The EE braggers thread!!!

[CarolinaHen]

I think most of us that really love EE, love the variety and would never want to make them all the same w/ an SOP.

That is for certain!

 

[Little Wing]

I think most of us that really love EE, love the variety and would never want to make them all the same w/ an SOP.

That is THE thing I like about EEs. There is no stress with conforming to a SOP. They can look like anything and you did good.

 

[Hinotori]

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I think EEs are great for egg variety in a laying flock. Just have to select for egg characteristics and not worry about anything else. I hatch my EEs from the deepest pigmented eggs that are layed the most often.

I think I'm going to hatch a few green layers this year. My rocks and brahmas are 2-3 years old and starting to turn into bullies. They still lay well, though. The silver ameraucana rooster likes them.

 

[gloryblue]

I too found I'm addicted even to my EE's. Had my original flock of 100+ in the start of the 80's. Back then there was a much bigger range of features some exactly resemblin g the colloncas, huestas , quechuas that. perhaps were the makers of our aracaunas. Crests, ear tufts, muffs and beards clean hawk looking heads all though with small pea/rose or no combs. Color of eggs was much more varied rainbow. I would get pastel peach orange,

 

[PaisyQ]

Hi EE people,

I've got a question, sort of. More of a curiosity. I'm coming to the end of my first full year as a chicken owner. My three EE's, who hatched late March 2013 started laying in August 2013. I got a plentiful supply of light green eggs from them for the next two months. The thing was, I could have sworn the very first egg I collected was blue. Course, I ate it, and didn't have it to compare later on, so decided I must have had a color blind moment, because all of the other eggs I got from them were green.

Now, hurray! They have started laying again. I collected their first two eggs today. And, here they are:



Sorry the picture isn't the best, it was getting dark out by the time I got home. But the egg on the left is blue. I had thought that EE's didn't change the color of egg they laid? I mean, I've heard the shade can lighten as the season progresses, but they don't switch colors completely? I'm trying to figure this out, and I'll see what happens as the year goes by. Could the brown color gene possibly be turned 'off' at this stage, and turn 'on' later? Anybody out there have some good egg color knowledge to share?

And just for the fun of it, here are the two must likely creators of the above eggs, pictures taken last summer:

 

[CGinJCMO]

Hi EE people,

I've got a question, sort of. More of a curiosity. I'm coming to the end of my first full year as a chicken owner. My three EE's, who hatched late March 2013 started laying in August 2013. I got a plentiful supply of light green eggs from them for the next two months. The thing was, I could have sworn the very first egg I collected was blue. Course, I ate it, and didn't have it to compare later on, so decided I must have had a color blind moment, because all of the other eggs I got from them were green.

Now, hurray! They have started laying again. I collected their first two eggs today. And, here they are:



Sorry the picture isn't the best, it was getting dark out by the time I got home. But the egg on the left is blue. I had thought that EE's didn't change the color of egg they laid? I mean, I've heard the shade can lighten as the season progresses, but they don't switch colors completely? I'm trying to figure this out, and I'll see what happens as the year goes by. Could the brown color gene possibly be turned 'off' at this stage, and turn 'on' later? Anybody out there have some good egg color knowledge to share?

And just for the fun of it, here are the two must likely creators of the above eggs, pictures taken last summer:

 

[Angelicisi]

Chicks got to range today. One of the EE "pullets" has bright yellow legs...and is black n white (usually males from what I've seen?) But has a bit of brown/red on wings.
Is this an EE? I was expecting greenish legs and more chipmunk looking :/if it is an EE are the likely hood of getting a green tinted egg less because of the lack of colored legs? "she" has a pea comb I think...dang it have to look again tomorrow might be a single comb.

 

[Angelicisi]

Beautiful eggs! My EE lays green tinted and end of season, eggs are light grey almost white. It happens. Usually it s a shade or so off. If it is indeed the same hen laying I'd guess a few will be bright blue until her brown "coating" gets rolling again and they turn shades of green.

Hi EE people, I've got a question, sort of. More of a curiosity. I'm coming to the end of my first full year as a chicken owner. My three EE's, who hatched late March 2013 started laying in August 2013. I got a plentiful supply of light green eggs from them for the next two months. The thing was, I could have sworn the very first egg I collected was blue. Course, I ate it, and didn't have it to compare later on, so decided I must have had a color blind moment, because all of the other eggs I got from them were green. Now, hurray! They have started laying again. I collected their first two eggs today. And, here they are: Sorry the picture isn't the best, it was getting dark out by the time I got home. But the egg on the left is blue. I had thought that EE's didn't change the color of egg they laid? I mean, I've heard the shade can lighten as the season progresses, but they don't switch colors completely? I'm trying to figure this out, and I'll see what happens as the year goes by. Could the brown color gene possibly be turned 'off' at this stage, and turn 'on' later? Anybody out there have some good egg color knowledge to share? And just for the fun of it, here are the two must likely creators of the above eggs, pictures taken last summer:

 

[kenzier093]

I have a question for everyone. I have a Salmon Faverolle rooster and I want to breed him with some of my EE hens. Will the chicks have feathered legs and what color egg would the chicks lay when they get older? The EE's that I have now lay a blue egg.

 

[lbrykowski2011]

I have a question for everyone. I have a Salmon Faverolle rooster and I want to breed him with some of my EE hens. Will the chicks have feathered legs and what color egg would the chicks lay when they get older? The EE's that I have now lay a blue egg.

@fuzzybutt love has some breed mixes and what they will come out looking like under her signature, may be helpful to you