The EE braggers thread!!!

[SD Bird Lady]

I never thought about how hatcheries assembled their breeding pens to get their eggs. I didn't realize that they put purebred birds of every color in one pen together and then call the offspring Ameraucana. I guess thats why every once in awhile you get a bird that looks like the APA standard while most of your birds will look like mutts even if they are only non-standard birds. It seems like it would be really easy to separate the birds into pens by color. What you said about the brahmas is ridiculous! How can they sell those chicks as such!

They seem to get it right with all the other breeds. There are many different color varieties of wyandottes. But if you order silver laced wyandottes that is what you get. They may not meet the standard but you can still tell they are SLW's. It seems like it would be just as easy with Ameraucanas. I guess most hatcheries do state that their Ameraucanas are "not suitable for 4-H". Maybe that's a somewhat underhanded way of trying to say they are not show quality. It just seems to me that they could do a better job and eliminate all the "shady" terminology. All of us who want do buy EE's don't mind buying something actually listed as an EE. But if it's listed as an Ameraucana I want Ameraucanas. I still think the term non-standard should apply to offspring from 2 purebred birds (of the same color variety) that do not meet the APA standard.

Ya I will not be buying any birds from that hatchery again....the one with the Dalmatian Brahmas and the white chested Cayuga ducks. But that is another thread all together.


I just got a ship date for my new babies they will be hatching 5/20/2013.....

 

[Kassaundra]

They may have cute faces, but don't be fooled, don't fall into the brooder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[MayDayMel]

They may have cute faces, but don't be fooled, don't fall into the brooder!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Piranhas! Lol

 

[Kassaundra]

Piranhas! Lol

That is what I think every time!

 

[TherryChicken]

I think you need to buy a lottery ticket - you have the first white/black EE I have seen that now looks like it's a girl! 

That color pattern is from a Silver background - and only the hens get the dark backs and the peach colored breasts.  That is girl coloring for sure!

Ive got a black and white EE hen

 

[ChickNmamma]

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Well, maybe I am the only one who never had a black and white chick turn into anything except a rooster. No lottery tickets for me!

 

[debid]

Pictures! Let's see those B/W ladies!

I think the silver duck wing pattern is pretty and much less common than gold for some reason. Here's one of my gold ladies:

Oh, and I know what you mean, ChickNmamma -- she was a butch looking chick! Tall and upright with hefty legs and black/white wings coming in... No way I would have picked her from a bin no matter what the sign said! And, I freely admit that I was worried until the chest feathered.

 

[NotableNancy]

Pictures! Let's see those B/W ladies!

I think the silver duck wing pattern is pretty and much less common than gold for some reason. Here's one of my gold ladies:



Oh, and I know what you mean, ChickNmamma -- she was a butch looking chick! Tall and upright with hefty legs and black/white wings coming in... No way I would have picked her from a bin no matter what the sign said! And, I freely admit that I was worried until the chest feathered.

Sooo pretty

 

[chickencrazy429]

Quote: So do I. She has a peach colored breast though.

 

[K Epp]

Well, maybe I am the only one who never had a black and white chick turn into anything except a rooster. No lottery tickets for me!

Here is my black and white girl.