Banty ee??

[sheps4her]

A little while ago I posted to see what everyone thought this little girl was....

Well She laid her first egg today!!! And it was light green!!! Could it be she is a bantam ee?? She doesn't have the green legs though

.....I can't wait to see if it was a fluke or if she will continue to lay green eggs!

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Chickens do not change the colour of hte egg they lay. The intensity of the pigment lightens as she goes through a cycle of laying, so that light green egg will gradually fade to being barely tinted by the time she molts or goes into a broody cycle, but once she starts laying again it will be in full colour. Since she just started laying, she's right at the beginning of hte cycle--her eggs should have plenty pf colour.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Oh, and there is no standard for EEs; some have willow legs, but many do not, and there are also quite a few recognised breeds and varietes with willow legs.

 

[AHappychick]

yep she's an EE

pretty girl

 

[sheps4her]

Cool!

I had a lot of fun showing off her green egg at Easter dinner! Everyone thought I had dyed it and I was pulling their legs! It was so much fun!

Ummmm

ahem.. is it physically possible for a standard ee to breed with a banty ee? If the standard is the rooster? would love to hatch some but I am not sure if it is... umm.. you know physically possible.....

 

[jossanne]

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Yep, physically possible, tho not comfy for the little hen...

 

[sheps4her]

Well, I will probably keep her seperate from him then. I don't want her hurt, she is such a sweety!