Easter Egger club!

[MacTech]

This latest batch of chicks seems to be growing much faster than last years, Chiana developed slowly, these chicks seem to be on a much faster track

Some more pics, just fooling around down cellar...



Don't worry, Cooper is very trustworthy around chickens, he was just in a staring contest with them...... They won!

More in the next post

 

[MacTech]

Here you can see what will probably be a very nice ruff/beard

 

[mymilliefleur]

I friend of ours recently purchased some Legbar chicks from Greenfire farms! He said he would either give me some hatching eggs, or chicks next year, so I may be adding some Legbars to my flock soon!

 

[duluthralphie]

8 of my 9 new EE's...


The all have Ole's eyes he is going to paying some major chick support!

The one has a piece of egg stuck to its head from where the membrane heat shrunk on it. We are calling her Princess Diana because she came back from the dead and looks stylish and royal wearing the eggs shell as an Easter bonnet...

 

[vpatt]

8 of my 9 new EE's... The all have Ole's eyes he is going to paying some major chick support! The one has a piece of egg stuck to its head from where the membrane heat shrunk on it. We are calling her Princess Diana because she came back from the dead and looks stylish and royal wearing the eggs shell as an Easter bonnet...

So cute!

 

[ochochicas]

Quote: I agree. It has more to do with breeding and feed than environmental conditions. I have had some chicks that were just slow to grow at the start, but by the time they were 4 or 5 months old they had caught up to everyone else. This winter I had a broody raising chicks outside with temps in the teens. The chicks did seem small at first as they walked over the frozen ground looking for food. They were with their mom until they were about 7 weeks old. Now they are 4 months and have been living solo for the last 2 months. They are already as big as the 5 month old chicks I have that were raised in the house. They sleep in the outdoor run by themselves and don't seem to have any problems with the weather.

 

[dfalchek]

When researching, I didn't find EE's very attractive from pictures. But now that I have my flock, she is my favorite.I find her very exotic, with lovely plumage, and what looks like a telescopic neck that seems to stretch up from nowhere to see what is going on. She's also very nervous and different looking from my American and English breeds. Sadly, when we picked the hens up from the large hatchery between 16- and 10-months old. The EE already had a picked bald spot on her saddle. The buff and lavender orp and especially the SL Wyandotte continued to peck at her even in their new surroundings. When the four are doing something, the EE is always excluded. (The oldest, a Barred Rock, which I heard can be bullies, is actually not bothering her. I heard Orpingtons were the gentle "Golden Retrievers" of the chicken world. So much for that.) I have since learned that EEs are VERY timid, usually end up at the bottom of any pecking order. So we've been treating our EE, Cadbury, with Blu-Kote , and now Rooster Booster Pick no More, trying to control the taunting. It's been two weeks, and I'm hopeful that as the hens get older and the pecking order is settled, they will stock pecking at the EE. Next flock, I will get two EEs and probably avoid SLWs. Thanks for hearing me out!

 

[vpatt]

When researching, I didn't find EE's very attractive from pictures. But now that I have my flock, she is my favorite.I find her very exotic, with lovely plumage, and what looks like a telescopic neck that seems to stretch up from nowhere to see what is going on. She's also very nervous and  different looking from my American and English breeds. Sadly, when we picked the hens up from the large hatchery between 16- and 10-months old. The EE already had a picked bald spot on her saddle. The buff and lavender orp and especially the SL Wyandotte continued to peck at her even in their new surroundings. When the four are doing something, the EE is always excluded.  (The oldest, a Barred Rock, which I heard can be bullies, is actually not bothering her. I heard Orpingtons were the gentle "Golden Retrievers" of the chicken world. So much for that.)   I have since learned that EEs are VERY timid, usually end up at the bottom of any pecking order.  So we've been treating our EE, Cadbury, with Blu-Kote , and now Rooster Booster Pick no More, trying to control the taunting. It's been two weeks, and I'm hopeful that as the hens get older and the pecking order is settled, they will stock pecking at the EE. Next flock, I will get two EEs and probably avoid SLWs. Thanks for hearing me out! 

Everyone is afraid of my OE hen, Olivia, including me....lol. she is not to be crossed.

 

[KWSRetMSgt]

Casper

Here's my new EE chick. Name ideas?

 

[JenandDave]

Our two Easter Egger babies! Laverne and Shirly!

Shirley

Laverne