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Hope isn't completely lost for its case even if it is a cornish cross. Part of the reason they die so quickly is that they're fed up to their limit to make them grow as fast as possible. If you're not packing pounds onto it, (which puts strain on the heart and bones) then it may actually live...

The upside is that Brahmas are usually very sweet, and those feathery feet are a riot, especially when they're all grown up huge.

So sorry to hear that, sometimes these things just happen. You know you tried your best, and she was cared for right up until the end.

So my teeny peeps have gotten much bigger since I last posted! They're still peeping for the most part (although one or two of them make pathetic honking noises instead of clucking when upset over something) and a couple of nights ago I started putting them in the coop with the big girls. They...

In most cases, yes the offspring must resemble the parents except in cases where that's not possible, like "blue" genetics where a splash and black will make a mix of blue and black offspring (and some breed registries don't accept blue as an accepted color just for that reason). Breeding and...

The origins of all the blue egg layers are the Quechua, from South America. This thread is quite thorough in talking about the history of the breed: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/402512/quechua-tojuda-ameraucana-easter-eggers-in-vino-veritas In short, they came from South America, were...

I couldn't take it any more and got more EE's! My girlies are all going to be 3 years old this summer and last fall they all took a longer break during moult than I would have liked. They're all laying like crazy right now but I know that's not going to last, and since I only have one blue egg...

What's funny is my Black Australorp is an outright witch to anyone she can get away with being mean to (mostly my lowest girl, one of my EE's!) Here's a picture of Fluffasaurus, who isn't looking so fluffy right now but is actually looking better than she has been, if you can believe it! The...

Oh man, I didn't keep track of it except that both of my EE's started moulting around the same time as my other hens and laid about as long (or a bit longer) into it. I'm still waiting for the moult to end, they all started it up at the end of last month. My Light Brahma is the worst looking...

In that case someone was being unreasonably snobby. As much as I'd like to say an EE isn't an EE unless it lays some shade of blue egg, has muffs and a beard and has a pea comb, that really isn't the case. As seen in this thread, people have EE's who don't lay blue eggs, without muffs, without...

At least with my two EE's, they were EXCELLENT layers as two year olds. Their eggs were bigger than their first year, and they both lay multiple times a week. Alas, all my girls are in the middle of a moult and all are on egg strike. :( Who says they're not Olive Eggers, and what reason...

Never heard of a rooster stop crowing except when a more dominant rooster is around or if they're caponized, and I'm sure you'd notice if either of those happened. ;) If you figure it out, be sure to bottle it up and sell it to rooster owners who want quiet ones! ;D

No worries Chick Rookie, I'd rather someone get information from more than one place. ;)

Sorry, but nope. You have a cream egg layer, just like one of my EEs. Someone outbred her too often so she lost the blue egg gene even though she kept the beard and pea comb (in my hen's case, anyway). I would have been a lot more upset about my EE girl laying non blue eggs, except they're a...

It really depends on what breeds they've been crossed with. The more "pure" EE's I've seen are fairly slender, good fliers, inquisitive, skittish, too clever for their own good, not broody, and good layers. Every single one of those things can be different depending on which EE you have...

Technically any Ameracauna that doesn't meet the requirements for color is an EE, since for chicken breeds it goes based off of specific traits rather than actual parentage like horses or dogs. To put it another way, EE's are a "grade" blue egg layer, much like if you see a Quarterhorse you...

It doesn't look like it has muffs or a beard (even as chicks they show up as a super fluffy face). That doesn't necessarily mean it's not an EE, just that it's less likely since muffs/beard are very common. Chipmunk stripes are also common in EE chicks, but the face tends to be lighter with...

If they have any that lay pink eggs, then they won't breed true, so not sure why they told you that. Pink means there's a complete absence of the blue egg gene, which leads me to think they have a bunch of Oo birds instead of OO.

What is meant by "not breeding true" is that their body type and coloration will probably fluctuate, sometimes wildly, between siblings. If what you're going for is a blue egg layer, then THAT tends to breed "true" because blue eggs are dominant. That means if a hen has only one copy of the...

Not too surprising, since the breed EE's descend from are the Quechua, whose eggs looked a lot more grey than blue. https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/402512/quechua-tojuda-ameraucana-easter-eggers-in-vino-veritas