The EE braggers thread!!!

[CibolaChooks]

cute pic. He looks happy. One of my roos likes hugs but he prefers side hugs

 

[LaLa Chickie]

 

[StacyAK]

Well I could not locate the info. So here goes from memory. If you use EE roo over BO hens your pullets will have slate legs.There are 2 layers of skin. Your EE likely has green or willow legs. Slate and yellow skin layers = green. Yellow is recessive and will not show with 1 copy of the gene so slate leg pullets and cockerels also I believe. If you use a BO roo over EE hens you will get white leg pullets and slate leg cockerels. Slate may not show at hatch but will develop over time on all that will have slate. It has been years ago but buff ameraucana borrowed buff from BO.

I hatched this chick last Sunday. EE roo/BO hen

"Her" wing feathers are coming in brownish

 

[gameandmore]

I love EEs as well as Ams. I can't wait to start making my barred EEs

 

[CGinJCMO]

Since this is the bragger's thread, I thought I'd post some photos for you all. If you saw them on one of the other EE threads, sorry to make you look again.
If you happen to notice a band on any of the chicks, they are the keepers and the others are for sale. I'm trying to not keep a lot but the longer they remain unsold, the more I observe them and see a unique one and want to see how it looks when all grown up. LOL


Woah! Camera flash!
kung fu chicken

Here are some of the same chicks when they were younger.

CG

 

[LaLa Chickie]

 

[fuzzybutt love]

My boy likes both kinds of hugs. Ignore him and he flies up on my shoulder when i turn my back! He and his sis are super beardy. To me the risk is worth it to tame. Lap roos might be scarce but are sooooo worth the search. Bad roos get shot and a proper burial. I don't blame them but i won't give them to someone else to treat badly possibly and eat.

 

[jerryse]

I hatched this chick last Sunday. EE roo/BO hen





"Her" wing feathers are coming in brownish

I would say EE. A pure buff should yellow.

 

[Sterl18]

I think I agree...I suspect the EE/BO's are going to look more like BO's with a twist than an EE. It didn't seem right to outright call them EE's, that's why I asked. I googled South American Quecha chickens and I think I'm in solid EE territory with the roo and the hen. I'll have to post pics...this is the bragger's thread after all, and I think they are beautiful!

Good points! Felt like I was holding my breath until my EE laid her first egg...beautiful green egg. And I forgot to mention their legs...isn't leg color a factor? All the EE/BO's have BO leg color. The roo's legs are green. I'm not sure I have a good pic of his legs...darn. Hoping the EE chick with have dark grey/slate legs like the mom.

Everyone can call their chickens what they want. I wasn't trying to pick at you on this, just my personal thoughts. Post pics, everyone really enjoys them. Legs, oh yeah another thing for me, I don't like yeller (did this on purpose) legs on my Easter Eggers. I prefer the slate (blue). Green works okay because it is easier for me to get back to slate legs.
Draye, I wasn't feeling picked on. I asked questions because I am genuinely curious, and if I learn something I thought was right was wrong that's ok with me!

 

[gander007]

My boy likes both kinds of hugs. Ignore him and he flies up on my shoulder when i turn my back! He and his sis are super beardy. To me the risk is worth it to tame. Lap roos might be scarce but are sooooo worth the search. Bad roos get shot and a proper burial. I don't blame them but i won't give them to someone else to treat badly possibly and eat.

Understandable