The EE braggers thread!!!

[bruceha2000]

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SOME homes can eat the boys. And SOME homes don't have people who would be an emotional wreck if ANYONE ate the boys. But not MY home.

 

[Ducks4us]

New ee chicks.
Dad was a pure buff ameraucana roo/ mom was silkie/dorking cross. Excited to see what they end up looking like! 3 are ee chicks. All 3 have crests/ and 5 toes.
Also have 3 pure ameraucana chicks.

 

[duluthralphie]

SOME homes can eat the boys. And SOME homes don't have people who would be an emotional wreck if ANYONE ate the boys. But not MY home.

Ahh, I understand. I thought you meant they were allergic to chicken or something like that..Thanks

 

[melishkia]

Ahh, I understand. I thought you meant they were allergic to chicken or something like that..Thanks

They could be vegetarian or something too... Or they could be big babies like me and cannot cope with eating a chickie they raised lol

 

[duluthralphie]

They could be vegetarian or something too... Or they could be big babies like me and cannot cope with eating a chickie they raised lol

Thanks,, I guess to me that is a "don't want to eat the boys" and not a can't eat the boys. Semantics, but I understand, I have a few birds I will not eat as they have been elevated to "Pet Status" because of their personality, breed or special feature.

I won't eat them, but I could, Except for Bert which would be like eating my dog.

 

[bruceha2000]

Sorry for the semantic confusion. DD1 is what I term an "emotional vegetarian" as opposed to those who just think a vegetarian diet is more healthy.

• She won't eat anything that has an animal 'body part' in it, not even gelatin even though no animals are killed for the purpose of harvesting gelatin.
• She wouldn't eat a fertilized egg (thus no rooster and no 'replace from within') because it COULD have been incubated and become a chicken.
• We can't have milk animals because the milk giver has to get pregnant every year and statistically speaking, 50% of the offspring will be male. We all know what that means for the vast majority of young males in the agricultural world.
• She couldn't emotionally handle us raising animals for others in the family to eat.
• She couldn't emotionally handle us raising animals that someone she doesn't even know would eat.

She manages to ignore the issue of getting sexed pullets from the hatchery. I am 99.99999% certain she knows what happens to most of the male chicks.

 

[duluthralphie]

Sorry for the semantic confusion. DD1 is what I term an "emotional vegetarian" as opposed to those who just think a vegetarian diet is more healthy.

• She won't eat anything that has an animal 'body part' in it, not even gelatin even though no animals are killed for the purpose of harvesting gelatin.
• She wouldn't eat a fertilized egg (thus no rooster and no 'replace from within') because it COULD have been incubated and become a chicken.
• We can't have milk animals because the milk giver has to get pregnant every year and statistically speaking, 50% of the offspring will be male. We all know what that means for the vast majority of young males in the agricultural world.
• She couldn't emotionally handle us raising animals for others in the family to eat.
• She couldn't emotionally handle us raising animals that someone she doesn't even know would eat.

She manages to ignore the issue of getting sexed pullets from the hatchery. I am 99.99999% certain she knows what happens to most of the male chicks.

I have a emotional vegan niece. However, her veganism seems to be related to the tastiness of the food too. Ice cream can be a big break the veganism habit for "well, this one time won't hurt."..

I guess having grown up on a farm, I have a hard time understanding the whole thing. But each to his own.

 

[Grandmadee]

I bought 3 chicks the first of April. My Delaware started laying in September. My Cochin in October, and my EE still hasn't started.Am I just over anxious? I'm looking forward to the colored eggs.

 

[junebuggena]

It's my experience that Easter Eggers need a higher protein intake for egg production than other breeds. If you start layer too soon, it can dramatically slow down their rate of development. Combine that with the shorter days, and you may not see eggs from her till spring is on the way.

 

[Catandherchicks]

I bought 3 chicks the first of April. My Delaware started laying in September. My Cochin in October, and my EE still hasn't started.Am I just over anxious? I'm looking forward to the colored eggs.

But she looks like she's interested in what's going on.