EE Roo x BR Hen ?

[sanchoman]

Anybody have this combination?

I recently had my ee roo with a few ee hens and br hens... there was also a RIR roo in the run and now that they've hatched I'm wondering if anyone else has had some of this hatch and grow?

Anybody have pictures?

 

[Celtic Hill]

I don't have any pictures but i did hatch out some and they were silver in color at hatch!!! I have some more due to hatch this weekend! I'll post pics when they do!

 

[ranchhand]

The pictures may or may not be buried in my files somewhere, it would take a week to find them!

But I had an gorgeous EE rooster over BR hens. They were sex linked. The pullets were black, the cockerals were barred. Didn't show up for a week or two. I was very pleased about it, and to this day I still don't understand genetics!

 

[sanchoman]

mine were silver also.

i'd be very interested to see how they turned out and if they're laying... what color.

 

[BarnGoddess01]

Good to know! I'm just about to set some eggs. I have EE roos and a BR hen. I was wondering how they might come out. (Although my BR hen is moulting a bit right now and not laying a lot of eggs. I'm HOPING she donates at least one egg to the brood!)

 

[speckledhen]

This hen and her sister were sired by an EE rooster over BR hen. She laid very pinkish eggs.

This is the sire, a McMurray EE:

 

[BarnGoddess01]

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That's a FABULOUS hen!!! Although your roo is much darker than mine. One of my EE roos is basically all white with a HUGE green/black tail. The other is mostly white with a black breast and even bigger green/black tail. I LOVE the idea of "pinkish" eggs too!!!!