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I've got some non-EEs from pea combed parents that shared a rose combed ancestor, and they are younger but have what looks like a tight cushion comb, at this point, that I thnk will look like that in time.
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Got my first second generation EE egg (white! ) yesterday. They are 20 weeks old exactly.
CONGRATZ!!!!!
(On another note lol Im still waiting and mine are almost 22 weeks now.... Im gonna be like when they lay their first egg )
I've had EEs, Ameraucanas, and Speckled Sussex...
This is Dusty, and is supposed to be a roo
He is a he, and very nicely colored IMO. The other two are females, and they all look like healthy, happy EEs.
BTW
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I like the splash, how do you think yours got the red?
my friend Jim intends to keep the slate legged, blue barred, pea combed bearded roo and cross him with the blue and splash EE pullets to get Blue-Barred, dark leg, dark beak, pea combed, green egglaying EE Pullets and Roos- we...
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It may just be the picture or the way it looks on my monitor, but he looks to be blue with possibly some mottleing more than splash, and his legs appear green; making him an EE, if so. Here's a picture of a splash EE I used to have; notice the off white base with scattered splashes of...
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It may just be the picture or the way it looks on my monitor, but he looks to be blue with possibly some mottleing more than splash, and his legs appear green; making him an EE, if so. Here's a picture of a splash EE I used to have; notice the off white base with scattered splashes of...
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A true lavender should produce mostly black chicks from them, with some other colors bleeding through on some...................... unless some of your hens are carrying a copy for lav. Lavender is a black chicken with two copies of the recessive dilutant "lav"; all of the chicks will...
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I am new to this but my understanding is the splash's should be having all blues and the white is a recessive gene and all those babies would be black because black is dominant. Again I am new so I could be wrong. I have a BR (black with barring) and Splash PR and I have been told and...
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Obviously she was eating well enough to get to her current age. You might want to use a Dremmel to keep her beak trimmed to as close as normal as possible, and be prepared to accept fate and put her down if its apparent she's becoming malnourished; cross beak is not going to get better...
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THank you, my thoughts exactly. THis is our first year of chickens and 4H. All of our chickens are hatchery stock, so we are just doing the best we can. I had to send in the fair registration today. She chose to take an OEGB roo and a Golden Sebright roo.
Best wishes; I pray you...
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Quite true. I mentioned the possible disgualification in the hope of forewarning a parent that their child might be heart broken if not aware that their bird might possilbly be disqulified at a show. I know also that some have been quite disappointed to spend the time and money to have...