The EE braggers thread!!!

[cackleberrycoop]

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There he is! You already KNOW how fantastic I think this guy is. Where did you say you got him from again?

 

[Bravo]

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There he is! You already KNOW how fantastic I think this guy is. Where did you say you got him from again?

Very pretty! Just wait until he grows out--he will be quite stunning.

In my experience, these boys feather out to the silver duckwing color pattern like this:

I have 2 boys right now that are feathering out identically, one is 13 weeks and the other is 7 weeks. If anyone is interested, I will place them for free if you cover shipping or local pickup works too

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This is their father. Their full brother is in the pic above.

They are F2 crosses in a blue egg project I am working on

 

[soulsong]

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could someone please answer this for me?
I understand this is a pics & bragging thread but I'd
think someone would be kind enough to answer this even just
in passing while posting pics. THANKS!

btw you all have some very pretty EE's!

 

[Katydid2011]

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He's beautiful! Thank you for sharing the pic.

 

[Kassaundra]

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could someone please answer this for me?
I understand this is a pics & bragging thread but I'd
think someone would be kind enough to answer this even just
in passing while posting pics. THANKS!

btw you all have some very pretty EE's!

Pea combs are MORE LIKELY to carry the colored egg gene, and straight combs MORE LIKELY not to carry the colored egg gene, but w/ EE's nothing is absolute. (except they are the best chickens in the world!

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[puredelite]

Soulsong- Kassaundra did beat me to the draw with answering your question concerning the straight comb, in all my years of breeding blue egg layers I have only had the pea comb hens lay blue and/or green eggs. But, give them a few months and you will know for sure. With EE genetics you might possibly get pink eggs. Charlie

 

[SteveH]

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No, but on crosses of EEs impure for both the blue gene and the pea comb gene, the pea combed offspring are more likely to lay [or carry the gene for] green or blue eggs then the single combed offspring.

 

[hannakat]

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Saw your mention of a "wiener dog" and wanted to ask....are your chickens in danger? We have a mix of that breed and she killed and ate one of our chickens last year and would dearly love to snack on my peeps.

I also took a look at your BYC page and love the Eagle and falcon! Little confused though, since the date of their beginings isn't for a few months yet!

Also love the colored egg!

 

[Kassaundra]

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Saw your mention of a "wiener dog" and wanted to ask....are your chickens in danger? We have a mix of that breed and she killed and ate one of our chickens last year and would dearly love to snack on my peeps.

I also took a look at your BYC page and love the Eagle and falcon! Little confused though, since the date of their beginings isn't for a few months yet!

Also love the colored egg!

Yes my girls are in mortal danger, he has gotten 2

We have beefed up the fencing which is putting us way behind in the rotating garden, with this new round of fencing I think he is finally seperated enough so he won't be dining on chicken again

Our big rot/lab mix is terrified of the chickens

I went and looked at my page and I see what you mean, I was a little ahead of myself

 

[hannakat]

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Oh...I'm so sorry to hear that

It's their natural instinct, unfortunately. Mine leaves the big chickens alone but considers every other size fair game. My rooster has now chased her across the yard enough times that she won't go near them.

Can you keep yours on a leash and try some serious training? Like...vinager water in a spray bottle and everytime he even looks in their direction give him a squart.....that would be my first effort. And, even though it's offensive to some people, for training purposes only in a situation like this, a shock collar might be the ticket. Could be it would only be needed for a very short time and the settings on those make it a really useful tool. Mine is a mix and only weighs 11 pounds so that might be something I should be thankful for.....our roo is way bigger than she is now even though he weighs less. I did spend quite a bit of time in the yard last year with the chickens enforcing what behavior I wanted. it's hard