Black Penedesencas, light Brahmas, ee's...tell me!

[taraann81]

I am buying a dozen of the penedesenca, a dozen light Brahma and 2 dozen ee eggs this sunday....

Looking for people who understand to share my excitement....and tell me anything about these breeds(or as in ee's cross breeds)!

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

I am a huge, HUGE - did I mention huge

EE fan. I love, love them - not that I have many yet.



Chloe left and Amelia right

Chloe's daughters - their father is a Splash Orpington (Versace)

I call them the Berry girls - Marionberry and Blueberry

Chloe's son - father is Versace

Marilyn (yes I wanted a Monroe and got a Manson

)

I really need to get some pictures of my newest ee babies - I have one from Amelia finally.

Marilyn was destine for the freezer, but he has such a loving, charming personality that he now is waiting for me to build him a coop so he can have his own harem. He is a total snuggle bunny. Chloe lays a nice blue/green egg and both her girls lay a greenish or a blue/green egg.

Might sound silly to some, but I would love to combine the full feather fluffyness of the big large bodied Orpington with the muff/beard and blue egg gene of the EE. I would love to have large, full fluffy EEs - so I am slowly starting a program to experiment with (not that I want to create a different breed or change the ees, just add a twist to my yard). I know

at me - DH does - I tickle his funny bone often

 

[Illia]

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Marionberry and Blueberry have GORGEOUS lacing!!

The EE's you'll love, the Brahmas I know are my FAVORITE of my hatchery-bought flock, and Penedesencas I don't have. Who are you getting these all from?

I'd be very excited too though - I can't wait to get some Buff Brahmas from a really good breeder down in South Carolina.

 

[Bandit]

Wow, what beautiful chickens. I have 4 little EE chicks and can't wait to see what they look like when they are big!

 

[taraann81]

Horsefeathers...Marilyn may be the prettiest...I mean most handsome chicken I have seen! He is like a hodgepodge of colors! He is Beautiful! And I don't think your idea sound funny! I love BIG birds!

Illia..There is a big swap meet here in Canada this weekend. I am meeting up with a few fellow byc'er but most of the eggs are from skeffling Lavender farm(thanks Claire!) I have 4 light Brhamas now and fell In love with them. I can't wait for them to start laying(too excited) so though I'd buy some more hatching eggs! I literally have dreams of the bluey green eggs from the ees in the same carton as the chocolatey penedescenca eggs and a few of my sumatras white eggs and even the light pinkish ones the plmouth rocks sometimes lay! Its going to be beautiful.

Also I could literally sit for hrs and just watch the chickens in the yard. They are so interesting and I find the Brahmas very impressive!

Can't wait!!

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

Aww, thank you all for the nice words about my EEs. I do love them.



How did the swap go? Did you get eggs or birds?

 

[call ducks]

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Awesome , she is very very nice person.

 

[Happy Chooks]

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How on Earth did you get blue girls from a partridge EE? I really want to know. They are beautiful.


I LOVE my light brahma and EE. They both are great layers and have sweet personalities.
Here's my EE:

And my brahma:

 

[NancyE]

Taraann is that a Bullmastiff in your avatar? Gorgeous.

I have 2 EEs I bought locally and although they're young yet, 5 weeks, I really enjoy them. Brahmas are on my list of "must haves"..
I only heard about Pens from here, but I think I might like them some day, too. From what I've gathered they'll be more flighty then your EEs or Brahmas.

Horsefeathers, those are awesome pictures of beautiful chickens!

 

[HorseFeatherz NV]

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new2chooks - I am so embarrassed, I honestly have no idea (besides putting the eggs under a hen or in the incubator

) – and well, had no idea what Chloe's color even was. (I cannot use the fabulous color calculator that everyone talks about to save my life

)

Here are my latest – well the ones I kept, sold 10 out of the hatch. The two blues are Chloe’s, the light “partridge?” colored one on the far left/by the light is my first out of Amelia.

This is the father of the EE chicks – Versace:

Taraann81 - I am sorry for hi-jacking your post