Help me pick the prettiest roo (Easter Egger)

[savingdogs]

Thank you Illia. I was wondering what would happen if they were crossed with my others? I understand Easter Eggers are mutts, but I wanted to still be able to have interesting colored eggs, not just brown. Everyone else lays brown or off white.
I was curious what would happen when crossed with the speckled sussex especially, and my russian orloffs. Both lay an off-white egg however and don't really want more laying such a boring color. But they might be pretty chickens.

So far the two males get along really well, and I do have a separate pen, but both of these chickens fly really well. I have clipped the wings of my EE hens and they still can fly almost as well, but they can't get away from the STUPID STRAY DOG that wants to have my chickens for dinner, so I have had to leave their wings intact because of HIM.

So it would be better for me to decide whom to keep, I think. If not all the eggs are fertile that is okay. I did have a third roo but he disappeared day before yesterday. I was hoping he would show up this morning but he didn't. I think the dog got him.

He was very shy and hesitant, he probably hesitated too long to run from the dog.

 

[Illia]

Egg color, ya never know with EE males unless you knew their parents or that they have a single comb.

You've got a 50/50 chance, really, of brown vs green egg layers if you cross him with a brown egg layer, and a 100% chance of slightly pale green or blue eggs if you cross him with a white egg layer. I'd do it! Some green x brown layer crosses can get you some fascinating golden-green eggs. Brown, too, but there's that good 50% chance for a shade of green.


Crossing the Speckled Sussex makes red chickens with hints of blue/gray on them, they'll lay a green egg, it will be on the pale side, kind of a khaki color. I'd choose to cross with the brownest layers, that way you get rich colors. That or white layers - Then you get a sort of "replica" of what the day would lay if he were a hen, except, a tad lighter.

 

[savingdogs]

Thank you again Illia, I believe you helped me before when I was researching the sex of these guys, you are a very helpful member of BYC.

After hearing what you had to say, I think mixing them with the speckled sussex would be a VERY good idea! I'm glad because Scratch thinks the four sussex hens are "his" so he would agree with that assessment as well.

 

[Mommy 2 Wee Ones]

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