The EE braggers thread!!!

[Gifa]

Are EEs easy to take care of?????

Wicked Easy. They are very sweet and docile compared to other birds, and this often puts them lower if not at the bottom of the pecking order. So the hardest part of taking care of them if they are confined is literally creating an environment, whether that's coop and run design, or flock mix, that isn't so crowded or one in which they aren't overly dominated by flock bullies.

 

[WillowChick]

Well being as EE's are so wonderfully unique and colorful I thought it would be fun to share some pic's of my young birds. Still not sure of sex, right now I am thinking pullets? They are somewhere around 8-10 weeks old. They were part of my friends project pen and she just had way too many chickens, so I took a few .

LOVELY Birds!

So amazing how many beautiful varieties we have

Willow

 

[WillowChick]

Here are what mine started out as, and ended up as.



Pumpkin


Pumpkin



Olive


Olive




That's pumpkin on the left and Olive on the right.
Pumpkin lays a frosted pink egg and Olive laid my avatar.

 

[shadow rabbit10]

Are EEs easy to take care of?????

Their pea combs (some do not have this type) also make them very climate hardy. Mine do well in the winter and summer,

 

[Mama Hen Chris]

Here are what mine started out as, and ended up as.



Pumpkin


Pumpkin



Olive


Olive




That's pumpkin on the left and Olive on the right.
Pumpkin lays a frosted pink egg and Olive laid my avatar.

Beautiful EE's.

 

[critterwhisper]

Hi all,had a question.i have 2 ameriucanas least thats what the sign said at the feedstore,some of the pics on here(beautifull by the way) i think they may be EE which doesnt bother me either way,but what is the diffrence in the two breeds?i will try to post a pic of the two girls tomarrow.Thanks

 

[critterwhisper]

 

[Gifa]

Hi all,had a question.i have 2 ameriucanas least thats what the sign said at the feedstore,some of the pics on here(beautifull by the way) i think they may be EE which doesnt bother me either way,but what is the diffrence in the two breeds?i will try to post a pic of the two girls tomarrow.Thanks

Araucanas are a breed originating out of South America that have the blue egg gene. They are rumpless, and tufted. They lay Blue Eggs.

Ameraucanas were developed from Araucana's, but have a very specific breed standard of their own now. They have tails, muffs, beards, and only come in 8 recognized colors (Black, Blue, Blue Wheaten, Brown Red, Buff, Silver, Wheaten and White). They lay Blue or Green Eggs.

Easter Egger is a catch-all name for any bird that carries the blue egg gene but neither conforms to the specific Ameraucana or Araucana breed standards. So... you could have a bird that was hatched out of an Ameraucana X Ameraucana breeding... but if it isn't one of the 8 recognized colors, or has the wrong shape of comb, or isn't bearded, or has yellow legs... or some other expression that falls outside of the standard, it's called an EE. Often times they are mixed breed birds, so they can lay anything from Blue to Green, to Brown, to Pink, to White depending on their individual heritage.



More or less...

 

[critterwhisper]

Thank you Gifa

 

[Gifa]

Thank you Gifa

No prob. It's a common question... and there's a lot of variation in people's definitions... but this seems to hit the common high points.

We seriously, like two days ago were all talking about it here. =)