Arizona Chickens

[GreatWhiteAfro]

I have a question on chicken behavior? Has any one ever seen or know of a chicken that sleeps and rests like this?

When I first posted the picture I thought little of it. I have seen her laying like this often. I showed it to a lady today who moving home so she can have chickens again. She said she never seen anything like that and wondered if anything was wrong with her leg. Powder usually lay to the right with the left leg out, but then she will lay to the left with her light leg out. She has been giving me 5 to 6 eggs a week now, seems healthy.

One of my EE's does that all the time. She seems healthy, not of laying age yet but pretty normal on everything else. It seems to me like she's stretching.

 

[Arizonachicken]

The most common and 'classic' cross for an olive egger is between a Marans x Ameraucana (or blue egg laying Easter Egger but less likely). Here is a chart that helps illustrate what is behind the true olive egg and the common lighter green egg. Demosthine, If you bred that New Hampshire Cockerel to one of your Barred Rock hens you would create Sex Links....that is one of the many crosses hatcheries use.

Ooooh! I like that chart! So I have a Black Orpington mix Roo over Wheaten Ameraucanas. Will the chicks be EEs then? He's also over an olive egger, will that be another Olive egger? Thanks for any advise!

 

[countrygirl74]

every day is Easter when you have chickens. I need to get new pictures of my wonderful LEGBARS I forget how old they are now but it must be close to four months. They have such calm and yet curious personality.

I can't get anymore chickens and I want some of those awesome eggs!!!

 

[Arizonachicken]

I can't get anymore chickens and I want some of those awesome eggs!!!

Oh, I'm sure you could sneak in one or two more!

 

[countrygirl74]

Oh, I'm sure you could sneak in one or two more!

If I do, I might have to have some of the chickens sleeping on the roof of their house. LOL

 

[countrygirl74]

Here's what I'm getting now with the 5 that are laying... the rest are little and still in the brooder.

 

[cbnovick]

That would depend on the mix of your Orp rooster. If he carries only light brown genes then the offspring would be considered an easter egger. Offspring from the olive egger most likely would produce a more muted olive egg laying offspring. For the most color depth on olive eggers one needs to have a Marans or dark laying Welsummer crossed with either a blue or olive egger to get dark olive eggs

 

[Arizonachicken]

That would depend on the mix of your Orp rooster. If he carries only light brown genes then the offspring would be considered an easter egger. Offspring from the olive egger most likely would produce a more muted olive egg laying offspring. For the most color depth on olive eggers one needs to have a Marans or dark laying Welsummer crossed with either a blue or olive egger to get dark olive eggs

Thank you! I got him from Kevschickadees. I'll send him a message and ask what he's mixed with. I'm good with EEs, though!

 

[City farm]

8 goslings arrived today!! All happy and healthy!

Can't wait to see photos.. Whooohooo

 

[City farm]

Almost done with week one here in Rio Rico. 6 sexlinks and the kids already have quirky names for them. All is well so far.*knock* on wood. Anybody else down here in So. AZ.?

What are their names?