An interesting/beautiful mix breed! PIC!

[hinkjc]

Yes, bedste. An Ameraucana crossed to any other breed is what typically makes up an EE. Although, imo, I have a definition of EEs and many cross breeds don't meet that and I find people tend to overuse the name EE. An EE should look somewhat like an Ameraucana in breed characteristics, but is usually not a standard color and can lay any color egg. I fully expect EEs to have muffs/beard, pea comb and clean legs. That's just my opinion though.

eta - sorry 77horses. I wanted to say what a beautiful chick you have there. Congrats on the cutie!

 

[77horses]

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lol thanks everyone!

Here are some characteristics Oreo got from her parents:

Splash Cochin(rooster):
-feathered feet/legs
-some splash coloring
-puffy tail(so far she barely has a tail but it's looking like a Cochin tail)
-some yellow on feet/legs



Black Ameraucana(hen):
-black/gray colored legs/feet
-fluffy cheeks
-black beak with white tip(father has a yellow beak)
-mostly black coloring
-pea comb


It's interesting to see how some of her father is in her and how some of her mother is in her.

And thanks for clearing the Amer./EE thing up. So I guess we can call her a "Fancy Easter Egger?"

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Next, we have a small Bantam egg in the bator that is crossed between the same Splash Cochin rooster and a buff Bantam Cochin pullet. That should be interesting!

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Also, I was wondering, we crossed a Buff Orp(standard) hen with the same Splash Cochin rooster, and what we got is a pure white pullet with some light cream coloring on her head/neck(probably from the Buff Orp hen). She has absolutely NO splash colors, except for the white. How did this happen???

I know that she got the white from the Splash Cochin rooster, and the light(barely visible) cream color from the Buff Orp hen, but why is she ALL white with no splash coloring?
Thanks!

 

[77horses]

This is what Oreo looked like when she hatched(a few days old):

Here's Raven, her mother(Amer.):

And this is Foghorn, the Splash Cochin rooster(father):

 

[the simple life]

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I am not going to say this is for sure but my experience has been when I crossed or owned any breeds mixed with purebred americaunas that if they got the pea comb they always ended up laying the colored eggs.
If I crossed with an easter egger the same thing, not necessarily all blue eggs but maybe blue or green eggs.
I have easter eggers that did not get the pea comb and they only brown eggs.
I would think if this theory is correct yours would lay colored eggs.
She is a beautiful little thing.
I had been thinking about setting some of my cochin rooster X easter egger and cochin x americauna eggs for a while but this just gave me the kick in the butt I needed.

 

[becky3086]

Really, really cute. I think you should hatch some more of these.

 

[hinkjc]

I tend to think the pea comb is not as close to the blue egg gene as folks believe. I bred EEs for years. I had pea combed hens who laid brown eggs and have bred pea comb to pea comb and got brown egg layers. I've also seen single combed birds lay blue and green eggs. IMO there is more to it than the comb and egg gene.

 

[77horses]

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Thanks to both of you!

We did have a couple more of Raven's eggs set but they didn't make it; Oreo is the only one that made it so far while using our homemade bator.

But even though she's had a big brooder box all to herself, she gets a lot of attention and doesn't seem too lonely.
She looked SOOO cute when she was a couple days old(and shestill is LOL) but she looked like a little baby gray mouse.

The tip of her beak looked like it had been dipped in pure white paint, her wings were tiny and it was so cute and funny when she flapped them, her cheeks were so puffy, and her feet were adorable.

She is still cute now but when I first saw her I just couldn't believe how adorable and small she was; she was literally just a tiny, soft, fluffy ball of downy feathers!

 

[Bedste]

she is adorable.... don't you think she looks a little like my Molly? Like a fuzzy little teddy bear with a beak

 

[Krys109uk]

Hinkjc wrote: I tend to think the pea comb is not as close to the blue egg gene as folks believe.

It's 4 map units, if my memory serves, which is pretty close. It gives about a 96% chance they will be inherited together.
Of course if bred to a brown egg laying pea combed bird then the pea comb will have no relevance to egg colour.​

 

[cochinbantam-lover]

Too much cuteness!!!!!!!!!!!!!