Easter Egger club!

[jhomestead]

I think we are going to name him Patriot.

 

[cabinchicky]

Just wait till Patriot is grown up and gets to scratching around with them big old feet. Amazes me how much my Fester can kick stuff back and cover any bird 3 ft behind him.

 

[JustCallMeMoe]

This is one of my EEs. We named her Cleopatra bc she has markings around her eyes like Egyptian eye liner.

 

[love laugh farm]

OMG HE'S GORGEOUS!!!

 

[jhomestead]

Thank you! He is so friendly too.

 

[FlyWheel]

I think we are going to name him Patriot.

"Patriot" is a real good name too (Even if not as indicative of which country he is patriotic to).

 

[DogCatChickMom]

Yes, I would say Roo for sure. He has 3 comb development. I can say that the Easter Egger roo I have is very docile. He's 8 weeks and when I'm sitting outside will climb up in my lap (circle like a dog) and make himself comfortable. Below you can see his comb development, splashy/inconsistent color patterns, pointy tail feathers, and some of the redder feathers starting to come in.

Just gorgeous! I'll have to rename mine I guess because right now the name is "Molly" lol I'm super curious as to how he will turn out. My favorite part about Easter Eggers is the differences in them all.

 

[tgerl]

Hi all, I apologize in advance if this question has been answered or common knowledge among Easter egger enthusiasts

I am new to EE's... I excitedly bought 4chicks last year at a sale.. Supposed to be 3 hens and roo.. Needless to say I got taken.. Uhem.. And ended up with 4 Roos... What I want to know is if I keep one of the roos( fluffy cheeks, normal comb and had green legs when young but not sure now)and breed to a regular brown layer will I get blue or green eggers or do I need to breed my EE roo to an EE hen?
Thanks for any info!

 

[junebuggena]

Hi all, I apologize in advance if this question has been answered or common knowledge among Easter egger enthusiasts

I am new to EE's... I excitedly bought 4chicks last year at a sale.. Supposed to be 3 hens and roo.. Needless to say I got taken.. Uhem.. And ended up with 4 Roos... What I want to know is if I keep one of the roos( fluffy cheeks, normal comb and had green legs when young but not sure now)and breed to a regular brown layer will I get blue or green eggers or do I need to breed my EE roo to an EE hen?
Thanks for any info!

Depending on the rooster's genes, you've got about a 50% to 100% chance of blue/green layers. Think of it this way, there are only two possibilities for egg shell color, white or blue. Brown eggs are white shelled eggs with a brown 'coating' applied. Green eggs have blue shells with the same brown coating. The blue shell gene is dominant over the white shell gene, so it only takes one copy for a hen to lay blue or green eggs. If the rooster is pure for the blue egg gene, then he will only produce blue or green layers, regardless of the hens genes. If the rooster only has one gene, then it's a 50/50 chance. The pea comb gene and the 'blue' egg gene are usually inherited together, so chicks with pea combs are much more likely to lay colored eggs, than chicks with a single comb.

 

[love laugh farm]

Depending on the rooster's genes, you've got about a 50% to 100% chance of blue/green layers. Think of it this way, there are only two possibilities for egg shell color, white or blue. Brown eggs are white shelled eggs with a brown 'coating' applied. Green eggs have blue shells with the same brown coating. The blue shell gene is dominant over the white shell gene, so it only takes one copy for a hen to lay blue or green eggs. If the rooster is pure for the blue egg gene, then he will only produce blue or green layers, regardless of the hens genes. If the rooster only has one gene, then it's a 50/50 chance. The pea comb gene and the 'blue' egg gene are usually inherited together, so chicks with pea combs are much more likely to lay colored eggs, than chicks with a single comb.

I thought that by breeding an EE with a brown egg laying hen it would make an Olive Egger? I'm still new at EE's as well, or is it only by breeding a pure bred blue egger to a brown egger?

LOVE learning how they all work!!!