The EE braggers thread!!!

[flowerchicks]

Post a pic of him, maybe you're wrong and he's a she!

I can't from my phone, I will post a pic this evening

 

[TREX]

One of my boys crowed for the first time this morning.Very nice melody but hes got some bass.I'm afraid that he and the other"sexed pullet "

roo are going to be finding new homes very soon.Hes just too loud for a neighborhood with houses this close.Its a shame too because they are both really nice good looking guys.

Maybe one day I'll get out in the sticks where I belong so I can keep some fellas.

 

[flowerchicks]

One of my boys crowed for the first time this morning.Very nice melody but hes got some bass.I'm afraid that he and the other"sexed pullet "  roo are going to be finding new homes very soon.Hes just too loud for a neighborhood with houses this close.Its a shame too because they are both really nice good looking guys.  Maybe one day I'll get out in the sticks where I belong so I can keep some fellas.

I totally feel your frustration! Our " sexed" pullets must have come from the same hatchery.

 

[TREX]

I totally feel your frustration! Our " sexed" pullets must have come from the same hatchery.

Lol!! Probably was the same one.How old are your fellas? I only bought 2 EE's from the feed store and out of the entire bin of EE chicks which must have had at least 50 or more chicks I got 2 roos

. So disappointed.No colored eggs for me this year.And to top it off I have to give them away after all the hard work me and the kids put into raising them,taming them and integrating them.I really like them too.They are good boys.

I thought about buying older pullets but I just don't think I have the energy to do anything else this year.Maybe I'll try again next year.

 

[chickencrazy429]

Quote: That is so frustrating!!! I would be totally stoked about that!! Hope that you find good homes for the roos!

 

[flowerchicks]

Lol!! Probably was the same one.How old are your fellas? I only bought 2 EE's from the feed store and out of the entire bin of EE chicks which must have had at least 50 or more chicks I got 2 roos

. So disappointed.No colored eggs for me this year.And to top it off I have to give them away after all the hard work me and the kids put into raising them,taming them and integrating them.I really like them too.They are good boys.

I thought about buying older pullets but I just don't think I have the energy to do anything else this year.Maybe I'll try again next year.

My guy is 12 weeks old. When I got him, I also got 2 cochins, a silkie and a bantam mystery chick, all "unsexed". Out of those 4, the mystery chick is the only one that turned out to be a boy, he is a silver sebright and is hopefully going to a petting zoo this weekend. It breaks my heart to have to get rid of my EE, "TurkeyButt". He is so sweet and I know he will be so beautiful. I really want to see if I can get him to mate with some of my hens before I rehome him.

 

[RoosterLew]

Lol!! Probably was the same one.How old are your fellas? I only bought 2 EE's from the feed store and out of the entire bin of EE chicks which must have had at least 50 or more chicks I got 2 roos . So disappointed.No colored eggs for me this year.And to top it off I have to give them away after all the hard work me and the kids put into raising them,taming them and integrating them.I really like them too.They are good boys.:/  I thought about buying older pullets but I just don't think I have the energy to do anything else this year.Maybe I'll try again next year.

Was that bin labeled Pullets??

 

[debid]

There was someone on BYC who ordered three started pullet EEs from a big hatchery and got all boys!

Mistakes happen, I guess, but it does seem to be exceptionally bad luck to grab two cockerels from a bin that is presumably 90% pullets. I've ordered 18 sexed pullets so far and only got one cockerel in the lot. He happened to be an EE but I don't think that's because he was EE but rather that 7 of the 18 were EEs.

 

[Peach2u]

Someone was asking about feather color and parent to offspring combos. I have a guild I found a few years ago. It works well just takes a little getting use to the format. http://kippenjungle.nl/Overzicht.htm I hope this helps. Decoding the chicken color/pattern can get very involved. This tool helps to figure out your game plan.

 

[RoosterLew]

Someone was asking about feather color and parent to offspring combos. I have a guild I found a few years ago. It works well just takes a little getting use to the format. http://kippenjungle.nl/Overzicht.htm I hope this helps. Decoding the chicken color/pattern can get very involved. This tool helps to figure out your game plan.

Is there a primer somewhere that explains what all that stuff means?