California - Northern

[MonsterClucker]

Wow I'm glad this year wasn't as bad then. I heard it IS getting worse year after year, coming closer to the city.

 

[ronott1]

Wow I'm glad this year wasn't as bad then. I heard it IS getting worse year after year, coming closer to the city.

for us in Woodland it has not been bad for the past several years. We have had some smoke this year but only one day with the Orange sky and the foggy smoke in the air.

I hope the rest of the fire season better than it has been so far.

Ron

 

[zooweemama]

Does anyone have a good recommendation for a good place to grab EEs? If I breed my BCM rooster to one of my EE hens- would I get an OE? Would all their offspring throw green eggs...or might I still get some that throw blues? Since I already have 2 EEs that we like- I was thinking maybe just using these ladies + one of my BCM roosters for more Olive EEs?

 

[zooweemama]

And dumb question- maybe you know, Ron...are my Marans "FBCM"? (french black copper marans) I see people use the French in front sometimes. Wanted to make sure I shouldn't be listing it as such?

 

[ronott1]

Does anyone have a good recommendation for a good place to grab EEs? If I breed my BCM rooster to one of my EE hens- would I get an OE? Would all their offspring throw green eggs...or might I still get some that throw blues? Since I already have 2 EEs that we like- I was thinking maybe just using these ladies + one of my BCM roosters for more Olive EEs?

FBCM Roos with EEs will make dark green to olive egger eggs. It depends on how blue the eggs are and how dark the marans egg is.

Keep an eye on Craigs list--maybe there will be come. I could hatch some and have them in 21 days or so

And dumb question- maybe you know, Ron...are my Marans "FBCM"? (french black copper marans) I see people use the French in front sometimes. Wanted to make sure I shouldn't be listing it as such?

French standard has feathers on the legs and outside of the first toe. English standard is clean legs. American Standard is French with feathered legs.

Yours should be French. The problem is that some will still hatch with clean legs so those you would not enter into shows.

I hope this helps!

Ron

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Does anyone have a good recommendation for a good place to grab EEs? If I breed my BCM rooster to one of my EE hens- would I get an OE? Would all their offspring throw green eggs...or might I still get some that throw blues? Since I already have 2 EEs that we like- I was thinking maybe just using these ladies + one of my BCM roosters for more Olive EEs?

If your EE pullets are carrying the gene for blue eggs, then I think the BCM is the bird of choice for creating olive eggers (at least from what I've been reading). If your EEs have pea combs, then they will probably have the blue egg gene.

The blue gene causes the shell to be blue throughout, and when a brown coating is added over that, the eggs come out green and olive. Same idea for brown eggs. The shell is actually white with a brown coating.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Does anyone have a good recommendation for a good place to grab EEs? If I breed my BCM rooster to one of my EE hens- would I get an OE? Would all their offspring throw green eggs...or might I still get some that throw blues? Since I already have 2 EEs that we like- I was thinking maybe just using these ladies + one of my BCM roosters for more Olive EEs?

Yes, provided that your EE's lay blue or green eggs - blue is preferred. (EE's can lay any color, including brown and white) Cross those with a pea comb back to your Marans rooster to darken the coloring. Again, keep those with the pea comb. (those with single combs will likely lay brown eggs)

 

[zooweemama]

How do these combs look?

This is Solara



Luna


Another one of Luna



Apparently I have a lot of Luna lol



Solara

 

[zooweemama]

FBCM Roos with EEs will make dark green to olive egger eggs. It depends on how blue the eggs are and how dark the marans egg is.

Keep an eye on Craigs list--maybe there will be come. I could hatch some and have them in 21 days or so

French standard has feathers on the legs and outside of the first toe. English standard is clean legs. American Standard is French with feathered legs.

Yours should be French. The problem is that some will still hatch with clean legs so those you would not enter into shows.

I hope this helps!

Ron

Ohhhh k gotcha! I am still waiting for my guys to feather out enough to start looking at them seriously. Copper and Samson seem to almost look after certain honies so far. Like EEs follow Samson around (Copper picks on Luna big time. Don't know why!).

If your EE pullets are carrying the gene for blue eggs, then I think the BCM is the bird of choice for creating olive eggers (at least from what I've been reading). If your EEs have pea combs, then they will probably have the blue egg gene.

The blue gene causes the shell to be blue throughout, and when a brown coating is added over that, the eggs come out green and olive. Same idea for brown eggs. The shell is actually white with a brown coating.

Yes, provided that your EE's lay blue or green eggs - blue is preferred. (EE's can lay any color, including brown and white) Cross those with a pea comb back to your Marans rooster to darken the coloring. Again, keep those with the pea comb. (those with single combs will likely lay brown eggs)

I posted some pics- I hope the combs are visible enough. Of not I can crop the heck of the pics to pull them closer. Or take pics of them tonight. haha

 

[chiqita]

OK, here is bailout, alive and peeping, at least he made it if hes gonna cost me a bator of eggs


Here is sparkles With her new brood, She is such a trooper one of the big marans stole ehr eggs and she sat on the empty part right nexxt to them untill I gave her chicks.
Note the partrdige one that has me baffled.


Some of next years breeding silkies I think i have 3 girls but its hard to tell, only one ha

s a comb, but a few are spikey



chickens! chickens everywhere!