Easter Egger club!

[hosspak]

This question may sound stupid, but I have five EE hens and i am only getting one green egg a day, if that. At one point I had four or five a day. Can their egg color change to brown or are they just terrible layers?

It's been my experience with EEs is that they do not have a "Normal" laying cycle. Mine have laid in the summer, winter, spring, and fall. They will lay for a few weeks, then nothing. Some lay everyday and some every other day. EEs are not the choice for egg production, only for pretty birds and eggs... There may be strange instances where a hen's egg color may change as there are instances when a hen can and will change its sex to a male. But, somewhat normally will stay close to the same color.

 

[mymilliefleur]

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Yea, mine aren't the best layers ether. That's one of the things I breed for though. I have a couple that beat my sex link hens in production.

 

[hosspak]

Yea, mine aren't the best layers ether. That's one of the things I breed for though. I have a couple that beat my sex link hens in production.

That would be amazing... My Golden Comet is my best layer and they're always the biggest eggs...

 

[Angie16hearts]

Having blue and white in one basket will be like spring every day

And pink

the bloom on one of my RIR is pink

 

[kenzier093]

What color chicks would I get if I hatch eggs out from my red sex links hens with this EE rooster? Could some have beards?

 

[AmyLynn2374]

What color chicks would I get if I hatch eggs out from my red sex links hens with this EE rooster? Could some have beards?

He's a nice looking rooster.

 

[draye]

It's been my experience with EEs is that they do not have a "Normal" laying cycle. Mine have laid in the summer, winter, spring, and fall. They will lay for a few weeks, then nothing. Some lay everyday and some every other day. EEs are not the choice for egg production, only for pretty birds and eggs... There may be strange instances where a hen's egg color may change as there are instances when a hen can and will change its sex to a male. But, somewhat normally will stay close to the same color.

From my years of experience with EE's they are excellent layers they have in fact been my best layers and most consistent layers.
Yes right now they are down in their production. I am not running lights (as many) this year. I do have to run a little to keep the wild critters away. They (the hens) are also molting. The youngest are at least 1 year old and as old as four.

I have no grips with the EE's.

 

[mymilliefleur]

From my years of experience with EE's they are excellent layers they have in fact been my best layers and most consistent layers.
Yes right now they are down in their production. I am not running lights (as many) this year. I do have to run a little to keep the wild critters away. They (the hens) are also molting. The youngest are at least 1 year old and as old as four.

I have no grips with the EE's.

The ones I got from the hatchery aren't the best layers, (3-4 eggs a week) while my yearlings I hatched last year have layed really well (6+ eggs a week, while starting to molt) I can't wait to see what my girls from this year will do.

 

[draye]

Mine averaged about every other day layers with some everyday and some every 2 days, but averaged at least 1/2 of them everyday when they were regular. With regular every day of 14 or more hours of light.
Mine are hatchery EE's. mostly Cackle but some from other hatcheries that I bought from other folks or auctions.

 

[jerryse]

Kenzier093 I will try to give you a idea of what you could get from that cross . Beards are a dominant trait so you will get all beards if your rooster has 2 copies of the gene . Only 50% beards if he has 1 copy . Your rooster is a splash as stated in previous posts . So he will produce blue in his chick's black areas . Your sex link hens are white in the normally black areas due to 1 copy of dominant white . So 50% of the chicks will inherit 1 copy of dominant white gene and be white in those black areas . The other 50% will be blue in the normally black areas . Red is sex linked so all males will have a lot of red from their mother and white or blue in the black areas . The hens will inherit the normal brown EE hen color from the rooster and be white or blue in the black areas . You should look up the chicken calculator online . I think you would enjoy using it for possible crosses .