Easter Egger club!

[LittleRedCoop53]

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I thought so too...but then i was told it's a fizzled silkie . what i was hoping to get was a feathered silkie looking one( a sizzle?)....soft feathered i think it is called...anyway i don't think i have the right combo.... ? it still is going to be interesting to see what happens with these eggs ~

 

[tnmommy]

I visited my girls in the hoop coop at roosting time and it was awesome to have one of the more standoffish pullets enjoy being petted. I don't think she would have enjoyed it had she not been sleepy. Meanwhile, my favorite apparently thought my reason for the visit was to provide a better roost. As in, on top of my head. Not amused.

 

[duluthralphie]

This is a new one to me:

I gave a guy his eggs today and I opened the cartons as always (first time this guy got eggs from me). They were a nice bunch of eggs, one carton was all blue, green. olive eggs and one white one. The guy looks at me in all seriousness and says " Why do you dye your eggs?"


I wonder if the guy will ever buy another dozen eggs from me.....




sorry I meant to post this in another thread, but it applies here too I guess...

 

[tmrutter3]

Thank you all. I bought two hens a couple of months ago. The lady told me they were Ameracaunas(sp?). From reading I thought they were EEs. One is kind of a partridge color with a beard and bit of a muff and lays an olive egg. The other is a very pretty girl but looks nothing like any of the Ameracaunas or EEs. She lays a light brown egg and sometimes it has very tiny pale lavender splotches.....I am sure most people would not even notice the spots. She lays an egg about every other day. The olive egger was laying an egg almost every day until she went broody. She hatched out three eggs (not hers) on Sunday. They are CUTE.

I am interested in getting a couple more for either a blue or green egg. I have one cuckoo marans and hope to get a darker egg than the ones I get now.

I have a barnyard mix(not an EE) that lays cream colored eggs that sometimes have lavender speckles. Aren't they just lovely! I just hatched some of her eggs that are fathered by an EE roo, I can't wait to see what the girls lay.

 

[jerryse]

Okay...i think i finally get it...silkie feathering is recessive...frizzle feathering is dominant. Wait...no i guess i don't... how would i get a sizzle? Darn i thought i understood the combination...???

silkie feathering is recessive . Not sure on frizzle . A sizzle is silkie feathered and frizzled .

 

[LittleRedCoop53]

This is a new one to me:

I gave a guy his eggs today and I opened the cartons as always (first time this guy got eggs from me). They were a nice bunch of eggs, one carton was all blue, green. olive eggs and one white one. The guy looks at me in all seriousness and says " Why do you dye your eggs?"


I wonder if the guy will ever buy another dozen eggs from me.....




sorry I meant to post this in another thread, but it applies here too I guess...

Hahaha...i love it...what was your response when he said that?

(perfect icon)

 

[LittleRedCoop53]

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Hahaha

this is me at this point .... hahahaha

 

[duluthralphie]

Hahaha...i love it...what was your response when he said that?

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I patiently explained to him chickens lay different color eggs. I told him it has to do with the genetics and people actually breed chickens just for the egg color...


My wife says he did not believe me. She said when he left he was still not believing us.

I think he was thinking he did not just fall off the turnip truck.

 

[LittleRedCoop53]

Quote: I love it....wait until he cracks one of the blue ones open...he's going to be thinking you use some very strong dye... thanks for the laugh... good way to start the day

 

[mymilliefleur]

HaHa! Good post Duluthralphie!