MPC Super blue egg layer eggs

[LilChickens2]

Those feathers do look more blue/gray- on ours the feather is either white or black- any lighter gray look comes from a black feather layered under a bunch of white feathers.

Here's s better close up. Zoom in and you can see the feathers are definitely black.

 

[LilChickens2]

Those feathers do look more blue/gray- on ours the feather is either white or black- any lighter gray look comes from a black feather layered under a bunch of white feathers.

They might look gray from a distance because they are under white feathers and that would give the illusion of lightening them? However, and you may have to download to your computer, if you zoom in you can see that the black feathers are actually black, albeit underneath white, though black does stick out so you can see the edges. It looks like yours more has chunks of black where mine are flecks. Hope this helps!

 

[sasafras4u2]

Well I won't have any pictures to post as both of my chicks bad in the shell. The first one was super scissor beak the Yoke was completely absorbed but died trying to get out of his shell. Number 2 yolk completely absorbed nothing appeared to be wrong with it but never pipped internally so I guess the poor thing drowned. Both were a beautiful yellow color with pure white beaks I'm so sad

 

[Eggscoozme]

I have a 4 1/2 month old flock of SBEL from MPC. Two Roos & 2 Hens. At least one of the Roos is going bye bye. Aggressive!! Not sure if they other one will become aggressive once the dominant leaves. Time will tell. I was hoping to breed them, but .......I free range and the dominant one keeps attacking us - unprovoked. I'm not going to try and tame it. Life's too short to mess with that, for me anyhow. Oh, his comb and wattles are HUGE. The hens have pea combs. Who'd figure? I'm curious how my Whiting True Blue Rooster's temperament will be. Both breeds/hybrids are skittish. I love my Bielefelders and Silver Lace Orps. So calm and friendly!

 

[Shezadandy]

I have a 4 1/2 month old flock of SBEL from MPC. Two Roos & 2 Hens. At least one of the Roos is going bye bye. Aggressive!! Not sure if they other one will become aggressive once the dominant leaves. Time will tell. I was hoping to breed them, but .......I free range and the dominant one keeps attacking us - unprovoked. I'm not going to try and tame it. Life's too short to mess with that, for me anyhow. Oh, his comb and wattles are HUGE. The hens have pea combs. Who'd figure? I'm curious how my Whiting True Blue Rooster's temperament will be. Both breeds/hybrids are skittish. I love my Bielefelders and Silver Lace Orps. So calm and friendly!

If the roo in question has a straight comb, chances are supposed to be good it's not a blue carrier anyhow (somewhere above MPC gave the probabilities), so hopefully your non-dominant roo has a pea comb and keeps his attitude in check as the head dude. So far we've been fortunate with our roo, no aggression towards people and fine to handle when caught. However, one of our pullets is not the nicest bird to deal with. As a 2 week old she full out attacked my hand- head down, wings out -- of course it didn't hurt, it was a tiny little chick. But, the biting issue with her has continued, and she is now 3 months old and it's getting really old. And she's the only one. Named "Lucy"- short for Lucifer. Hoping a change in scenery and getting integrated with the main flock will change her focus. Not sure about your pullets but mine are very lightly built- if that translates to a good feed/egg ratio for the big blue eggs we're all looking forward to, great... but she wouldn't amount to much in the stew pot and that would be some pricey soup!! Sorry to hear one of your roos is an icky guy.

 

[dekel18042]

If the roo in question has a straight comb, chances are supposed to be good it's not a blue carrier anyhow (somewhere above MPC gave the probabilities), so hopefully your non-dominant roo .

If it is a first generation, it will.

 

[Shezadandy]

If it is a first generation, it will.

So sorry for the misunderstanding. The F1 cross that you are getting from eggs and chicks has a 1/32 chance of not carrying the blue egg gene. Typically this is discovered by a straight comb in F1s that are from Americauanas.

I was going off what MPC wrote- the F1 cross being sold has 1/32 chance of not carrying blue-- now, I don't know if the bird in question is from the AM's or not- but that's where I got the info from.

