Black or Red Sex Link? Ideas on breeds?

[lsmith]

Thanks Fred! In a few weeks I'll know their sex anyways and I suppose the breed or cross-breeds don't really matter. My yellow chick is really cute and curious about everything. The others are still skittish. :/

 

[donrae]

You'll often find that employees at feed stores know as much about chickens as workers at Taco Bell know about true Mexican cuisine. Sorry to say it, but far too often, this is the case.

Great analogy!

 

[Cooper Farms]

You'll often find that employees at feed stores know as much about chickens as workers at Taco Bell know about true Mexican cuisine.  Sorry to say it, but far too often, this is the case.

Very true I have gone in to look at chicks and there r chicks that r with (CC) and the no nothing people at the farm store say (well the hatchery said they r buff orphingtons or they will tell me RIRs And iam like no there r clearly Cornish crosses. And all they say is well that's what they said they r

 

[KieksterChicken]

Just to clarify. An Easter Egger carries a gene for blue eggs and will lay blue eggs ( blue. greenish blue, olive green..pretty much any color egg that incorporates blue into it). If a hen doesn't lay blue eggs it doesn't carry the blue egg gene and isn't an EE. So pink eggs are actually a shade of brown egg, not blue and an EE won't lay a brown egg.

 

[Fred's Hens]

Just to clarify. An Easter Egger carries a gene for blue eggs and will lay blue eggs ( blue. greenish blue, olive green..pretty much any color egg that incorporates blue into it). If a hen doesn't lay blue eggs it doesn't carry the blue egg gene and isn't an EE. So pink eggs are actually a shade of brown egg, not blue and an EE won't lay a brown egg.

But this is by "common agreement" if anything. Since the EE isn't a breed, there is no standard written for it. Many folks buy EE chicks and are disappointed to not get a colorful egg. It happens.

 

[KieksterChicken]

Guess myself and the majority of responsible chicken owners will always consider an EE to be a bird carrying the blue egg gene. If it lays something else other than blue it's just any old chicken. If I went by the idea that an EE can lay any color egg besides blue I could pretty much list every mutt chicken as an EE then which really doesn't make sense and can lead to many new chicken owners buying a chicken they were told is an EE expecting blue eggs but they get a worthless crossbred chicken that lays brown or white eggs. It seems to be a very misleading idea that an EE lays anything besides blue and it is perpetuated by people intending to mislead in order to get more money for a crossbred chicken that is essentially no different than any Heinz 57 barnyard mutt out there if it doesn't carry the blue egg gene. When people mislead less than knowledgeable people that way it really upsets me becuase it's pure and simple greed on the sellers part. Reading post after post on this forum about people disappointed in the chickens they bought when they payed for a blue egg layer and got brown or white eggs is saddening. It pretty much puts the sellers of these birds claiming they are one thing when they aren't into the same category as a back alley con artist selling a made in china piece of junk watch as a Rolex.

 

[lsmith]

I'm not necessarily worried about the color of the egg. Since I'm planning on eating them anyways, I merely want them to taste yummy. It would be neat if it were a true EE and laid pretty blue eggs, but I don't expect that. Tbh, I wish I had researched before I bought anything. Then I would have ordered some from a hatchery and I would have a better chance of actually having hens than roos. My main concern is that I chose a bunch of boys, and while they will certainly make a delicious stew, it wasn't really what I was looking for. On the up side, if they are boys then I can order what I want and make sure I know what I'm doing. I understand what you're saying about the misleading store clerk, but my ignorance is not their fault. I take responsibility for not being smart about the chicks I chose and I can't blame the store for anything other than not knowing more than I knew. Lol.

 

[KieksterChicken]

I apologize Ismith, My answer concerning EE's was directed to Fred's Hens for the most part rather than to you so in a sense I hijacked your thread to voice something I probably shouldn't have. Sorry : (. I really do apologize if I upset you in any way as that was not my intention at all. I really do think you are being too kind when it comes to where the fault lies as far as chicken mis-information. Selling mislabeled chicks or in general being naive about what they sell is not really kosher from a business stand point. It doesn't take long to familiarize employees with different chicken breeds and chicks to be able to pass the correct info along to buyers. Feed stores do have a responsibility to their clients to be knowledgeable about what they sell, including livestock, after all, they do it for a living. In a way it is buyer beware but the majority of the responsibility about correct merchandising rests on the store, not the buyer. Comparing it to a hardware store for instance..if the hardware store routinely mislabeled bins of nails and screws and tools, mixed up their inventory and weren't knowledgeable about their merchandise they wouldn't stay in business long. Sadly, with livestock, rarely is a client able to return mislabeled animals becuase they didn't get what they wanted, even if it's the stores fault. At least you can return a screw driver or a bag of nails and exchange for the correct ones.

 

[lsmith]

Oh I'm not upset! Lol. I was just saying that it was my own fault as much as theirs.

 

[KieksterChicken]