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WalnutHill said:
You have some nice looking youngsters!

I don't have any Blue or Black, but I have EE pullets from my chicken genetic cesspool with the colors of the other three.  Feet vary wildly...the same parents throw gray, willow, white and yellow feet.
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Haven't figured out where I'll put the EE's yet, but if you want any of their eggs, let me know... they're a different kind of EE as the mom was pure blue Am and dad was a tailed Araucana... :)
 
RavynFallen said:
Haven't figured out where I'll put the EE's yet, but if you want any of their eggs, let me know... they're a different kind of EE as the mom was pure blue Am and dad was a tailed Araucana...
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As you know, I am not a purist when it comes to birds, until I come up with an exceptional specimen then I try to figure out how to start a breeding program with ONE of them (like my Oregon Gray). The chickens will be for fun, I would be very happy to grow out any combination to see what they turn out like. And girls will go into the laying pool to add color to the baskets.

I hope to get a few more eggs out of my old gold Easter Egger who may actually be an Ameraucana as she was purchased as. Her babies are wonderful, but she's about 4 now and eggs were scarce this year.
 
lazy gardener said:
Walnut, how well do those big eggs from older hens hatch? I wanted to hatch some from my old (2 yr.) Ee, but they didn't hatch. I'm finding that the X-L or Jumbo eggs don't hatch well.
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I don't have too much trouble with the size of the egg, other than that I need to leave them out to get the air cells a little bigger before setting to keep the chicks from being too wet at hatch, unless the shell is porous.

I did notice the older girls have really fluffy butts post-molt, and that may impact fertility. Also hens without tailfeathers seem to have lower fertility, I think the roos need the tailfeathers for good access.
 
WalnutHill said:
As you know, I am not a purist when it comes to birds, until I come up with an exceptional specimen then I try to figure out how to start a breeding program with ONE of them (like my Oregon Gray).  The chickens will be for fun, I would be very happy to grow out any combination to see what they turn out like.  And girls will go into the laying pool to add color to the baskets.

I hope to get a few more eggs out of my old gold Easter Egger who may actually be an Ameraucana as she was purchased as.  Her babies are wonderful, but she's about 4 now and eggs were scarce this year.
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Glad you like them... knew you liked mixes, too... just trying to get a nice varied assortment together for you that's worth your awesome turkey and EE/OE eggs... :)
 
WalnutHill said:
Sorry for the photo quality, but I had to rush processing as we are now expecting 5-8" of snow tomorrow and needed to beat the weather. Here is a "low grade" bronze dressed out. Note the prominent keel:
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Turns out this bird also had a severe roach back, it won't lay flat on the table! It should have been a cull. Oh wait...I guess it is!
 

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