The EE braggers thread!!!

[chicken pickin]

I've got a couple more months before I get to see what color Candy is going to lay. I was told that she hatched from a green egg.
I was on another thread trying to find out if she was a she or not and someone told me that an EE with a single comb will lay brown eggs... and I'm not real clear what that means - exactly. They were talking about 'rows of peas' in the comb, and that 3 peas means a boy and a single pea means a girl... I was so glad to have her picture 'declared' girl that I didn't really question it any farther.

I had an idea about the egg cost. Since I'm in a truck scale house, and almost all of my potential customers are truck drivers, I'm starting to play with the idea of egg sandwiches instead of (or in addition to) eggs by the dozen. People don't blink at $2-3 for a nice hot breakfast sandwich ... At 2 eggs per english muffin, that would work out to around $15/doz.

Very smart thinking. I think that is a great way to sell your eggs. You could also make breakfast burritos( like in a tortilla wrap) or egg salad sandwiches. Either way very great idea

 

[ronott1]

Quote: Oh stop!

You are making me hungry.

I wonder if I have Tortillas and salsa.....Got plenty of eggs....

Ron

 

[flower]

My idea on the cost of eggs, is surely not to give them away unless you are using them for barter. I give eggs to a family which help me in many ways like working on my cooler to make it 99% more effective. But I would rather feed my eggs back to my birds then sell them for a pittance. Our chickens do not thrive without lots of care and expense.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

I've got a couple more months before I get to see what color Candy is going to lay. I was told that she hatched from a green egg.
I was on another thread trying to find out if she was a she or not and someone told me that an EE with a single comb will lay brown eggs... and I'm not real clear what that means - exactly. They were talking about 'rows of peas' in the comb, and that 3 peas means a boy and a single pea means a girl... I was so glad to have her picture 'declared' girl that I didn't really question it any farther.

I had an idea about the egg cost. Since I'm in a truck scale house, and almost all of my potential customers are truck drivers, I'm starting to play with the idea of egg sandwiches instead of (or in addition to) eggs by the dozen. People don't blink at $2-3 for a nice hot breakfast sandwich ... At 2 eggs per english muffin, that would work out to around $15/doz.

Wonderful ideas about egg sandwiches and such! You may find yourself operating a very nice business soon.

I'm hungry just thinking about it!

About the pea combs and single combs. EEs typically have pea type combs, which are passed down from their Ameraucana ancestry, and look sort of flattish and fat and bumpy. But, since EEs are often crossed with other breeds, you will see some EEs with single type combs, which is the "classic" comb that most people are familiar with, that are thin and upright with finger-like projections. The pea comb is related to the gene for blue/green eggs, so if someone saw that Candy has a single comb and not a pea comb, she probably does not have the blue/green egg gene and you'll get lovely brown eggs from her. (This is not 100% as some people have reported a single combed hen laying blue eggs, but it's rare.)

When trying to sex a young EE, the development of the pea comb can be an indicator. Young males' combs will be more prominent and look like three distinct rows of peas or bumps (think peas lined up in a pod) by or before 6 weeks. A female will have only one row of bumps (peas-in-the-pod) down the center of the comb area. This "single row of peas" is different from a "single comb" which is a different type of comb altogether! Can be confusing, and folks forget that not everyone has the same amount of experience.

This was probably more than you wanted to know!

The important thing is that you've got a girl and soon will be getting eggs! I'm impatiently waiting for eggs too!

 

[canesisters]

WOW! Thank you! Then what my girl has is a single row of peas

and I might very well get colored eggs from her. YEAH!!!!!
Here's another question then. If she hatched from a green egg - and keeping in mind the whole unpredictable mixed breed EE thing - is there any reasonable chance for a blue egg? Or should I expect green ones?

Everyone that I've asked about the sandwiches is very enthusiastic. Maybe I'll pass out a few freebies around the employees to win the boss over before I start a 'side job' while on the clock...

 

[Simmonsfunnyfrm]

I believe the general rule of thumb is that if she hatched from a green egg and her parents are both EEs then she will most likely lay a green egg too, but really you never know.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

WOW! Thank you! Then what my girl has is a single row of peas

and I might very well get colored eggs from her. YEAH!!!!!
Here's another question then. If she hatched from a green egg - and keeping in mind the whole unpredictable mixed breed EE thing - is there any reasonable chance for a blue egg? Or should I expect green ones?

Everyone that I've asked about the sandwiches is very enthusiastic. Maybe I'll pass out a few freebies around the employees to win the boss over before I start a 'side job' while on the clock...

Oh good. I couldn't tell from your post whether Candy had a single comb or if the person responding was just making a general comment about them. I got 2 EE sexed pullet chicks this spring to increase my chances for a blue egg. One was a roo.

Luckily I have found a good home for him.

(He's the whitish guy in my avatar.) I'm expecting green eggs, but hoping for blue!

 

[Simmonsfunnyfrm]

That brings me to a question: I wonder how many people got hatchery EEs that lay blue eggs? Or are hatchery EEs mostly green egg layers? I got 5 pullets from Cackle in March and I'm hoping for blue and green. Don't know what my chances are.

 

[Wishing4Wings]

That brings me to a question: I wonder how many people got hatchery EEs that lay blue eggs? Or are hatchery EEs mostly green egg layers? I got 5 pullets from Cackle in March and I'm hoping for blue and green. Don't know what my chances are.

I was wondering that myself. I had 3 hatchery EEs about 20 years ago- one wheaten w/blue legs, a black with red lacing w/green legs, and a typical orangey-brown and black w/green legs. I got beautiful vivid blue and blue-green eggs. I always thought that the blue eggs came from the girl with the blue legs, but have since found out that there's no connection. Back then the feed store was selling them as "Araucana." Maybe there was less cross breeding back then.

My neighbor has 2 older EEs from the same hatchery source as my pullet. Her hens lay dull, grayish-green eggs, which is why I'm expecting the same from mine. I have read that people are really happy with the beautiful color variety of chickens from Cackle, but to you think the eggs are a better color too? I'd love to hear people's experiences.

 

[Simmonsfunnyfrm]

I was wondering that myself. I had 3 hatchery EEs about 20 years ago- one wheaten w/blue legs, a black with red lacing w/green legs, and a typical orangey-brown and black w/green legs. I got beautiful vivid blue and blue-green eggs. I always thought that the blue eggs came from the girl with the blue legs, but have since found out that there's no connection. Back then the feed store was selling them as "Araucana." Maybe there was less cross breeding back then.

My neighbor has 2 older EEs from the same hatchery source as my pullet. Her hens lay dull, grayish-green eggs, which is why I'm expecting the same from mine. I have read that people are really happy with the beautiful color variety of chickens from Cackle, but to you think the eggs are a better color too? I love to hear people's experiences.

Well, I really can't say, since I've never actually had egg laying EEs...The only ones I got last year were from a lady around where I live and they were all roos. These I have now will probably start sometime in August. I do know you can't go wrong with Cackle as far as plumage, though. They are just the prettiest birds I've ever owned. Friendliest, too.