Easter Egger club!

[jenna2015]

I have 2 Easter eggers and getting more next spring there names are Nelly and Sidney we name them after a family dog and old nelly Sorry my picture wouldn't post

 

[tinkerfairy]

I have to share my joy

after a month of waiting I finally got 4 day old EE pullets, of course I may have to go back for more before they're sold out

, each one is so different in color, 2 chipmunk pattern but one is very yellow compared to the other, one is red and brown, one is black with 2 faint white stripes and a yellow face, all have very fluffy cheeks and fluffy bodies, they're so adorable. Of course they were being sold as aracaunas, but they have green legs and look like EEs to me. I really may have to go back and add a few more girls, I'm really looking forward to watching them grow and feather. Since I have a smaller flock and my other regular size chicks are a lot older, I think I'll let them live with my 7 silkies, once they're old enough right now the silkies are actually bigger than the EEs.

 

[kloverdarling]

Seed

Finally got a non blurry picture of this little girl.

 

[itstartedwith2]

Seed

Finally got a non blurry picture of this little girl.

She is beautiful

 

[itstartedwith2]

Congrats tinkerfairy!!!!!! So happy to hear you finally got your girls can't wait for pictures they sound beautiful and a great variety if color

 

[itstartedwith2]

I have 2 Easter eggers and getting more next spring there names are Nelly and Sidney we name them after a family dog and old nelly Sorry my picture wouldn't post

Welcome to the EE thread I love your girls's names

 

[birdman55]

QUESTION....so i would like to develop my own type of ee....is it easy to breed out a color...i like the ones im getting right now...and would like to get rid of the brown ee birds...to make a lighter colored ee....is this possible...or will they always thro the different colors....i also am getting solid blue ee.....and i have no blue eeers.....where did that come from....same thing with the silver laced...i dont have any...and then now after incubating i have both...any thoughts

 

[ochochicas]

QUESTION....so i would like to develop my own type of ee....is it easy to breed out a color...i like the ones im getting right now...and would like to get rid of the brown ee birds...to make a lighter colored ee....is this possible...or will they always thro the different colors....i also am getting solid blue ee.....and i have no blue eeers.....where did that come from....same thing with the silver laced...i dont have any...and then now after incubating i have both...any thoughts

It wouldn't hurt to try. I'm not sure how long it would take to get a pure color. I hatched out 8 chicks from a blue hen and a blue wheaten rooster. I got one wheaten rooster, two brown pullets, two blue pullets, and the rest were crazy sliver colors. Not really sure what the genotype is underneath their exterior colors.

 

[HerbGir1972]

How are folks making these pink eggs, what must be mixd.

 

[itstartedwith2]

How are folks making these pink eggs, what must be mixd.

I'm just getting into breeding EEs and I think for the pink you need to have a light brown egg layer with your EE, that wouldn't give you 100% on pink eggs though because you will still have a few that could lay blue eggs. I could be wrong on this so if anyone else knows please chime in.