The EE braggers thread!!!

[luvchicks8]

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I am refering to the white one the red one is a nh red.

 

[elizabethlongwood]

Here's our EE pullet Bella. She's about 16 or 17 weeks old. She is the friendliest of our four chickens. Loves to perch on our heads and shoulders. Still waiting for her first egg. I'm worried it might be brown since she has whitish legs.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/61448_img_1749.jpg

I think I haven't really figured out the best way to post photos

 

[GwenDellAnno]

Here's a quick question. When does an EE cease to be an EE? I have 3 EE chicks out of EE hens and a Barnevelder rooster. BUT.... they all have yellow legs. Does this mean they are not considered EE's?? If they are hens (I think at least two of them are), they may lay olive eggs (Barnevelders lay dark brown eggs), or I guess even brown eggs. Is that what makes them EE's... egg colour?? Here are pics of them.

 

[PitterPatterPalace]

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To show photos you have to use brackets like this [ & ]
so do "[" then "img" then "]" your upload "https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/61448_img_1749.jpg" then "[" "/" "img" "]"

Remove all the extraineous quotations and you have your photo:

**edited to add that this is elizabethlongwood's photo & not mine...

 

[megcpat]

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Boy is that ever a relevant question. I know of no hard and fast rule, but in my opinion the bare minimum to still be considered an easter egger, the bird must carry some potential for blue egg color - at least one copy of the blue egg gene. It's hard to know with your chicks there (beautiful!) because I don't know, when you say the mothers are easter eggers, if that means that they are carrying two genes each for egg color and are blue egg layers, or if they are only carrying one or less genes for egg color and lay green or "pink" or brown eggs. That really comes into play when you're trying for olive colored eggs, but if they do grow up to lay those lovely green eggs, then they are for sure easter eggers. If they grow up to lay brown eggs, well, i would no longer call them easter eggers. It is entirely possible to have full siblings from this mating lay different colored eggs and only the girls who grow up to lay the olive eggs will have inherited the blue egg gene and have the potential to pass it on. Any roosters from this crossing would have to be test mated and their daughters' egg colors would tell you if they carried a copy of the blue egg gene. Barnevelders are an exciting match for easter eggers - so pretty and what lovely egg color. I can't wait to see what your chicks grow up to be.

 

[GwenDellAnno]

Barnevelders are an exciting match for easter eggers - so pretty and what lovely egg color. I can't wait to see what your chicks grow up to be.

Thanks megcpat. That makes a lot of sense. I will be sure to keep things updated here.​

 

[megcpat]

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Oh, wow, she's cute. Nice muff and beard! It looks like maybe she is growing in a single comb instead of a pea comb? I don't know that white legs are an indicator of brown egg gene, and I know that I have had trouble with white leg color on some Ameraucanas who are not breeding stock because of it, but they lay fantastically blue eggs...... With the single comb, however, there's a pretty good chance of a brown egg gene in your girl there, but still a great chance of a pretty green egg. Gotta love them easter eggers - they just keep you guessing! How old is she?

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

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leg color definately has nothing to do with egg color, promise!

 

[sunflowerenvy]

how often does EE lay her egg per week?

 

[KatyTheChickenLady]

most of mine are an egg a day birds. but you have to remember EE means AM or AR crossed with one, or even more, other breeds. So if your bird was crossed with a WL itmay be be a crazy good layer whereas if it had been crossed with a slower layer you may get less.