Easter Egger club!

[katatonic123]

My little Tiger girl wants to go outside so badly. She hops out of the coop and steps in the snow, then runs back inside. She's waiting at the door every time I go out there but doesn't stay out but a minute. I'll be glad when all this junk melts away.

 

[MisfitMarie]

MY COOP IS FINISHED, HOORAY! At least, all of the major stuff is done. There are small projects here and there that I need to get to over the next few weeks.

Here are my six EE pullets and two true Ameraucana cockerels enjoying their new space:

 

[TommyDaDelaware]

Poor Rita got a hard molt? Her muffs are gone! And her beard.

Rooster Cogburn.

These are the babies that Mouse brooded. (Mouse is a wheaten Old English Game Bantam.) Thing One is in the front, Thing Two is the darker hen, Olaf Is the multicolored tail you can see, and Brandy is the White oreo looking bird.

Brandy photobombing. I am kinda curious to see what happens here.. He seems to be getting more silver. he started laced, then got barring, and then that overtaking of white happened on his coverts. Fascinating hodge podge of feathers!!

And Olaf... My beautiful beardless boy.. I wish that he was a hen so we could keep him. He's just drop dead beautiful, What would you call his color, if anything? I like to think calico. xD

 

[duluthralphie]

So many nice pictures of so many nice birds, so it's my turn to post a few again....( I just like pictures)....

 

[iamfivewire]

@TommyDaDelaware : your Olaf Roo looks a bit like a cockerel we re-homed last fall - he's not an EE tho, but a mix of Iowa Blue dad & a RSL mama .

 

[FoxholeFarm]

I'm so excited! I just started collecting eggs for my first hatch of EE/OE from my own flock! My EE roo has been VIGOROUSLY mounting the 4 ladies (2 EE, 1 Barnevelder, 1 RIR mix) and I'm just so excited to start the incubator. How long can I collect eggs before the earliest lose viability?

 

[vpatt]

I got chicks yesterday at the feed store. One is RIR and the other three they said are Araucana.....so I am figuring they are EE's. I wanted the experience of raising some without a broody. I already feel bad for them with no mom. And how will the flock act toward them with no mom to protect them. I will make a small pen for them to separate them from the flock when they are old enough to start going outside ...and I have no idea when that will be....they are a week old now. I just got them yesterday. I got a red light for them and I put in a piece of sod with wild grass and moss from our "yard"...lol. I am giving them a few scraps and will start ff in a day or two for them. Does this sound ok for them and do you all agree that they are probably EE's? I

More snow called for here in VA tonight and tomorrow.....I feel bad for the chickens.

 

[Peepers4Piper]

I'm loving all the pics! Got my newest additions just yesterday. Any guesses what my new EE will look like?

 

[jerryse]

Poor Rita got a hard molt? Her muffs are gone! And her beard.

Rooster Cogburn.

These are the babies that Mouse brooded. (Mouse is a wheaten Old English Game Bantam.) Thing One is in the front, Thing Two is the darker hen, Olaf Is the multicolored tail you can see, and Brandy is the White oreo looking bird.

Brandy photobombing. I am kinda curious to see what happens here.. He seems to be getting more silver. he started laced, then got barring, and then that overtaking of white happened on his coverts. Fascinating hodge podge of feathers!!

And Olaf... My beautiful beardless boy.. I wish that he was a hen so we could keep him. He's just drop dead beautiful, What would you call his color, if anything? I like to think calico. xD

He has silver and gold/red so he is golden as in golden duckwing .

 

[FVRM]

I'm so excited! I just started collecting eggs for my first hatch of EE/OE from my own flock! My EE roo has been VIGOROUSLY mounting the 4 ladies (2 EE, 1 Barnevelder, 1 RIR mix) and I'm just so excited to start the incubator. How long can I collect eggs before the earliest lose viability?

Usually 4 days until they start to lose fertility. but im sure by then you will have plenty. how many eggs do you plan to set?