The EE braggers thread!!!

[TAMMACLEAN]

TAMMA, it could be the ups and downs of the weather we're having. The days are starting to lengthen but laying in my flock has been patchy and sporadic as well. If they're directing most of their energy to staying warm or regrowing lost feathers from a moult, it's expected production would drop. You could try hanging a lightbulb in the coop to simulate longer days and see if that brings them back into production. Is there a nearby threat that might be bothering them, like a new barking dog that moved in next door? Stress can make them go off of peak form, too. My husband likes to have people down to target shoot and for a few days after the hours of gunfire, my chickens seem to hold back on the eggs.

What's your feeding program like? That might be another area to consider- are they getting adequate nutrition and access to water each day? It can be hard to keep water in a liquid state for everyone to get her fill, so if the waterers freeze over before all of the hens have had a drink that could impact production, too. I don't heat my waterers in the winter (somehow the equation of water + electricity + coop = ? just doesn't sound safe to me) so I have to change them out during the day and bring them in at night. I'd give your hens a chance through spring to show what they can do in favorable weather conditions.

I don't know what you might get from your cross but someone else may.

There's nothing new that I can tell,but with chickens you never know I guess. I feed them in the morning when I go and open their coop. At least when it's not too cold I open it. I give them water in the morning and usually in the afternoon as well. I do have electricity in the coop hallway. It was a shed that was converted to 5 coops. I hope they start again in the spring, they have such pretty eggs. Thanks!

 

[Kassaundra]

Ok, so not completely lost then. Are you not going to do ee anymore? (you let the roo go)

I was already in the process of switching over to NN, they just handle our heat so much better and are soooooo much easier to hand process (meat). But I was using the EE to bring beards, pea combs, and colored eggs to the NN. I have a suburban (small town) yard so I really don't have room for multiple breeds, I needed to simplify and quit over reaching, for the time, space, and circumstance I have.

 

[Loghousemom]

Here is our mixed flock with lots of mixed breed Americaunas. The skinny white birds are all laying blue eggs. The one copper colored "Penny" and grey "Smokey" Are about 6 years old and lay green eggs.


This was our favorite hen "Marshmallow". I think she was taken by a hawk. She just disappeared one day with no trace of where she went.



This dirty looking White rooster is her brother "Snowman", enjoying one of our warmer days last week. I want to keep him and see if I can get another Marshmallow offspring, but my NN roo is not thrilled about sharing his flock.

 

[draye]

This dirty looking White rooster is her brother "Snowman", enjoying one of our warmer days last week. I want to keep him and see if I can get another Marshmallow offspring, but my NN roo is not thrilled about sharing his flock. [/quote] Nice looking rooster, wouldn't mind having some eggs fertilized by him.

 

[alibra]

Does anyone breed EE's?

 

[Hinotori]

The next question I have is that I have a rooster that is a mix between a buff silkie and an EE. What do you think he might throw if I put him in with the 3 that aren't laying? I'll have to get pictures of them all later.

I had this exact cross. The offspring should look like the mothers. All the females I got did.

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

Does anyone breed EE's?

I do for fun. I put everything on hold for a little while though

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

I do for fun. I put everything on hold for a little while though

So do many other people on this thread

 

[jan12]

My EE pullets are starting to lay at 24 weeks. I just found an egg from a second layer today! The strange looking oblong egg is the newest layer's egg. Now I have a pink and blue layer!

 

[gander007]

My EE pullets are starting to lay at 24 weeks. I just found an egg from a second layer today! The strange looking oblong egg is the newest layer's egg. Now I have a pink and blue layer!

Alright blue and pink layers you are going to have a nice Easter egg basket this year