Easter Egger club!

[insanity]

gorgeous

 

[MEMama3]

Beautiful!

 

[jerryse]

Just 5 days short of 20wks old one of my EE's lays her first egg!!! Now I've just gotta figure out which girl did it lol
Ain't it purdy?

Very nice ! Check the vent {exit ramp} size. The laying pullet will now be stretched larger.

 

[insanity]

I just set eggs for the New Years hatchalong. I have 2 OE and 3 EE. The roo is a blue splash bantam so the results should be interesting.

 

[Nonyah Biz]

hahaha you too i have a banty cochin roo and EE hens lol cant wait when tey hatch i will post pics ......

I just set eggs for the New Years hatchalong. I have 2 OE and 3 EE. The roo is a blue splash bantam so the results should be interesting.

 

[iwanaplae2]

Just 5 days short of 20wks old one of my EE's lays her first egg!!! Now I've just gotta figure out which girl did it lol
Ain't it purdy?

Ok so she laid the one egg. And now nothing for a couple days...? I'm thinking it's the cold. We added light to the coop about a month ago so it's not that. However, watching all my girls behavior, it's looking like we should start getting eggs from everyone soon. They are ALL doing the "sqwat" when I reach for them When they do, I give them a little scratch at the base of their tails and say oh good girl...lol
On a side note, here in the willamette valley, we've had freezing temps for about two wks. Yesterday we finally got above freezing, and suddenly the girls were showing signs of what I call cold fatigue. So we rounded them up into the coop, locked them in, gave them some warm leftovers, and warm water to drink. After about an hour they seemed to perk back up. We are all SO ready for the freeze to be over!!!

 

[insanity]

Young pullets will false start some times. Lay one wait a few days or a week lay again then 1 or 2 eggs and another break. It can take them a few weeks to get "regular." Patience is needed with pullets. My 5/6 month old wellsummer pullet.( my only dark egg layer) gives an egg here or there but has yet to get on a regular schedule.

 

[Sarapc]

I am fairly new to this site and chickens so I apologize if this question has already been answered but I was wondering if you have a male and a female with similar coloring, will all their chicks have their coloring or can each chick have different coloring? I have read that easter eggers come in all different colors and was wondering if one hen can have chicks with different coloring.

 

[insanity]

I am fairly new to this site and chickens so I apologize if this question has already been answered but I was wondering if you have a male and a female with similar coloring, will all their chicks have their coloring or can each chick have different coloring? I have read that easter eggers come in all different colors and was wondering if one hen can have chicks with different coloring.

EE chicks that are siblings can be any color. Unfortunately there really is no auto sexing most EE lines. This spring I hatched 12 EE from a friend, 2 black(1 roo,1 pullet)1 white(roo) and 9 shades of brown(5 roo,4 pullets).Her flock is 1 roo over 3 hens so at least some were full siblings.

 

[MEMama3]

I am fairly new to this site and chickens so I apologize if this question has already been answered but I was wondering if you have a male and a female with similar coloring, will all their chicks have their coloring or can each chick have different coloring? I have read that easter eggers come in all different colors and was wondering if one hen can have chicks with different coloring.

Generally they will be similarly colored, but recessive genes can always switch things up.