 

[Eggscoozme]

If the roo in question has a straight comb, chances are supposed to be good it's not a blue carrier anyhow (somewhere above MPC gave the probabilities), so hopefully your non-dominant roo has a pea comb and keeps his attitude in check as the head dude. So far we've been fortunate with our roo, no aggression towards people and fine to handle when caught. However, one of our pullets is not the nicest bird to deal with. As a 2 week old she full out attacked my hand- head down, wings out -- of course it didn't hurt, it was a tiny little chick. But, the biting issue with her has continued, and she is now 3 months old and it's getting really old. And she's the only one. Named "Lucy"- short for Lucifer. Hoping a change in scenery and getting integrated with the main flock will change her focus. Not sure about your pullets but mine are very lightly built- if that translates to a good feed/egg ratio for the big blue eggs we're all looking forward to, great... but she wouldn't amount to much in the stew pot and that would be some pricey soup!! Sorry to hear one of your roos is an icky guy.

My pullets are definitely not dual purpose either. My 2nd Roo also has the huge comb. No where on the MPC website does it mention their combs as far as I can tell. They are both going bye-bye. Hopefully my Whiting True Blue Roo will cover all my blue egg layer flock....he does have a pea comb. He looks similar in color/pattern as my SLO but with a black/gold streaked collar.

Not having much luck with Roos right now between the disappointment with the SBEL Roos, and just discovered my 4 mth old Bielefelder has scissor beak - not severe, but cannot breed him, so he's going bye bye. Oh Well.

Like your name "Lucy" for your pullet. I've not had an aggressive hen before, but have been keeping an eye on my RIR because of the stories I've head about them. She;s been fine so far. Hangs out with the Guineas at night - kinda funny looking on the roost - 10 gray guinea butts, and then an eye popping red hiney.

 

[Shezadandy]

My pullets are definitely not dual purpose either. My 2nd Roo also has the huge comb. No where on the MPC website does it mention their combs as far as I can tell. They are both going bye-bye. Hopefully my Whiting True Blue Roo will cover all my blue egg layer flock....he does have a pea comb. He looks similar in color/pattern as my SLO but with a black/gold streaked collar.

Not having much luck with Roos right now between the disappointment with the SBEL Roos, and just discovered my 4 mth old Bielefelder has scissor beak - not severe, but cannot breed him, so he's going bye bye. Oh Well.

Like your name "Lucy" for your pullet. I've not had an aggressive hen before, but have been keeping an eye on my RIR because of the stories I've head about them. She;s been fine so far. Hangs out with the Guineas at night - kinda funny looking on the roost - 10 gray guinea butts, and then an eye popping red hiney.

The info definitely isn’t on the MPC website. Alex from MPC chimed in earlier in the thread, posts # 49, 52 and 78. There are a couple other posts by him, but those are the ones that include info about combs, F1, F2 etc.

So sorry that neither worked out. The SBEL cockerel we got is, if anything, timid about approaching people. Both the SBEL and our ‘oops’ Welsummer cockerel stay 5-7 feet away and don’t approach the food until I’m out of the enclosure, which are things I worked on when they were much, much smaller (i.e. head hen deciding who eats when). But, they’re only 3 months old so we’re right around the hormone flood stage—all that could change. Sigh. If neither of those works out I know I’ve got at least one 1 month old hen-raised cockerel coming up. They’ll get a fair shake- separate accommodations if the terrible teen hormones make separating them necessary for the good of the girls until they mature, but any rotten attitude towards people- nope! I will think happy thoughts for your True Blue Roo! Maybe your RIR will be nice since she’s the only RIR and no one told her she’s supposed to be a terror. =) I’m hoping once there’s a good roo, he’ll keep the younger ones under control as opposed to a bunch of teenagers with no dad to tell them ‘stop or else’.

 

[Jujubara]

I am LOVING this chick! Yes, she's somewhat flighty, but she does jump on my lap. She is also very good at foraging! And the puffy belly feathers are so cute. I'm very happy thus far And super excited to see her egg in a few months.