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[ronott1]

I'm Thinking I might Have an EE Pullet that will lay blue/green eggs here.
Anyone think I'm right or am I Mistaken ?

It would depend on the parent breeds. If they are ameraucana\EE x Marans then likely not--the comb is too straight and I do not see peas. Pea comb is closely connected to the blue egg shell gene and then dark brown coating will made the eggs olive colored.

Cute, but the down color has nothing to do with egg color.

 

[scflock]

Not sure if I can handle knowing eggs are incubating and I can't mess at will.

Now your silkies brood and hatch right in the coop with no separation right?

The silkies, yes, no issues. The cuckoo marans are 50/50. One is a great broody, but 2 are kinda dumb. One always swaps nests every few days, and another gets spooked and leaves when they pip. The first batch of chicks that ever hatched in that pen were attacked and killed by the other hens, but I've had 3 successful clutches reared in the pen since then. The silkies are a no-brainer with no issues, but the marans are a gamble

Are you using the cooling feature? Mine has it too, but I didn't use it. I have read that its more beneficial to ducks, but haven't read the article relating to chickens. I'll look that up.

I read the article when I got my incubator. The final conclusion was that for every 40 chicken eggs set, you could expect one more egg to hatch. I figured the chances of me forgetting to turn the feature off at lockdown were much greater than me getting one additional hatch, so I haven't used it. I may try it with the BCM, though, if this next hatch is like the others. Lockdown tonight...

@Cynthia12 here are a few of mine. The black split is turning out to have the best feathering. They are almost 21 weeks.

I'm not just saying this because you're my girl, those LOs are gorgeous. If I could handle another breed, those would be next. That rooster is a beautiful boy

I'd recommend moving her sooner than later. If she's 8^tc4y enough, the others may leave her alone, but they will sneak into her nest when she takes a break and add eggs or mess with her eggs. Some folks have broody eggs broken when other hens mess with the nest.

I don't move mine any more, except for a marans after the hatch. I was finding that reintroducing a hen to the flock after being separated for a month was almost as bad as throwing in a new chicken. She lost her place in the pecking order, and the other hens were rough on her for a few days. With the marans, I will take mama and the chicks out before she comes of the nest and keep them in a broody pen for a couple of weeks, then they go back in the coop. She has learned to keep them in the coop and teach the others not to mess with them before taking them out into the yard

 

[scflock]

This is what I get for leaving for a while, then trying to catch up. This is what I feel like when I try to make a comment on .. what's up, been said, or posted...if I didn't read the posts before.

And........this is a mule..yes I said it's a mule! Ok, it's a donkey.

Now that's a nice... donkey

 

[scflock]

It would depend on the parent breeds. If they are ameraucana\EE x Marans then likely not--the comb is too straight and I do not see peas. Pea comb is closely connected to the blue egg shell gene and then dark brown coating will made the eggs olive colored.

Cute, but the down color has nothing to do with egg color.

That's a great explanation, thanks. I didn't know about the correlation between pea combs and blue genes. I will be starting my first flock of OEs next year with my Ams and BCM. Will there be a variation in the combs of the chicks that hatch, or should they all be the same? If they are different, then should I take your post to mean that the ones with the pea combs will be more desirable?
Welcome to the thread, BTW

 

[ronott1]

That's a great explanation, thanks. I didn't know about the correlation between pea combs and blue genes. I will be starting my first flock of OEs next year with my Ams and BCM. Will there be a variation in the combs of the chicks that hatch, or should they all be the same? If they are different, then should I take your post to mean that the ones with the pea combs will be more desirable?
Welcome to the thread, BTW

Thanks for the Welcome!

For OEs,(olive eggers) it will be a combination comb but there should be peas if the blue egg shell genes are present.

The pea and blue egg shell gene association is not present in Cream Legbars.

 

[WVduckchick]

I'm not just saying this because you're my girl, those LOs are gorgeous. If I could handle another breed, those would be next. That rooster is a beautiful boy

Thank you dear

I hadn't gotten to actually look at my pictures on the big screen until now. They are very pretty birds. I think I got lucky with them. Their feathering isn't perfect, but I expect it will be better after the next molt. I really like their color though. The black split girl is really gorgeous, pics don't do her justice. Both of my roosters are very nice looking too, just very timid, so far. And they are huge!

 

[scflock]

Thank you dear     I hadn't gotten to actually look at my pictures on the big screen until now.  They are very pretty birds.  I think I got lucky with them.  Their feathering isn't perfect, but I expect it will be better after the next molt.  I really like their color though.  The black split girl is really gorgeous, pics don't do her justice.   Both of my roosters are very nice looking too, just very timid, so far. And they are huge!

I really, really wish I had room for those

 

[scflock]

Thanks for the Welcome!

For OEs,(olive eggers) it will be a combination comb but there should be peas if the blue egg shell genes are present.

The pea and blue egg shell gene association is not present in Cream Legbars.

