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Oh, really?
I'm a relative newbie to chicken raisin' (just 2 years), but my green legged EE roo had his way with my barred rock hen, and the result was one EE with solid black coloring and one EE that is almost solid black, but has some silver highlights to her. Both of these gals lay the same light brown colored egg as their mother.
In a second hatching later, the two had a boy -- and he looks mostly like his barred rock mother.
Let me rephrase:
Rare to find a purely black EE that is not crossed with production breeds at most 2 generations back. This bird is solid black, yours are part duckwing and have a production layer parent. I'm talking Easter Eggers that are true to the general hatchery-type. (like your EE roo you started with)
Oh, really?
I'm a relative newbie to chicken raisin' (just 2 years), but my green legged EE roo had his way with my barred rock hen, and the result was one EE with solid black coloring and one EE that is almost solid black, but has some silver highlights to her. Both of these gals lay the same light brown colored egg as their mother.
In a second hatching later, the two had a boy -- and he looks mostly like his barred rock mother.
Let me rephrase:
Rare to find a purely black EE that is not crossed with production breeds at most 2 generations back. This bird is solid black, yours are part duckwing and have a production layer parent. I'm talking Easter Eggers that are true to the general hatchery-type. (like your EE roo you started with)
