Texas

[henless]

I just looked them up on My Pet Chicken, I thought I might add them to my chickens to get list. They are $47!! Wow!

I looked on My Pet Chicken also! I think I'll get a couple years of chicken raising under my belt first. They are a very pretty bird. I also like Blue Orps.

 

[Ms Jellybean]

I know what it means, but from what I understand about the EE breed, they are mixed.

Oh, sorry. My bad. EE's aren't recognized a breed... So, I get what you mean now.

I'm sure there's an answer somewhere to my question, but I don't want to research it. What about a frozen egg? We found one this morning left over from yesterday. Since it got down to 23 during the night, it was frozen solid (so to speak).

We brought it into the kitchen to thaw. Can I use it for cooking? What about hard boiling?

From what I've read most people cook them and fed them back to the chickens. Or the dog.

 

[lovingmyhens]

Blue eggs? Well they are a lot closer to blue that the Americauna eggs that are placed next to them in the egg contests, but depending on the person and the lighting some call them blue and some call them green. The egg color is C9 on the Araucana color charts (or OAC123). The are big eggs though. I have some that will lay an occasional XL eggs. This is one of out first Cream Legbar eggs and shows the color really well. Here are some photos of my current grow out group. I plan on showing that cockerel on the right (he is two months older than when this photo was taken and filling out nicely). Here are a few of the pullets from the same group. I will be keeping the one in the front because she is pure for the "cream" gene, but the other in the photo have genetics for producing "gold" plumage and so they are not the correct color for the Cream Varriety of Legbars (yes there is a Gold variety and Silver Varity of Legbar too. The standard for those varieties are non-crested and white eggs because they didn't have any Araucana in their creation) Here are some photos of my breeding stock. My main cockerel. Notice the off-white saddle feathers. This is the recessive "Cream" plumage. Gold plumage is dominant and since it is in the USA bloodlines most of what you see are Gold colored Legbars. The gold colored Legbars are slowly being weeded out as breeder work towards the cream standard. Gold birds have rusty red or yellow color saddle feathers and a yellowish color triangle on the end of the wings of the cockerels. And My main Breeding hen. She is Gold, but a carrier for the Cream Plumage and 50% of her offspring come out with the correct cream plumage. I use her as me main breeder because of the half dozen pairing that I have grown stock from her offspring are the larger and most vigorous. Her egg color is not the bluest in my flock, but she lay some occasional XL eggs. Her largest single yolk egg was 76 grams and her largest double yolker 81 grams. Most of the Legbars in the USA averages about 63 grams eggs. This hen is also less flighty that all my other hens. The rest of the flock sleeps 5 feet up in the rafters of the chicken pen, but she has shorter wings and a bigger build and can not get more than about 4 feet off the ground. I think the less flighty birds will be better for containing free range flocks (although they always seem to stay inside the fence anyways unless spooked). And a mix of the flock out on the pasture.

They really are gorgeous!

 

[jajeanpierre]

I know what it means, but from what I understand about the EE breed, they are mixed.

Yup, and he is mixed--in other words an Easter Egger.

 

[hensfortherapy]

I'm sure there's an answer somewhere to my question, but I don't want to research it. What about a frozen egg? We found one this morning left over from yesterday. Since it got down to 23 during the night, it was frozen solid (so to speak).

We brought it into the kitchen to thaw. Can I use it for cooking? What about hard boiling?

I scrambled some and they were fine. Frying the whites run just like an old egg.

 

[hensfortherapy]

Prince Poppycock guarding his chicks.... I had to force him out, and all he does is turn around and beg to get back in.

Awww. Proud PaPa.

 

[Heidisgran]

Quote: okay let me try this....genetics

Ameracauna's are bred using Aracauna's...rumpless, tufted true blue egg layers originally from South America

Easter eggers are various breeds that lay an array of colors of eggs bred together to get hues of blues, greens, olive (olive egger) pinks and anything else maybe a little different and Easter Egger could be a Maran's X Araucana...just as an example..see?? if I'm explaining it correctly

 

[ThackerArrykka]

does anyone have brown hatching eggs that I could buy

 

[Heidisgran]

does anyone have brown hatching eggs that I could buy

what color brown? like Maran's eggs? which are chocolate brown or rhode island red eggs? which are brown or dark tan?

 

[hensfortherapy]

Miss Jellybean is right.  I found the missing 4 dead and another whole rabbit.  The dogs killed 12 chickens and 2 rabbits.  Definitely a frenzy killing.  Just senseless...

I appreciate the concern everyone has shown me and my husband.  I know it is part of country living, but it doesn't make it easy.

Ya'll take care and stay warm tonight.

Lisa

That is so awful. My grandson brought a stray dog home and it killed all their chickens. I could not believe they kept that dog. I am so sorry that you have to go through this loss.
Yeah I think I would get those dogs picked up and have the owner reimburse you for your lost animals before he can get them back.