Her eggs are brown?

[WhiteMountainsRanch]

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THIS IS FALSE INFORMATION.

She is an Easter Egger (which hatcheries/ feedstores INCORRECTLY sell as Americanas).

Easter Eggers are mixed breed which CAN lay any color, but have a high propency of laying blue or green eggs.

If you want a breed that is ALMOST guaranteed to lay blue eggs you should look into true Ameraucanas OR Araucanas.

And I agree; she is a lovely EE.

 

[LizzyJo]

joskt0204
Those are nice dogs in the background.

 

[laura877]

What color are her legs? Mine that lay different colored eggs have green legs.

 

[debid]

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All of my EEs have the typical traits also (beards, green legs, pea combs) but I don't think that is any sort of guarantee. I don't know exactly how the genetics work other than that a hen laying green eggs has the blue AND brown egg traits so if you mate her with a roo that doesn't have the blue egg gene, you can get pullets that will lay brown eggs even though they have the rest of the typical traits.

 

[teach1rusl]

Like some of the other posters, I ended getting three EEs because of the likelihood of getting brown or pinkish eggs rather than green or blue. She certainly is a lovely pullet/hen though

For some reason, the majority of people and many hatcheries refer to their EEs as Ameraucanas...

 

[joskt0204]

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Sorry about your egg color. I would feel the same way, as I got 3 EE's specifically for the blue/green egg. On a brighter note...are those Aussie's in the background?

The blue merle is Sidda, my nine-year-old aussie. The black tri is a shelter dog, and we think English Shepherd, but who really knows?

 

[joskt0204]

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Her legs are a grayish green.

Co-op said she was an Ameraucana, but obviously that wasn't quite right.

 

[joskt0204]

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Her legs are a grayish green.

Co-op said she was an Ameraucana, but obviously that wasn't quite right. It's okay, of course. She's a good chicken either way. I was just hoping for something different than what the other two lay.

Thanks for the compliments on my dogs. They have done so well with the chickens, much better than I expected.

 

[LT]

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Sorry about your egg color. I would feel the same way, as I got 3 EE's specifically for the blue/green egg. On a brighter note...are those Aussie's in the background?

The blue merle is Sidda, my nine-year-old aussie. The black tri is a shelter dog, and we think English Shepherd, but who really knows?

We have a 2 1/2 year old blue merle named Grady. He loves his "peeps." Aussies are such wonderful dogs!

 

[Impress]

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Okay, that got me giggling.