BREEDING FOR PRODUCTION...EGGS AND OR MEAT.

[DesertChic]

I have a young cockerel that I believe to be Ameraucana/Austalorp nix ( EE). My intention is to breed him with blue and splash Ameraucana s to improve egg production. Will offspring produce blue eggs or will they be green? l Ameraucana chicks

I'm by no means an expert on the blue egg gene, but based upon my own experience you may get some of both, but probably with more emphasis on the green than the blue. Two of my own girls turned out to lay lovely olive green eggs, and one lays this amazing aqua-blue colored egg.

 

[FaerieChicken]

I'm by no means an expert on the blue egg gene, but based upon my own experience you may get some of both, but probably with more emphasis on the green than the blue. Two of my own girls turned out to lay lovely olive green eggs, and one lays this amazing aqua-blue colored egg. 

I have a young cockerel that I believe to be Ameraucana/Austalorp nix ( EE). My intention is to breed him with blue and splash Ameraucana s to improve egg production. Will offspring produce blue eggs or will they be green?

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Ameraucana chicks

Also, from how I understand it, you may also get some brow layers also.... depends on the gene the EE Roo caries as dominant!

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Question: How many eggs do you give your birds, and how often?

I just gave everyone their scrambled eggs today - I usually aim for 1 egg per chicken, no more than once a week. Curious what other folks do...

- Ant Farm

 

[lpatelski]

My #1 choice of the Buckeye/cornish cockerels.


This is Lucky, the Buckeye/Red sex link cockerel. He was not supposed to be part of the breeding program but he's such a nice fellow, I like his conformation and he's good with the hens so.........

The girls are nice looking, but the boys are gorgeous

 

[CanadianBuckeye]

Question: How many eggs do you give your birds, and how often?

I just gave everyone their scrambled eggs today - I usually aim for 1 egg per chicken, no more than once a week. Curious what other folks do...

- Ant Farm

Mine get meat protein three times a week once bug season is over- enough to get their fill in one go. Scrambled eggs or soaked cat kibble.

 

[FaerieChicken]

Mine get meat protein three times a week once bug season is over-  enough to get their fill in one go. Scrambled eggs or soaked  cat kibble.

Is it bad to give protein in large quantity, my chooks get high protein in their fermented grains that has other things, like starter crumble mixed in, but also table scraps of any meat and veggies and all the open ranged bugs they can find. Which of course they eat greens as well out n about, and the extra dried bugs n worms given especially during molt!

 

[DesertChic]

Question: How many eggs do you give your birds, and how often?

I just gave everyone their scrambled eggs today - I usually aim for 1 egg per chicken, no more than once a week. Curious what other folks do...

- Ant Farm

When they're chicks I give crushed hard-boiled egg at least once per week and sometimes as often as every couple days. When they're adults, unless I have a lot of surplus eggs to get rid of, I only feed them crushed hard-boiled eggs if they seem to be lacking in protein, such as during molt or if they seem to be feather picking.

 

[bramblefir]

Question: How many eggs do you give your birds, and how often?

I just gave everyone their scrambled eggs today - I usually aim for 1 egg per chicken, no more than once a week. Curious what other folks do...

- Ant Farm

I've never kept track. Generally I toss them any eggs that are extra dirty or if we get too many stacked up in the fridge.

 

[Kev]

Question: How many eggs do you give your birds, and how often?

I just gave everyone their scrambled eggs today - I usually aim for 1 egg per chicken, no more than once a week. Curious what other folks do...

- Ant Farm

seems like most others I do it mostly randomly. might be once a week, sometimes 3 times a week.

the exception was when I had large batches of chicks with EE mixes in that were severe feather pickers and 'taught' some others to pick.. gave them a wetted starter with raw egg mixed in every day. The non EE quickly stopped picking for the most part but the EE proved to be chronic(feather picking can be genetic) so all of those were culled out.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Thanks for all the replies! I almost always have spare eggs, including some build up in the fridge right now, and they're molting, so I think I'll do it three times a week for while.

Interestingly, the hens/pullets are far more into eggs than the boys. I would think I just have good polite roosters who let their girls eat first, but in the bachelor pen (where they ARE molting, mildly), they weren't that interested - I actually gave their extra uneaten eggs to the Speckled Sussex, who hovered it all up...

- Ant Farm