About 30 minutes later I saw her out in the run again so I went to look for an egg, hoping today was the day. I ran out to the coop and looked in her nest...no egg.

So, I went around to the Run to ask Cleo what she was up to, and there, about 2 feet out into the run, was her egg. My guess is she tried, got frustrated, gave up and came down to see what treats I had brought out, only to realize she really did need to lay that egg!!

Anyone else have a crazy first egg story like that?

Here is Cleo (short for Cleopatra) - she is named for the 'eyeliner' like markings on her eyes as a chick, she is also my Avatar.



Here is her first egg - the camera made it look a bit more brilliantly blue that it does in real life....


And, here are my other two EEs, the first is Buttercup - the "leghorn chick":


And here is Dolores - who is my most...energetic and naughty chicken. You can see it in here eyes...


Finally, there is their coop and run. Sorry I don't have better face on views of my EEs. This whole taking pictures of a moving chicken thing - it's hard

Anyway - I've been enjoying reading this thread and everyone else's adventures with their EEs.

Congrats on the egg! Nice coop and Run! I also have a Cleo in the flock, and EE named for the same reason your is! I love the colors on Dolores!

 

[familyfarm1]

This is chipmunk! Shes camera shy!

 

[sunflower4you]

Just wanted to share that I got my first...egg...EVER...today!

I have 3 EEs and 2 BAs. The EEs are 26 weeks and the BAs are 22 weeks. My first girl to lay is my EE Caramel. I am so proud of her! She has been in and out of the coop making nests for the past few days. Today she sang the egg song BEFORE she laid her egg! Here are some pictures...






Store-bought on the left, EE on the right.