Designer Egg Chain

[FarmrGirl]

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Thanks! I think it helps to get an idea of what you're getting when it's a mix

 

[elieugene6]

I could be wrong but your rooster looks like a partridge rock to me. I know mcmurray sells them. He doesn't look as stout as their catalog pictures make them out to be but their catalog pictures are what the ideal specimen is.

 

[jeremy]

That's not a Partridge Rock.

 

[tazcat70]

Offer:

6+ "Barnyard Surprise" Eggs

The Lone Rooster: McMurray Mystery Chick - he's a BIG BOY (shout out if you recognize the breed because I haven't figured it out yet!)

His Hens: White Plymouth Rock, White Leghorn, Buff Orphington, Welsummer, RIR, Silchen

I've only set the Buff Orp eggs so far but I'm getting 100% hatch rate here at home. Ol' Nocrow & Buff are mostly throwing little solid black chicks that look like him but I get fat yellow ones now and then. This is my first hatching season with this roo.

https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/_...AAgoc/86HjQkDQaz4/s400/2011.04.17 Nocrow6.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_...AAAAAAAgsU/FAd6TIGTh3g/s400/20110424_0831.JPG
"Nocrow" McMurray Mystery Chick

I think your rooster might be an EE.​

 

[Sumatra55]

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X2

 

[jeremy]

It doesn't look like an EE either. It has the wrong comb type and is missing a beard and muffs. Granted, EEs don't always have a pea comb or muffs and a beard as they do not have a standard, but it's something that those birds typically have.

 

[FarmrGirl]

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McMurray does sell EE's, but I think Jeremy is right about the muff and comb. I've often wondered if the wrong roo wandered into the wrong henyard at McMurry

I sent them an email with photos to see if they could (or would) identify it but I never heard back. They're probably bombarded with those kind of emails!

I guess in about 5 months I'll at least have some idea of egg color from those I've incubated

 

[Tam'ra of Rainbow Vortex]

I got 2 EE pullets from McMurray... nearly identical legs (grey-green) and feather colors (sorta quail/partridge-ish) but only one had the beard and muffs.

 

[tazcat70]

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[campochicks]

I wish I had a broody right now- I'd love some of these! Great pics.