The EE braggers thread!!!

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Dear Grumpypants cute chick pictures, all three and the third one is a hoot ! little boy ?

 

[Jessshan8]

thank you! I will look back and take a look. i love this site for the feedback and advice I have seen on here. A goldmine for poultry lovers like myself.

 

[Grumpypantsmomma]

Too cute! can we expect update pics in the future. looks as if it will have some brown barring.

You bet!

 

[Grumpypantsmomma]

Too cute! can we expect update pics in the future. looks as if it will have some brown barring.

Dear Grumpypants cute chick pictures, all three and the third one is a hoot ! little boy ?

The darker chocolate ones were bought as sexed pullets! The FavEE was hatched by me so i have no clue but i was thinkin boy!

 

[Illia]

I think I answered part of my own question -- Hoover says the hens lay eggs from blue to olive to tan. Murray and Welp say only blue and green, so that's why Hoover is cheaper -- they haven't culled out the brown egg layers. Thanks for all the responses.

Becky

Well then McMurray would be lying, because all I've gotten from their EE's are brown eggs. Which does make sense, considering they likely have the oldest EE stock, and the original mix of colored laying birds coming to the US laid all three.

Pertaining to quality, what is measured here though? Mutts are mutts

So the main values here to measure are health, longevity, and production. The McMurray EE's I got all ended up either with some sort of deformity (toes, back, beak) or ended up internally laying, or a couple died pretty early. Now of course that's only one experience though, but, several birds having deformities to me isn't the greatest thing.

My favorite EE's though are "homemade" ones.

 

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And I wanted to post earlier that there is member here that got her EEs from Myers and they are very varied, pretty, healthy and mostly lay blue and greens. I think that she said one lays pink. But I wonder about pink ! My silver laced Wyandotte lays pink but I think that pink is really diluted brown. So far the only true browns that I have seen are Marans, Welsummers, a few Rocks and maybe RIR. Certainly the later two are pale in comparison to a good Marans and Welsummers.

Opps I got carried away. But I think that you should try Myers. They are the best that I have seen on this thread besides Illia's and Lisa's carzy gorgeous "home made. " That should be home made/home brewed. ha ha

home bred

 

[draye]

Well then McMurray would be lying, because all I've gotten from their EE's are brown eggs. Which does make sense, considering they likely have the oldest EE stock, and the original mix of colored laying birds coming to the US laid all three.

Pertaining to quality, what is measured here though? Mutts are mutts

So the main values here to measure are health, longevity, and production. The McMurray EE's I got all ended up either with some sort of deformity (toes, back, beak) or ended up internally laying, or a couple died pretty early. Now of course that's only one experience though, but, several birds having deformities to me isn't the greatest thing.

My favorite EE's though are "homemade" ones.

I have 1 from Murray McMurray and she is laying a mint green egg. In fact all my Eastr Eggers are laying blue to green eggs all from various hatcheries. I did have one that I bred from my stock that laid a creme colored egg, the rooster I had I got from a local guy so I don't know his breeding ohtr than he looked like you typical EE.

As far as pink eggs go they are just a diluted brown. I get one from my Dark Cornish.






















































draye

 

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draye I believe that most eggs that appear cream, light brown pr pinkish are truly dilute brown are on versions of brown.

 

[Kassaundra]

And I wanted to post earlier that there is member here that got her EEs from Myers and they are very varied, pretty, healthy and mostly lay blue and greens. I think that she said one lays pink. But I wonder about pink ! My silver laced Wyandotte lays pink but I think that pink is really diluted brown. So far the only true browns that I have seen are Marans, Welsummers, a few Rocks and maybe RIR. Certainly the later two are pale in comparison to a good Marans and Welsummers.

Opps I got carried away. But I think that you should try Myers. They are the best that I have seen on this thread besides Illia's and Lisa's carzy gorgeous "home made. " That should be home made/home brewed. ha ha

home bred

That is me, I believe. You can see pics of my beautiful bearded ladies in my albums here on BYC. And I have to agree Illia's and Lisa's are amazing!

I ordered 25, none had any deformity of any kind and no sickness to this day, they even started laying on the early side for EE's.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Quote: Originally Posted by HathawayHens

The Roo was a barred rock and the hen was a standard brown/black EE. All her eggs hatched out blue chicks. Is this normal from the cross?

I'm not a color expert, but i don't think so. The only way i know to get all blues is by crossing a splash with a black. I would keep the parents, and keep going, cause they are beautiful and unusual.