The EE braggers thread!!!

[Cynthia12]

my Polish and EE are BFFs!

summer, your chickens are nice, and I can tell that you love them very much! Love this EE coloring! I think she is your favorite?

 

[FreedomFarm13]

I just got my 4 new EEs from Meyer hatchery!!! I ordered 17 babies in all and they all were alive and well when I picked them up. It took a little while to figure out who was who (I had about 6 that I knew would be chipmunk colored and two of the EEs are, too), but I did and now I can share pics!! Two of them really pleasantly surprised me with their interesting coloring. Here they are!
This is Charlotte. She's super fluffy, has a nice beard already, and is larger than the Wyandotte cockerel I got:

Here's Elsa. I think she's my favorite. She's got a couple wing feathers already that appear to be all white. Can't wait to see how she turns out:

This is Nova. One of the chipmunks. I really like the markings on her face. Doesn't look like she'll have a beard, though:

And last but not least, Greta. The other chipmunk. She looks like she's got a tiny beard, maybe, lol:

So, there they are! I'm very pleased with the colors I got. I was afraid they'd all be chipmunks. I love them already!!

 

[melishkia]

No they are not . If you want blue eggs and auto sexing try Legbars .

Thanks for the info! I really like my americaunas I don't think I can part with them for autosexing. I have a way of taking care of the roosters so I'll just keep them longer and maybe sell them for more.

 

[ChickenTycoon]

I am new to backyard chicken-ing. I would love to buy some EE chicks off anyone who might have some near Utah. I live in Provo.

 

[debid]

This is Nova. One of the chipmunks. I really like the markings on her face. Doesn't look like she'll have a beard, though:

Pink legs and no beard -- I don't think she's an EE. Look through them again and pay close attention to leg color. Might be that you've overlooked one as a lot of peeps look a lot alike.

 

[FreedomFarm13]

Pink legs and no beard -- I don't think she's an EE. Look through them again and pay close attention to leg color. Might be that you've overlooked one as a lot of peeps look a lot alike.

No, she's definitely an EE. Plenty of EEs don't have slate or willow legs, or beards. Some even have single combs, if they're a Legbar cross. She does have a pea comb, though, so I know she's an EE. All my other chipmunks are single comb breeds.

 

[duluthralphie]

Pink legs and no beard -- I don't think she's an EE. Look through them again and pay close attention to leg color. Might be that you've overlooked one as a lot of peeps look a lot alike.

An EE is not really a breed with standard or even traits in common, it is a land race with no breeding controls. If a bird is not a different breed and it lays a colored egg it is an Easter egger. I have some Easter Eggers I made out of a Partridge Chanticler rooster and a Legbar hen. I got a duck egg colored egg from them. It is very Olive.

They are EE's now. Easter Eggers are basically a barnyard mix that lays a colored egg other than brown or white.


A lot of Easter Eggers have dark legs, it is not a requirement. There are no requirements.

 

[debid]

An EE is not really a breed with standard or even traits in common, it is a land race with no breeding controls.   If a bird is not a  different breed and it lays a colored egg it is an Easter egger.   I have some Easter Eggers I made out of a Partridge Chanticler rooster and a Legbar hen. I got a duck egg colored egg from them. It is very Olive. 

They are EE's now.     Easter Eggers are basically a barnyard mix that lays a colored egg other than brown or white.


A lot of Easter Eggers have dark legs, it is not a requirement. There are no requirements.

These are hatchery chicks, not backyard mixes. The ones the hatcheries sell are meant to resemble Ameraucanas so while it isn't a requirement, they do tend to resemble Ameraucanas. With green legs. Almost always, green legs.

 

[duluthralphie]

These are hatchery chicks, not backyard mixes. The ones the hatcheries sell are meant to resemble Ameraucanas so while it isn't a requirement, they do tend to resemble Ameraucanas. With green legs. Almost always, green legs.

I am afraid you are mistaken.

A bird does not have to come from a "hatchery" to be an Easter Egger. It does not have to resemble any "breed". Easter Eggers are mutts.


There is no secret club of hatcheries with rules as to what is an Easter Egger.



Easter Eggers are a "landrace" while many have green legs, tufts, or muffs it is not required. The whole idea being there is no SOP. no standard.

If is lays a colored egg and is not a "breed" in the conventional sense. It does not have traits or a SOP that breeders work towards.

Where do you get the idea an Easter Egger has to resemble a Ameraucanas? While many do, it is not a requirement. That being my whole point, there is no standard. If it lays green or blue eggs and does not resemble a Ameraucana is it not an Easter egger?

Almost always green legs is a pretty loose requirement. By the statement itself it means they "sometimes" do not need "green legs". The same can be said for the muffs and tufts or anything else. Meaning we are down to the one thing they have in common. Colored eggs.


When you say "almost always" has this or that we are at no standard and back to them being Mutts. Sweet luvable Mutts. I love my mutts.



Which begs the question what came first the Easter Egger or the Ameraucana? Hmmmmmmm I wonder who would know,,Hmmmmm


Have a great day!

 

[debid]

I am not talking about what makes a bird an EE. I'm only talking about what hatchery EEs look like since this poster bought chicks from Meyer and has purchased several breeds. It really has nothing to do with your breeding program unless you're selling eggs to Meyer.

BTW, if anyone has a clean-faced, pink-legged EE from Meyer, I'd be very interested to see a pic of her and her egg color.