New here and wonder what we have.

[tinychicky]

the first is an EE (easter egger) and the second is a dark cornish or cornish X

 

[Valerie Dawn]

Pamela is cute but Gertrude is beautiful!

I would love to have a chicken like her!

 

[ChickenWisperer]

Beautiful little girlies.

Yes, she is an EE (more appropirately, olive egger) and not a true Ameraucana.

The second is a coronish.

 

[babyrnlc]

Thank you. I have been researching Cornish and she looks just like one. My question is then, why is she laying so well? Everything I read says they lay one egg a week. She has layed every day but one.

Could she maybe be crossed with something that lays better, or did we just get really lucky?

 

[ChickenWisperer]

Is she from hatchery stock? That might explain it... (though I know little to nothing about coronish).

 

[babyrnlc]

I am not sure. My sil's father had them. He gave them to us. She has layed every day we have had her but one.

 

[mychookschick]

I don't think that it much matters.... They are pretty!

Make sure to show us some of the chicks that you hatch from the eggs! (Some of us are a bit obssessed!)

Oh, and

.... I hope you get as crazy as the rest of us! LOL JK

 

[Mrs. K]

One of my first hens were cornish cross too, she laid just fine for me and she went broody, was a fantastic mother! Breeds have tendencies, but each bird is their own deal!

 

[nwfl]

They are beautiful. I have a red cornish (my avitar) who has been a wonderful layer until last year. Not beautiful as yours. She is six now. I have had six layer flocks and she was one I kept through each winter. Few of my layers have been kept from soup pot but she is very special. She has been the dominant hen every year without any pecking- the other ladies move aside for her and she has her own roost - the queen? Odd. But your ladies are beautiful.

 

[Cowgirl71]

Pamela is an Easter Egger cross.

Gertrude is a Dark Cornish or Dark Cornish cross. I've never had any, but I've heard that Dark Cornish from hatcheries can make great layers, just as good as some laying breeds.

They're both VERY pretty!!!