The EE braggers thread!!!

[crash0330]

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I didn't say that Wikipedia or me are right, but when you come with nonsense statements like"EE's have no colors" then it makes me doubt that the IFO you have is right.

What I meant by that was that since they are not a recognized breed they technically do not have recognized colors.... I didn't think anyone would take offense to that....

But just think about it if I have white EE she is white which is a recognized color so she does have a recognized color.

 

[M To The Maxx]

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What I meant by that was that since they are not a recognized breed they technically do not have recognized colors.... I didn't think anyone would take offense to that....

But just think about it if I have white EE she is white which is a recognized color so she does have a recognized color.

How can they have a recognized color if they are not a recognized breed? Do see what I am getting at here?

 

[zaybird77]

I love my EEs! I had one disapear receantly and I thought she was dead!

But later I was walking through the woods and I found her with 12 chicks!

EEs are the best chickens ever!

 

[M To The Maxx]

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WOW! Are you going to keep the chicks? I'm glad she is okay! Any pics?????

 

[Kassaundra]

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Love her style, never ask for permission, only forgiveness!!!!

 

[Medicine Man]

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The "typical EEs that you see comming (sic) out of hatcheries" are the original Ameraucanas which were bred from the Quechua. They were called the "World's Fair Quechua" aka "Ameraucana" back in the '30s. They are still, for the most part, the "typical EEs that you see comming (sic) out of hatcheries." Other breeds are mixed in here and there, but with much more strict care and control than the backyardigan crowd crossing them with Buff Orpingtons.

BTW, "Whisperer" is spelled...well, "Whisperer"...with an "h".

Sorry, but from what I've gathered (both in research and from conversations here in BYC) EE stock in hatcheries is more closely related to the Quechua. The hatcheries didn't create the Ameraucana - the Ameraucana bantam was accepted in 1980, created by breeders. The EEs were never included in the standard.

The hatcheries are crossing them with more strict personal guidelines, but they are still crossed with other breeds - making them mutt EEs.

Yes, I'm highly aware that whisperer has a h in it. I'll explain this to everyone, I left out the h so that I could have the username.

You and I are about 99% in agreement, it's just a matter of semantics. The part I neglected to make clear was that the "World's Fair Quechua" was called the Ameraucana long before (decades before) a small group of hobbyists decided to breed them true to a few colors and then seek APA acceptance, stealing the Ameraucana name. Clear as mud now?

Also, regarding the process of introducing different breeds into a line here and there - it's a process that's done with, oh, just about every breed of chicken. For example, Buff Leghorn exhibitors have dipped into Buff Plymouth Rock. Sure, the immediate cross - the F1s - are mutts, but then when that line is selectively bred back to Buff Leghorn (exhibition quality no less), nobody is calling that a mutt. That's similar to what I mean as the difference between *most* hatchery EEs ("World's Fair Quechua") and the backyardigans' EEs (total mutts).

 

[Wild Trapper]

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Too many predators around here for that to happen. Glad you found her, post some pictures Pleassssse!

 

[JordanFamily]

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I want to see Angel's pink eggs!!!!

 

[Medicine Man]

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Miss Opal, is even more beautiful perched amongst the oranges.

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Thank you. She is my favorite of all of them.

She also once disappeared for three weeks and I was sure she was a goner, but I found her sitting on a clutch of 15 infertile eggs. Luckily, I had some in the 'bator that hatched a week later and she did an outstanding job as a mama hen.

 

[jennifersmith326]

my 6 month old Roo. We call him T-Rex cause he looks like a dinosaur.

He is missing his tail feathers.