Silkied Olive Egger/ Easter Egger Projects

[nicalandia]

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wow so nice....

 

[CatKai]

Hey Kim, what color chicks have you had hatch out from the SOE project?

I had one hatch this morning (along with a regular Ameraucana).. the AM is blue.. the SOE chick (still drying off) almost looks like a lavender... Once it's dry I'll have a better idea (don't think it's a splash since I didn't notice any darker spots yet)...

 

[yinepu]

i'll try to get some pics once the rest are hatched and fluffed.. my phone is having issues with the camera.. so may have to snag my husband's...

 

[jan12]

All this hatch-talk is so exciting. I can't wait for spring!! I currently have a coop/pen of beautiful EE (blue egg), birchen marans (my project), and buff brahmas. I'm going to build another coop/pen for the silkied AM for this coming spring when I hatch some, hopefully! I'd like to help make the silkied AM a standard too. I also want to introduce the silkied gene to my EE flock. What do you think? Has anyone done that already (other than the SOEs you were talking about on this thread)?

 

[jan12]

i'll try to get some pics once the rest are hatched and fluffed.. my phone is having issues with the camera.. so may have to snag my husband's...

Looking forward to your pics! Good luck on your hatch!!

 

[CatKai]

All this hatch-talk is so exciting. I can't wait for spring!! I currently have a coop/pen of beautiful EE (blue egg), birchen marans (my project), and buff brahmas. I'm going to build another coop/pen for the silkied AM for this coming spring when I hatch some, hopefully! I'd like to help make the silkied AM a standard too. I also want to introduce the silkied gene to my EE flock. What do you think? Has anyone done that already (other than the SOEs you were talking about on this thread)?

 

[nicalandia]

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so the Silky gene just poped out of nowhere? Random mutation...?

 

[jan12]

Ok, I'm counting chickens before they hatch, but once I am able to establish a silkied AM flock (assuming I'm able to get/hatch silkied AMs), I want to cross the silkied AM to my EE to create a silkied EE. Just was wondering if anyone had done that yet.

 

[CatKai]

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[yinepu]

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that's pretty much what the silkied olive eggers are.. silkied EEs (EE as a collective ..OE as more specific since I have seen EEs lay everything from green to olive to pink, yellow, lavender and blue)

they are no longer ameraucanas and are no longer welsummers... so that in itself would make them an "EE" if my thinking is right..