Is that a cull point in OEs? Presence of the pea comb to make sure the blue gene is carrying?

 

[scflock]

Thanks for the Welcome!

For OEs,(olive eggers) it will be a combination comb but there should be peas if the blue egg shell genes are present.

The pea and blue egg shell gene association is not present in Cream Legbars.

You may mean that the comb is a combination, but all combs will be the same. The reason I'm asking is I have some horribly bred silkies. They are great pets, but they throw single, pea, rose, walnut, and various combinations of those

 

[lazy gardener]

I love the pellet stove...so far. We've only had it for one season. Hopper holds 3 bags at once. The only thing that I really hate is the daily cleaning. The last place we lived in, a nice little brick house, had fuel oil heat. I had to get a minimum of 100 gallons per delivery which was running about $400 at the time. With the heat set about 70 it lasted about 6 weeks. The pellets are about $250 ish for a ton here which is 40 bags. In the coldest part of winter that ton will last a good month-ish. (And it is warm warm warm!) Plus if I don't have the money to buy a ton, I can get them by the bag unlike fuel where you have to purchase 100 gallons and unless you want to pay an emergency rate you have to wait until delivery day to get it so if it's not scheduled before you are SOL.

We bought our pellet stove during one of the last government created "oil crises". It was a cheap model, the only one we could get. No removeable ash bin, so it has to be vacuumed out. Have to clean it about every other day, but we use it only in the basement to keep the pipes from freezing, and buy pellets 6 bags or so at a time, as we need them. I love that stove. Heat upstairs with a tiny little Jotul. Burn about 3 cords of wood/winter. Have to double split it b/c the wood box is so small. Our first stove was a Fisher. That's an incredible stove! But it was too big for the house and cooked us out.

Wow. I have never lived in a cold winter climate and can't imagine it! I did get tired of living in the two-season area in CA (Beautiful winters, hot smoggy summers).

Here we get a dozen or so small snowfalls per year, maybe a few inches at a time, which usually melts in a day or so. There are actually 4 seasons here, which is great, although I kinda froze when it got to the point I couldn't wear flip flops last winter! (LOL)

Had to get used to the dog's water bowls freezing and bought a heated water base for the chickens. Took me a while to get used to it!

Want snow? Come to Maine. Want cold? Come to Maine!

I'm Thinking I might Have an EE Pullet that will lay blue/green eggs here.
Anyone think I'm right or am I Mistaken ?

How old? Beautiful feathering. Interesting comment made re: pea as it relates to shell color. I'm finding that to be the case with this year's hatches. My straight combed pullets all lay a brown egg. (Daddy is EE)

Yesterday, late afternoon, I let the chickens out to free-range a little. The white cockerel came up and jumped on my lap as usual. I petted him for a little, then went to do some yard work. As I was walking back up the lawn he came at my foot and started biting me!!! Actually just broke the skin! I was so mad at him!! What the heck is this about?? Did he not know it was me (he does have a large head of hair) or was this on purpose? Any insight to this behavior?

First week of school and already have a sick child! He's complaining of pain on each side of his lower back (like the left and right, right around his love-handles)...? And a high fever over night. Could that be kidneys?

Ruby, time to give that little boy an education in manners. Got a squirt gun? Keep it in your pocket. If he so much as looks at you the wrong way, give him a face full. Now's the time to get him trained, b/c if he gets away with it, you'll have to introduce him to your crock pot. My 14 y.o GS came home sick 2 days ago. But he's got an incredible immune system. He's back to school today. Sounds like your son needs a pronto trip to the Dr. Kidney infections, if that's what it is are nothing to mess with.

The silkies, yes, no issues. The cuckoo marans are 50/50. One is a great broody, but 2 are kinda dumb. One always swaps nests every few days, and another gets spooked and leaves when they pip. The first batch of chicks that ever hatched in that pen were attacked and killed by the other hens, but I've had 3 successful clutches reared in the pen since then. The silkies are a no-brainer with no issues, but the marans are a gamble

I read the article when I got my incubator. The final conclusion was that for every 40 chicken eggs set, you could expect one more egg to hatch. I figured the chances of me forgetting to turn the feature off at lockdown were much greater than me getting one additional hatch, so I haven't used it. I may try it with the BCM, though, if this next hatch is like the others. Lockdown tonight...

I'm not just saying this because you're my girl, those LOs are gorgeous. If I could handle another breed, those would be next. That rooster is a beautiful boy

I don't move mine any more, except for a marans after the hatch. I was finding that reintroducing a hen to the flock after being separated for a month was almost as bad as throwing in a new chicken. She lost her place in the pecking order, and the other hens were rough on her for a few days. With the marans, I will take mama and the chicks out before she comes of the nest and keep them in a broody pen for a couple of weeks, then they go back in the coop. She has learned to keep them in the coop and teach the others not to mess with them before taking them out into the yard

I handle mine just the opposite: I let broody and chicks out to range with the flock, before putting them in the run or coop with the rest of the flock.