The EE braggers thread!!!

[Hinotori]

The dark chick is his as well.

 

[jerryse]

Normal hatchery EE. I figure she must carry white. I was really surprised on the offspring coloring and did think it was a boy when I first saw the white feathers coming in.


This is the hatchery brahma that is the mother to the bottom one


Pic of the young pullets leg. Sorry she's so dirty


Here's the rock's daughter. She's an interesting color. Not fully black, and not fully dark brown. It doesn't show up as well as it does in life.

The first chick is a sex link mating . Silver and red/gold are sex linked colors . Females can be one or the other but not both . Males can be both colors at the same time . Number 2 got silver from dad . Brahma mom is silver Columbian ( light Brahma ) . Number 3 puzzles me . Black is expected from the Rock but it should have got silver from dad resulting in a birchen look . No brown should be in that cross . Any other possible parent ? If that is indeed the dad then he is not pure for silver . If he carries red hidden by silver then yes that would explain it . In that case he is not a pure silver Ameraucana . Still a very handsome guy . Just talking color genetics.

 

[draye]

@jerryse :

What would you call this color?



These two came from a mating and .She is half NN and half EE.

 

[Hinotori]

There is a slight chance that the wheaten rooster is the father, but I've only ever see him attack them. That would make more sense with the color. That's the only two LF roosters I had. Both were in the pen at the time I collected these eggs to set.

I didn't know that the silver and gold would do sex link. Learned something new! So males would show gold then with that cross? Let me run out and see if I can get a picture of her brother that's the same cross, just different mother. He shows gold leakage in the hackles and saddle.

 

[Junibutt]

Can EEs be feather sexed? I have a 2 day old EE mother x unknown rooster (I think rooster is EE, I have seen it but the owner doesn't know better). I can't keep cockerels in my neighborhood so I would rather give it away now. Here are some pics of the chick:

 

[Hinotori]

Cockerel that I was talking about. His hackle and saddle feathers look much more yellow in person. (nothing wrong with his feat. I had the net and he stayed perfectly still where I set him)


Here are the younger boys. They are just starting to really get in their hackle and saddle feathers so you can't see them well unless you part feathers.

 

[Hinotori]

Can EEs be feather sexed? I have a 2 day old EE mother x unknown rooster (I think rooster is EE, I have seen it but the owner doesn't know better). I can't keep cockerels in my neighborhood so I would rather give it away now. Here are some pics of the chick:

I can't help. I've never really looked into feather sexing. Someone should chime in here soon, though

 

[jerryse]

@jerryse :

What would you call this color?



These two came from a mating and .She is half NN and half EE.

I would say wheaten and Golden duckwing are involved .

 

[jerryse]

Cockerel that I was talking about. His hackle and saddle feathers look much more yellow in person. (nothing wrong with his feat. I had the net and he stayed perfectly still where I set him)


Here are the younger boys. They are just starting to really get in their hackle and saddle feathers so you can't see them well unless you part feathers.

Yes he has silver and gold . The black is probably from the wheaten . That would explain the brown .

 

[FVRM]

Can EEs be feather sexed? I have a 2 day old EE mother x unknown rooster (I think rooster is EE, I have seen it but the owner doesn't know better). I can't keep cockerels in my neighborhood so I would rather give it away now. Here are some pics of the chick:

Apparently, feather sexing only works if birds are bred for it and it also depends on what breeds they are. Seems like EEs are hard to feather sex because people who buy them from farm stores usually end up with a rooster even though they're supposed to have been sexed.

That said if it was to be feathered sex from those photos I would say it is a rooster.