Easter Egger club!

[ochochicas]

Quote: Works in theory if you can find a home for them. There is a guy in my neck of the woods that breeds sex links. He sells the cockerels to newbies as straight run australorps or some nonsense like that. All the buyers end up with 100% cockerels. Pretty unfair.

 

[kristaschics15]

Works in theory if you can find a home for them.  There is a guy in my neck of the woods that breeds sex links.  He sells the cockerels to newbies as straight run australorps or some nonsense like that.  All the buyers end up with 100% cockerels.  Pretty unfair.  

And this is what I fear in general as a newby! Saw someone selling gorgeous lavender Orpingtons straight run but didn't want a lot of roosters to find homes for so I didn't get anyone. Have a friend offering to hatch out show quality americaunas (sp??) for me but then again got the Roos to worry about. I bought these 5, sexed, from a feed store, hatchery quality at best, knowing I had a 10% chance for each bird they would be Roos. How do people that don't want to slaughter their Roos for themselves find homes for them?

 

[itstartedwith2]

I couldn't figure out why my daughter wanted 2 pb&j sandwiches for snack....... To share with our EEs of corse!

 

[jerryse]

Works in theory if you can find a home for them. There is a guy in my neck of the woods that breeds sex links. He sells the cockerels to newbies as straight run australorps or some nonsense like that. All the buyers end up with 100% cockerels. Pretty unfair.

In my case I butcher my own . Grew up with it . So not a problem . Hope to offer sexed pullets locally . I like home grown chicken so cockerels are not a problem here . I even butcher bantam cockerels . So heavy breed , light breed or bantam I eat them all .

 

[McKennA]

Pic of one of my EE's. Six weeks old today, I have two from MPC almost identical.

 

[redrooster99]

Update on my hencock? Haha the attitude has changed again acts very very pulletish. But have seen a few short roo dances. I think this one will lay though.

Sorry it's a roo.

 

[redrooster99]

Does anyone have cackle birds.

 

[jerryse]

If anyone is interested I have a auction for Crele EE auto sexing project eggs . https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/754060/the-new-crazy-24hr-auction-thread/10350#post_15354210

 

[ConPollos]

They are at the age where they are afraid of pretty much everything.  I put hay in the brooder yesterday and the chicks thought it was going to kill them!  LOL  Don't give up - keep playing with them.  Somewhere around 6 - 8 weeks they start to get friendlier.  I will usually pick mine up to play with them, put them down, and pick them right back up again.  The second time they are more relaxed and easier to catch.  They seem to figure out pretty quickly that they aren't going to be hurt or eaten. 

I'm a chicken newby, but I'm starting my third brooder full of chicks tomorrow, and so far I haven't tried to handle my chicks until they're about six weeks old when they automatically sidle up to me while perching on the side of the brooder. I sit by the brooder and they buddy up and let me pet and hold them by that age. Before that they're scared to death of me, so I think it's the age.

My 1st batch were six GCs, 2nd batch three BAs and three BPRs. Tomorrow I'll pick up my order of 13 EEs and six Ws. All from Cackle via local farm supply stores.

 

[ochochicas]

Good luck ConPollos! I think you'll find that the EE chicks have a totally different personality than the typical production breeds. Great observation that at 6 weeks they just sort of accept you all of a sudden. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that around 6 weeks is when a broody hen usually leaves her chicks. Their temperament changes a lot at that time.