high egg producing EEs.

[Huskers lover]

Hey everybody I wanted to ask a question about EEs. I was going to buy some EEs from cackle hatchery and thought maybe I could cross them with a good egg layer breed to maintain the egg color but get more eggs. I thought maybe rirs but they offspring may lay more brown eggs than green or blue. I also thought white leghorns but they may lay really light greens and blues. Also let me know your thoughts on breeding my own EEs. Like crossing a good blue egg layer like Whitney true blues or azure blues (which I think are just mostly blue laying EEs) with a rirs, barred rock, or possibly even a chochlet egger. Also would it be wrong to cross a blue egg laying chicken with a isa brown or red star or even a hy-line. I know the plumage could literally be anything but the egg laying traits might be passed on and they might be really healthy because having genes from as much as four breeds.

 

[Huskers lover]

ps what would be the best roo over hen combinations for these crosses.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I could be wrong but I think some of the “hybrid” Eggers hatcheries are selling now are exactly this—high production EEs. I’m thinking of Prairie Bluebell Eggers off the top of my head. Might be worth looking into those

 

[Huskers lover]

I have looked into those but a lot of times they have a specified egg color they are bred for like blue or green. I am hoping for a high producing chickens that lay multiple colors from dark green to light green, baby blue to powder blue, and sometimes pink. hatchery's do sell EEs like this but they tap out at 200 to 210 eggs a year I'm trying to get 300+ a year.