My feed store EEs were white, and pretty shades of gray, but if Silver Ameraucanas are somewhat rare, I doubt that's what these are (why would he surrender them to a classroom?). He is planning on collecting the chicks though.
Today I peered at the eggs some more, and the color is not a striking blue, but more a greenish sort of color, so probably EE. I would still like to meet this guy and find out what all the breeds in there are, if he stops into school to see how things are going.
My hen necropsy came back today. The hen had some massive infection in the reproductive tract. She also had sinusitis, and they wanted to do a lung culture to make sure that wasn't something that would spread around the flock, so I should get results on that in a few days. They said she was kind of fat, too, although she used another term, like "overcultured". I haven't noticed any other sickness, although the other Speckled Sussex makes a weird honking noise that I don't remember before, but maybe I am just paranoid. They are active and laying up a storm.
My second sick hen is slowly gaining her appetite. Her stool sample came back free of parasites. She loves spinach, bananas, cheese, and bread. I am housing her in the coop, but separated by chicken wire. I put my cross-beak in with her for company. Cross-beak is enjoying lots of private time at the feeder. The sick Buff Chantecler spends more time on the roosts and in the nest box than I would like, but the separate run is tiny and barren, so she's probably bored. By the time she acts healthy, she'll probably be overcultured too! I'm hoping this is the end of disease for a while. I'm eager to get the flock all back together again.
