EEs not a breed!

[Mahonri]

Both of my EEs have slate legs and lay brown eggs.

Bummer.

 

[Anne]

Out of curiosity, what comb types do your brown-egg-laying EE's have?

 

[Blisschick]

Mine have pea combs.

 

[miss_jayne]

i have a crew of EE mutts...they are a riot, gorgeous and lay very well.

my my EE cockerel, Huck-A-Buck was the UGLIEST baby and teenager, but a handsome devil now!

his tail feathers and colors are even prettier than in this photo, now. he gets prettier and prettier, but he doesn't like me to talk about it in front of the ladies....

 

[Their Other Mother]

So are the rules kind of like the Paint horse association? A horse that could be registered by either the Quarter Horse Association or Thoroughbred with excessive white is acceptable? Any other breed with excessive white is a pinto? EE's are so confusing to me! Do they have some evil silky blood in them too?

 

[cajunlizz]

yes , I would like to know what makes them called EE's ?

DEFINE AN EE .... I have a few that DH brought home and said they were EE's . I SAID OK ....

they all have muff's and lil beards ...... BUT , why do some and not other's ?


What age do they start laying ? Do they lay really small eggs when they 1st. start laying ?

I had 2 large ( EE'S ) and neither laid in 5 months of being with us , so we took for granted they may had been to old to lay ? So , we sold them at auction ....

PLEASE CLUE ME IN .....

 

[seriousbill]

An EE is a bird that usually has a beard and muff, green or willow legs, a pea comb, and lays green eggs. But that is by no means set in stone. Basically, they are hatchery mutts, and they come with pea, bubble gum, or single combs, with green, yellow or slate legs, and they lay blue, green or pink eggs.

The reason they are called Easter Eggers is because they often produce eggs of various colors. They also boast an incredible range of plumage patterns. For many, that is part of their charm; there is no "variety" of chicken that is so variable. But they are nowhere close to breeding true; and so, as Anne rightly points out, they're not a breed, nor will they be for some time.

They are good, solid layers, usually, and they tend to be hardy. Onset of lay and other traits are too variable to pin down. Folks around here (rural Ohio) keep a lot of them, along with RIRs, as this makes a nice mix of eggs in the basket.

 

[Mahonri]

Quote:
Pea combs.