EASTER EGGER BREEDING HELP

[MINDANAO DAVE]

I am in the process of buying a Easter Egger Rooster. My question is, if both the hen and the rooster, his parents are Easter Eggers, does the offspring rooster carry on The Easter Eggers Gene's for breeding ? Thanks

 

[The Moonshiner]

What are the Easter egger genes?
The rooster would carry on half the genes of his mother and half of his fathers
His offspring will carry on half of his.
Is he carrying on the Easter egger genes is like a trick question. EEs are not a breed and have no standard so there are no set EE genes.
By today's common definition an EE can be any color/pattern, lay any color eggs, any comb type, muffs tuffs and beards can be present or not. Any leg color, any skin color...... Get where this is going? By definition I think every or any chicken qualifies to be a EE.
Other words EE can pretty much carry or not carry any genes so back to the start.
What are the easter egger genes?

 

[JedJackson]

I am in the process of buying a Easter Egger Rooster. My question is, if both the hen and the rooster, his parents are Easter Eggers, does the offspring rooster carry on The Easter Eggers Gene's for breeding ? Thanks

Do you mean the blue egg gene? It's difficult to know until the offspring start laying if an Easter egger rooster carries that gene but you can obviously tell if the hens you use do by the color of their eggs.

You could ask the folks you buy from if the rooster's mother and sisters lay blue eggs. The seller may not know, but if he or she does and says the mother/sisters lay blue eggs, then that is a good start.

Easter eggers aren't technically a breed because they are not bred to any standard, meaning they can be any color or shape. But in general they have pea combs, beards and muffs, green legs, and often lay blue or green eggs. And they've been around for a long, long time, far longer than Ameraucanas, the purebred version. And during that time they have largely retained the traits I named above.

So for your rooster, definitely ask the seller about egg color. And go for a bird of medium to medium/large size, with a pea comb, beard and muffs, and green legs.

Or you could breed the similar purebred Ameraucanas instead, but you won't get mixed colors like with Easter eggers, and Ameraucanas don't lay as well.

 

[MINDANAO DAVE]

Thanks so much

Do you mean the blue egg gene? It's difficult to know until the offspring start laying if an Easter egger rooster carries that gene but you can obviously tell if the hens you use do by the color of their eggs.

You could ask the folks you buy from if the rooster's mother and sisters lay blue eggs. The seller may not know, but if he or she does and says the mother/sisters lay blue eggs, then that is a good start.

Easter eggers aren't technically a breed because they are not bred to any standard, meaning they can be any color or shape. But in general they have pea combs, beards and muffs, green legs, and often lay blue or green eggs. And they've been around for a long, long time, far longer than Ameraucanas, the purebred version. And during that time they have largely retained the traits I named above.

So for your rooster, definitely ask the seller about egg color. And go for a bird of medium to medium/large size, with a pea comb, beard and muffs, and green legs.

Or you could breed the similar purebred Ameraucanas instead, but you won't get mixed colors like with Easter eggers, and Ameraucanas don't lay as well.

Thank You

 

[MINDANAO DAVE]

What are the Easter egger genes?
The rooster would carry on half the genes of his mother and half of his fathers
His offspring will carry on half of his.
Is he carrying on the Easter egger genes is like a trick question. EEs are not a breed and have no standard so there are no set EE genes.
By today's common definition an EE can be any color/pattern, lay any color eggs, any comb type, muffs tuffs and beards can be present or not. Any leg color, any skin color...... Get where this is going? By definition I think every or any chicken qualifies to be a EE.
Other words EE can pretty much carry or not carry any genes so back to the start.
What are the easter egger genes?

Thanks

 

[lazy gardener]

Your EE roo could carry 2 blue egg genes, or he could carry a brown and a blue. Does he have beard and muff? If so, IMO, he is more likely to carry at least 1 blue egg gene. My avatar EE roo, while smooth faced carried one blue, one brown egg gene. So, he produced: blue, aqua, olive, and brown egg layer pullets when crossed with my varied flock of females. His chicks had pea or walnut combs. I absolutely loved the genetic diversity he brought to my flock!

 

[MINDANAO DAVE]

I have not picked one out yet. I live in the PHILIPPINES and Easter Eggers are pretty easy here. The guy I am buying it from has quite a few chickens of different breeds. He seems like a pretty good guy. So being that it is being shipped sight unseen I should ask for a good size rooster with muffs and beards and pea comb or any of the three. I just lost 64 head of chickens over a month ago to New Disease and it only took 7 days to kill them all. That was a horrible week I tried everything and nothing worked. I did save a Easter Egger hen. I was just wanting to make sure I was getting a Easter Egger Rooster. Thanks so much

 

[MINDANAO DAVE]

I have not picked one out yet. I live in the PHILIPPINES and Easter Eggers are pretty easy here. The guy I am buying it from has quite a few chickens of different breeds. He seems like a pretty good guy. So being that it is being shipped sight unseen I should ask for a good size rooster with muffs and beards and pea comb or any of the three. I just lost 64 head of chickens over a month ago to New Disease and it only took 7 days to kill them all. That was a horrible week I tried everything and nothing worked. I did save a Easter Egger hen. I was just wanting to make sure I was getting a Easter Egger Rooster. Thanks so much

Expensive here

 

[lazy gardener]

If you have the opportunity, you might want to ask him not to send a white one, or one with a lot of white on it. I like the darker colors b/c they can then be used to produce sex linked chicks.