Arizona Chickens

[NoSkiveez]

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I have one that lays a light brownish. It kind of resembles a pinkish color, tho I haven't figured out who lays it. I have 3 EE hens laying and two more that will be,laying soon. I'm hoping for a blue layer.

 

[vegaschick]

... and I just learned to never read anything with the word "maggots" in it when I just poured myself a big bowl of cereal

Is it possible for EE's to lay regular brown eggs??

Yep! I have 3, 1 cream colored, 1 light brown, 1 rose/pinkish brown.


Does laying have anything to do with the "hunker down" that hens do?

Yep! That's the 'squat' that signals it'll be anytime now!

 

[dofnup]

Thanks so much for your answers!!

I will keep an eye out today and see if I can figure out who is laying what. I really hope at least one of my EE's gives me colored eggs

I just want a colorful egg basket!!

I dunno what I'm gonna do with so many eggs though ... right now it is blazing hot and I'm getting 3-4 eggs a day ... once all 6 hens start laying and it cools down, I'm gonna be drowning in eggs!! Woohoo!!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Are you sure they are EEs? Feedstores are notorious for getting their birds mixed up (usually be putting a chick back in the wrong brooder, or brooding several similar looking breeds together. Anyways, if you want the blue egg gene, select only chicks with a pea comb. Chances are only about 3% to get a blue or green egg from a single combed bird.

 

[vegaschick]

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My 3 brown layers all have pea combs.

ETA: and beards/muffs.

 

[Triple T]

WOW!!! I did not realize I had not been on the forum for over 2 weeks now. My email notices have completely stopped arriving and I have been busy and not keeping a closer eye on things. Anyway, I have spend quite abit of time catching up.

Rufus, I was reading your diet for diabetes. Yuk and double yuk. I am diabetic also. In Feb. my doctor took me off the diabetes medication and off the blood pressure meds too. I am now listed as "diabetes cotrolled by diet". You might want to check out a book called "The Metabolism Miracle" by Diane Kress, RD,CDE. Sold at Amazon.com for $10.00. Diane is a Registered Diatician and a Certified Diabetes Educator and she has spent over twenty years developing this way of eating to help her patients (and now the public) to gain control of thier diabetes. It is absolutely better than what you listed for an eating plan. Also, the member forum: http://mmfriends.boardhost.com/viewforum.php?id=18&p=1 has a recipe section that really helps.

gckiddhouse, I hope your numerous problems are getting better for you, your DD and the poor chooks.

 

[NoSkiveez]

I'm.having a big problem in my Bator. I've scrapped 15 out of 27 eggs last night. I shrink wrapped two but peeled them out and they are ok. I now have a quail chick that has badly deformed feet and possibly blind. I'm thinking the egg dried out, I opened it and this chick was glued to the egg to itself. I'm thinking its a air flow/humidity issue. I'm going to calibrate my humidity gauge. I had my first quail hatch go bad because of very low temps.

I guess on a brighter note, I got two eggs today.

 

[NoSkiveez]

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I read somewhere that green/blueish legs also indicate that the pullet might lay a tinted egg. Is that accurate information? I can't recall where I saw it.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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I read somewhere that green/blueish legs also indicate that the pullet might lay a tinted egg. Is that accurate information? I can't recall where I saw it.

Nope, leg colour has nothing to do with egg colour.

 

[NoSkiveez]

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I read somewhere that green/blueish legs also indicate that the pullet might lay a tinted egg. Is that accurate information? I can't recall where I saw it.

Nope, leg colour has nothing to do with egg colour.

Interesting. I'm glad I asked.