***OKIES in the BYC III ***

[clfromok]

oh I just realized EE are Easter aggregate. What is the difference in pullets & EE?

 

[Carebearsmiles]

Hello and happy new year okies!
I was born & raised in Kansas but both my folks were okies. (Mom is still a feisty 79 yr. old)
Ive lived all over from the pacific northwest to down in Georgia & many places in between- It has to be the people...It feels so good to be home! God bless you!
My father passed away in January 2012 & left a small piece of land & 9 chickens. I moved my family(husband & 17 year old) to ok to live at the old farmstead. We are working hard cleaning up the property, selling, scrapping & fixing SO MANY things in & around the house! Meanwhile I have lost a few & aquired several new hens. I never thought I would LOVE Chickens so much!! They are my new children & babies! I almost got into a fight with a distant neighbor when her dog kept killing( 3 in all) my dad's (original hens) old girls over the couple of weeks after we got here. I love the old girls (hens) & feel sad everytime one has passed away. Down to three now(I know they're pretty old)they stopped laying when the summer heat was unbelievable, & never started again. but they were faithful wonderful critters & have earned the right to live out the rest of their lives in their home.
I have learned so much since beginning but have so many more questions! Starting with what kind of birds did I get when I bartered for our bales of hay? I know I have a few barred rocks & Leghorns & the old girls were Plymouth's. The new ones (hubby calls them generation x) are probably mutts but curious what people think they could be mixed from. I will see if I can figure out how to post the pics and look forward to hearing from people like me who are crazy about their chickens.
Thanks in advance for the help & advice! God bless you, your families & your critters!

Welcome from tahlequah!
I'm a newbie bird owner also. I have just fallen in love with my birds.
I'm sure ill be overrun by next year.

 

[RonnieAtkeson]

oh I just realized EE are Easter aggregate. What is the difference in pullets & EE?

an Easter egger or ee lays naturally colored eggs green being the most common with pink and blue on occasion. Pullets are young hens of any breed and cockerals are young roosters. NN is a naked neck chicken. You either love or hate them.

 

[Kassaundra]

I don't know what EE & NN are. I'm really new! Help me out! Lol

Sorry EE is easter egger, a colored egg layer (blue or green generally) usually w/ beard and muffs on face and neck, not a true breed so comes in almost any color or pattern you can imagine. (the custom made ones anyway, the regular hatchery type ee are generally some form of wild type color and pattern)

NN is naked neck, and that kinda speaks for itself they are featherless on all or part of the neck, they can be pure and a true breed, or they can be a mix and still have the naked neck. Most of mine are mixes I love variety and think conformity is over rated! lol

 

[jcatblum]

BarnSwallow, no fence would help with Bailiff. We tried putting him in the goat pen & he climbs the fence. We thought he was jumping it, but nope. He puts his back against a tree & uses his feet to climb the fence. Seriously is a sight to see. I teased about buying a dog collar cam to see where all Bailiff & Baby venture to. Many times I have caught them far away from home. It is amazing how fast they cover a huge amount of space. I can see Bailiff at the mailbox 1/4 mile away then blink an eye & he is 1/4 mile in the other direction at the barn. I am sure the kids will be thrilled when yall are able to have another LGD. All the kids around here pretend to ride Bailiff like a horse & I am thankful he is so gentle with them.

 

[Poco Pollo]

oh I just realized EE are Easter aggregate. What is the difference in pullets & EE?

Hastings. . . Is that south of OKC, near Wichita Falls? It sounds like you have begun a wonderful adventure. Know that if you have chicken related questions, you can ask here and get more advice than you'll know what to do with. Welcome to the thread

 

[mjgigax]

Hastings. . . Is that south of OKC, near Wichita Falls? It sounds like you have begun a wonderful adventure. Know that if you have chicken related questions, you can ask here and get more advice than you'll know what to do with. Welcome to the thread

Welcome!
Yes, nice folks here that share good chicken info.

 

[clfromok]

Hi again. Thanks for the welcome! Yes I am almost to the border of Texas. Advice is welcome- now I know my last gathering was of "pullets". Should start laying around spring. 3 barred rocks (Amelia Olivia & Dot dot) One white (Leghorn? Barbie) & one black (??nigglett). I didn't name the 11 I got for barter, my husband calls them generation X. They have just started laying. 3 to 4 a day so far. Brown eggs & just started getting an off-white (2 so far). & Of course the old hens

 

[clfromok]

Sorry EE is easter egger, a colored egg layer (blue or green generally) usually w/ beard and muffs on face and neck, not a true breed so comes in almost any color or pattern you can imagine. (the custom made ones anyway, the regular hatchery type ee are generally some form of wild type color and pattern)

NN is naked neck, and that kinda speaks for itself they are featherless on all or part of the neck, they can be pure and a true breed, or they can be a mix and still have the naked neck.  Most of mine are mixes I love variety and think conformity is over rated! lol

I am going to try to figure out how to post pictures on the "what breed..." thread because from your description it sounds like I may have a couple of EE's. Im sure they're mutts. One looks like a seahawk in the face -lol

 

[michaeldaugherty]

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/656836/january-incubation-seminar-meetup-video
Found this link to a video on incubation. Great info.

GREAT infon thank's for posting it..