EE X non EE= 1/2 EE babies??

[Megs]

that buff hasnt had a tail since i got her in april (i got most of the hens there in april from a lady disbanding her flock) so i dont know, might be some sort of a rumpless X or the others peck it out constantly? i dont see them picking on each other but i dont spend nearly as much time with them as my bantams

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

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These are EEs, not Ameracaunas.

It depends on if the females lay the green eggs. You say they do....why not just do the cross and find out?

It looks like you have a severe picking problem.

 

[Megs]

yes i was fairly certain the hens were EE and no true amauracanas as i was told, but i just got them for eggs so i dont care either way.

the birds have pretty much looked that way since i got them in april, and they were free ranging a 1/2 acre feild!! they had a decent sized hen house (10X10 maybe) and there were 40 birds (no roo) but were still missing lots of feathers.

i got them in april and re-homed some as there were to many and i didnt want all the breeds, i think i ended up down to 26 or so. I have a 8X13 henhouse with an attatched run that is approx 300 sq ft (odd shape) and i free range them (many acres to roam) when i can (many flying predators which is why the majority of the time they are in their fully enclosed run) so generally 1-2 days a week. i have now gotten down to 18 total, which i think is a more managable # for the space, even though the reccomended min is 10sf/bird (which would be 30 in that space, close to what i had).

they are also molting right now (the roo is molting pretty bad, should start to grown back in soon).

i will be corssing them and finding out, i just dont want to mislead anyone buying chicks from this cross telling them the resulting pullets/hens will lay green eggs if there is a big chance some will inheret the brown egg laying traits of the australorp dad.

 

[chickenlady81]

OK so ...If you have a EE hen that lays blue/green eyes and it was crossed with a Brown egg layer roo...what would the chicks be? Half would lay green eggs half would lay brown???

If you have a EE that doesnt lay blue/green eyes than i dont believe its a EE it would then be just a brown layer mix right???

 

[chickenlady81]

I got about 6 or so green eggs that im planning on putting in my bator im going to try a little experiment and raise a few chicks and see the percentage. If all hens lay green eggs or if there will be some brown egg layers in the mix. Will be interesting to see.

 

[Goose and Fig]

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That sums up the question pretty well. But what about this- would it be better to use a white egg layer or brown egg layer as the non-EE? Does it matter?

And is it better to use an EE roo over non-EE hens, or vice versa?

 

[jossanne]

I had two hens who were EE x australorp. Both hens were solid black. One had a good pea comb, and the other had a modified pea comb. The first laid lovely, olive eggs, and the other laid brown. Their two brothers were black with gold hackle and saddle feathers. One had a beard and one didn't, and both had modified pea combs.

So it looks to me like a 50% chance of olive eggs is pretty likely. Judging by my two chickens

. Both hens were large, as were the two roosters, and the roosters were calm and never attacked anyone.

I don't have a pic of the hens, and I don't have the hens anymore, but here is a pic of the bearded roo.

 

[Krys109uk]

If your EE hens lay green eggs then they each carry at least one blue egg gene (dominant).

If the EE hen carries carry one blue egg gene, in the region of 50% of her female offspring will lay green eggs; if the EE hen has two blue egg genes, all her female offsping will lay green eggs.

The hen laying the blue/green egg, has a pea comb then most often the blue egg gene & the pea comb will be inherited together.

 

[Goose and Fig]

OK- thanks Krys!

Don't know if anyone remembers the post- but I have a LF splash cochin roo with a pea comb. I wanted to breed him to my black EE. Would that increase the odds of colored egg layers?

Don't mean to hijack the thread- really, for any of us- would using a pea combed non-EE increase the odds?

 

[Krys109uk]

Don't mean to hijack the thread- really, for any of us- would using a pea combed non-EE increase the odds?

No, not at all. Really it would muddy that waters because, at present, there's a good chance of the blue egg gene being associated with the pea comb from the EEs. If you add a non blue egg pea comb bird into the mix then there would be no significance to the pea comb. If that makes sense.​