Her comb is straight. Very pretty girl though!
This has been very interesting. I have read on here a lot that EE's are late layers but (so far) the poll is showing that 75% lay at the same age as most other breeds or earlier. Which is more consistent with the personal accounts I've heard...
Well I didn't have to wait too long, guess what I found in the nest box this evening when I was cleaning the coop out! This has to be Tilly's she was making odd little fussing noises at the babies this afternoon who were hanging about the nest boxes being nosy. I shooed them out, just having...
Wow, what luck Cindy! Well we have a development. I found Tilly, one of my EE hens sitting in the next box expectantly today and when I went to check in on her later I bent down to pet her and she did the egg squat! If I compare that to my other girls, it looks like we're going to have our...
RFLOL, figures the highest numbers are at the opposite ends of the spectrum! My girls will be 20wks tomorrow. Combs and faces are growing and pinking up nicely but no squatting yet and that's preceded my other girl's laying by 2 or 3 wks so I'm going to guess that mine are already looking...
I'm waiting on some EE's to lay. I've read a lot of conflicting personal accounts of when they lay so I'm hoping a poll will reveal a smaller age range to work from. :) Please, for the sake of keeping things accurate vote only if yours is a "mutt" (easter egger) not an Ameraucana or Araucana.