Do OEG chickens make good layers?

[GardenerGal]

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Boy, do they ever!

I've had hens disappear, and thought a varmint got them --- only to hear "peep!peep!peep" three weeks later, and see a proud mama step out of some godforsaken corner of the barn with 8 or 10 chicks in tow.

 

[POULTRY 104]

I'VE HAD A FEW OF THEM AND GOT SEVERAL EGGS ONE BAD THING ABOUT THEM IS THAT THEY SIT LIKE CRAZY AND ARE VERY DETERMINED FOR A BROOD.THEY SURE DO LIKE TO HIDE THEIR NEST AND WHEN YA THINK THEY'RE DEAD YOU'LL FIND THEM WITH SEVERAL CHICKS AND EVEN SOME ROTTEN EGGS.[THESE WERE FREE-RANNGE THOUGH]. I WARN YOU ABOUT ROOSTERS THEY CAN BE AGRESSIVE DURING BREEDING SEASON,THOUGH THESE ARE STILL GREAT BEAUTIFUL BIRDS FOR THE HOME FLOCK.

 

[nicalandia]

Any news on the "Cream" OEG project from Sjarvis?..

here check my boy, he has a pheomelanin diluter like cream(ig) but its dominant and its called Champagne blonde, I am isolating this gene into wiltype birds as we speak