The EE braggers thread!!!

[salt and pepper]

One of my EEs lays blue eggs, I'm fairly sure it's the solid white hen. I am getting an incubator soon and want to hatch some eggs. I'm not sure what color egg my EE rooster came from, but what are the chances of hatching chicks with the "blue egg gene" if I hatch the blue eggs?

All hatcheries do is breed EEs to EEs, so there is a very good chance the chicks will carry the blue egg gene, even if the rooster cam from a brown egg, since the hen lays a pure blue, almost all the chicks should atleast a lay a green.

 

[debid]

All hatcheries do is breed EEs to EEs, so there is a very good chance the chicks will carry the blue egg gene, even if the rooster cam from a brown egg, since the hen lays a pure blue, almost all the chicks should atleast a lay a green.

I really doubt a brown egg from the hatchery's EE pen would be incubated so the odds are good that a hatchery EE rooster carries a blue egg gene. I also feel compelled to point out the possibility that a blue egg laying EE isn't pure for blue. Blue x white = blue eggs but she could pass her white to her offspring. The only way to know is to raise some offspring and see what you get.

 

[shmccarthy]

I really doubt a brown egg from the hatchery's EE pen would be incubated so the odds are good that a hatchery EE rooster carries a blue egg gene. I also feel compelled to point out the possibility that a blue egg laying EE isn't pure for blue. Blue x white = blue eggs but she could pass her white to her offspring. The only way to know is to raise some offspring and see what you get.

Hmm I'm really curious to see now what will turnout from the chicks. Is there anyone that knows any information/threads/links as far as color genetics for breeding EEs with EEs or even other breeds? I don't know if I just want to selectively breed the EEs or mix with my BR rooster. I'm looking to breed both green/blue egg layers as well as dual purpose birds like the BR. I wonder what an EE/BR cross would be like...

 

[ChickNmamma]

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All the pictures I picked are Blue. Looks like gray - called Blue in Chickens.

 

[ChickNmamma]

One of my EEs lays blue eggs, I'm fairly sure it's the solid white hen. I am getting an incubator soon and want to hatch some eggs. I'm not sure what color egg my EE rooster came from, but what are the chances of hatching chicks with the "blue egg gene" if I hatch the blue eggs?

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The color genetics on EEs are so messed up that you can't really predict them. That's why they say they don't "breed true". However, you can guess. There are a few threads on here that deal extensively with color genetics - but they get really in-depth. I am still trying to learn about them. There is a Chicken Calculator you can play with (http://kippenjungle.nl/kruising.html) but you really need to know what the genetics are to start in your bird with to know what you will get. Its still fun to play with though.

By BR do you mean a Barred Rock rooster? I never liked my feedstore Barred Rocks -they were always mean. If yours is a nice boy you can cross them. I think if you cross them all the chicks will be black and white incomplete barred - since Black is dominant over the wild-type coloring. At least, that would be my guess.

Since Barred Rocks do not carry the blue egg gene, and since there is a chance your girls are not homozygous for blue eggs (O/O) you may end up with some girls that lay a brown egg. I have one EE that lays a white egg - so they can loose it, especially if outcrossed enough times.

 

[shmccarthy]

The color genetics on EEs are so messed up that you can't really predict them.  That's why they say they don't "breed true".  However, you can guess.  There are a few threads on here that deal extensively with color genetics - but they get really in-depth. I am still trying to learn about them. There is a Chicken Calculator you can play with (http://kippenjungle.nl/kruising.html) but you really need to know what the genetics are to start in your bird with to know what you will get.  Its still fun to play with though.

By BR do you mean a Barred Rock rooster?  I never liked my feedstore Barred Rocks -they were always mean.  If yours is a nice boy you can cross them.  I think if you cross them all the chicks will be black and white incomplete barred - since Black is dominant over the wild-type coloring.  At least, that would be my guess.

Since Barred Rocks do not carry the blue egg gene, and since there is a chance your girls are not homozygous for blue eggs (O/O) you may end up with some girls that lay a brown egg.  I have one EE that lays a white egg - so they can loose it, especially if outcrossed enough times.

Yes he is my Barred Rock rooster I got him from a farm that hatched chicks for a 4H project and ended up with 6/6 roosters and only wanted to keep one. I didn't ask where they got the eggs, they didn't have any barred rocks. But I've been watching his behavior extensively and I am nothing short of impressed. I have heard barred rocks can have mean roosters and initially I was worried but he hasn't given me any reason to worry now. He got his butt kicked by my EE rooster and now that they established that he's the beta rooster, they don't bother each other at all anymore. He's a gentleman with the ladies and finds treats for them. I was just watching him about an hour ago trying to swoon one of the hens. He kept wing dancing and after being ignored a few times he gave up and went back to eating. He doesn't chase the girls around and hasn't shown any aggression what so ever. I really like how docile he is, along with how docile my EE rooster is as well. But anyways, I really like his demeanor and I wouldn't want to breed him of he was agressive.

I don't know if I'm going to mix him with my EEs but I also have white leghorns, production reds, black sex links,and a barred rock pullet that I'll probably try hatching and see what comes out. But I will take a look at the genetics calculator to mess around with.

 

[jerryse]

If you use a barred rock rooster all your chicks will be barred.Barring is sex linked so all the pullets will be hemizygous [one copy barring is all they can carry] the cockerels will have 1 copy out of 2 [heterozygous].Color can vary a little but mostly black.Here is a example.

 

[CGinJCMO]

One of my EEs lays blue eggs, I'm fairly sure it's the solid white hen. I am getting an incubator soon and want to hatch some eggs. I'm not sure what color egg my EE rooster came from, but what are the chances of hatching chicks with the "blue egg gene" if I hatch the blue eggs?

I've got the same situation in-progress. One more week to go till my EE's eggs hatch. Then I'll have to wait for them to grow up and lay eggs (October or November) to see how blue of an egg gene he passes on with my blue egg laying hen. I only have a EEroo but I have a couple of Barred Rock hens that lay light brown eggs I've thought about trying to hatch. Maybe I'll do that with my next broody hen.

CG

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Little Hika Ma crowed this morning at 23 days old! Are the white patches on his shoulders the typical male EE patchy coloration, or is it too early for that to be showing up yet?

 

[Mac14]

For a couple weeks I couldn't brag about my EE(s). But now, I have 3 beautiful EE girls! I'm guessing they are 5 1/2 months old. I would post pics, but my camera isn't downloading. Have fun with your EEs everyone!