The EE braggers thread!!!

[jerryse]

Ok, I've been creeping around byc for a while now and thought maybe you could help me....this guy was sold as an ameruacana (I know, I know...he is more than likely an EE). What's throwing me though is his color....what would you call it?

I see blue in his tail so I would say silver blue Columbian . EE do not have set color patterns but that is fairly close . Columbian is like light Brahma .

 

[jerryse]

Double post

 

[abby919]

I was trying to upload a better picture. He has the muffs an beard. His coloring is more of a mauve/super light chocolate rather than silver. There is also lots of pale yellow in the white.....similar to the yellow in the lavender wheaten.
He isn't a dilute or silver columbian. .

 

[jerryse]

I was trying to upload a better picture. He has the muffs an beard. His coloring is more of a mauve/super light chocolate rather than silver. There is also lots of pale yellow in the white.....similar to the yellow in the lavender wheaten.
He isn't a dilute or silver columbian. .

The pale yellow probably means he is carrying silver and gold . These are my best guesses . There is a genetics guy on here that goes by nicalandia you might try a private message to him . He has the latest post on the Rhodebar thread right now .

 

[sonderah]

Picked up my new EE hens yesterday. They are in quarantine. Most have been roughed up pretty well by a rooster, 1 of them is all skin on her back. How long will it take before they feather back out? You can tell they are beautiful birds!! But looking pretty rough, poor things!

 

[CGinJCMO]

Picked up my new EE hens yesterday. They are in quarantine. Most have been roughed up pretty well by a rooster, 1 of them is all skin on her back. How long will it take before they feather back out? You can tell they are beautiful birds!! But looking pretty rough, poor things!

It will take a couple of months with out a rooster around to keep tearing them out.

CG

 

[sonderah]

It will take a couple of months with out a rooster around to keep tearing them out.

CG

Well. I have a rooster too, but he will have 9 hens, so I'm hoping he won't be so busy with individual ones. Lol

 

[sonderah]

Well. I have a rooster too, but he will have 9 hens, so I'm hoping he won't be so busy with individual ones. Lol

And I have 2 hen saddles I will put on the ones that r really bad.

 

[CGinJCMO]

It will take a couple of months with out a rooster around to keep tearing them out.

CG

Well. I have a rooster too, but he will have 9 hens, so I'm hoping he won't be so busy with individual ones. Lol

I have three roos and 20 hens and you can tell who are the favorites. I'm finished with the stud services so at least two are needing to go (keep one for protection duties for a while longer as long as he continues to keep istance from me ).

 

[Brookshire11]

EE pullets are some of the fastest pullets you can get to produce egg's as mine stated laying hard shelled egg's at 15 weeks and all by week 18 put I feed them Turkey Grow with high protein and a egg per five pullets goes in to every pot of wet feed I give them ....

Hmm, thank you! One of my EEs is very red, so I think she'll start soon. One of my Orps is right there too.
My other EE is still pretty pale though.

Hello EE thread

Is there a particularly good source for EE's? Hatchery or otherwise.....Meyer's lists them as broody, MM as pink/blue/green layers, Sand Hill as large birds that lay green eggs. Egg size also seems to vary. Just wondering if there is a consensus.

Thanks!!
M

I got 3 sexed pullets from Meyer. Out of those 1 was a roo. Not terrible.
The 2 pullets I have are very sweet and beautiful. But, they're not laying yet so I couldn't tell you about eggs. They're 20 weeks