Easter Egger club!

[love laugh farm]

I had told them from when we first got them that it was a BO and a very meaty bird so don't get attached, Maybe his A.D.H.D will help him get focused on another chick. I just may take him to the feed store and offer a trade for a brand new baby he can pick out and everything :/ sometimes the hyperness can be used for the better, lol

 

[poppycock1974]

Do Easter Eggars lay brown eggs? I got three eggs the same color as the one on the far left then the last two eggs I got from her are brown. What gives?

 

[Gryphon]

I had told them from when we first got them that it was a BO and a very meaty bird so don't get attached,

Hope isn't completely lost for its case even if it is a cornish cross. Part of the reason they die so quickly is that they're fed up to their limit to make them grow as fast as possible. If you're not packing pounds onto it, (which puts strain on the heart and bones) then it may actually live a few years.

Do Easter Eggars lay brown eggs? I got three eggs the same color as the one on the far left then the last two eggs I got from her are brown. What gives?

While the blue egg gene is dominant, it CAN be lost when crossed out enough times. I have one EE that has all the classic phenotypes of an EE (pea comb, muff/beard, "wild" type coloration, greenish legs) she lays cream colored eggs.

 

[love laugh farm]

Do Easter Eggars lay brown eggs? I got three eggs the same color as the one on the far left then the last two eggs I got from her are brown. What gives?

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/688779/easter-egger-question-of-egg-color

The thread above cleared it up pretty well for me! Check that one out too!

 

[love laugh farm]

Hope isn't completely lost for its case even if it is a cornish cross. Part of the reason they die so quickly is that they're fed up to their limit to make them grow as fast as possible. If you're not packing pounds onto it, (which puts strain on the heart and bones) then it may actually live a few years.

.. So basically diet and exercise will help? XD that's awesome! I did want to cull her.. but she's so friggin awesome and they seem to be sooooooooooooooooo attached!

 

[Chkinkeeper7474]

Yep! My EE lays a light brown egg!

 

[poppycock1974]

Yep! My EE lays a light brown egg!

These girls are so weird. We went from blue green eggs Sunday and Monday to brown Wednesday and today. Silly bird

 

[Sylvester017]

Do Easter Eggars lay brown eggs? I got three eggs the same color as the one on the far left then the last two eggs I got from her are brown. What gives?

If you are certain the eggs are all from the same EE my thought is that before being layed the egg moved slower in the brown pigment chamber to absorb more of the brown pigment that covered the original greenish-blue shell. Are the brown eggs showing the greenish-blue color inside the shell to be certain they are from your EE?

 

[junebuggena]

.. So basically diet and exercise will help? XD that's awesome! I did want to cull her.. but she's so friggin awesome and they seem to be sooooooooooooooooo attached!

Buff Orpingtons are wonderful birds that are great layers and docile pets, not exactly the best meat birds though. Cornish Cross are a completely different thing. Tuff is definitely a Cornish Cross. They must be kept on a strictly regulated diet for life, and exercise is a must. Start limiting Tuff's access to feed to just having access to it during the day. And keep it as far from the water and the heat source as possible. The idea is to make her move as much as possible to meet her needs. At 6 weeks, limit her to just 2 feedings a day, in the morning and evening. And get them out on grass as early as possible to encourage foraging.

 

[poppycock1974]

If you are certain the eggs are all from the same EE my thought is that before being layed the egg moved slower in the brown pigment chamber to absorb more of the brown pigment that covered the original greenish-blue shell.  Are the brown eggs showing the greenish-blue color inside the shell to be certain they are from your EE?

I only have one pullet laying and it my EE. I've been watching the video monitor when I hear her talking and I go out when she gets out of the nest box to collect. The other pullet is a Buff Orp and she's not laying just yet. I haven't cracked them yet but I'll check