The EE braggers thread!!!

[Simmonsfunnyfrm]

I have 4 at 27 weeks not laying, and only one of those girls has been giving me any indication she will start soon...

 

[chicken pickin]

I actually like the smaller size of the EE! Speaking of EE's, does anybody else have an EE over 29 weeks old who has not laid eggs yet? Mine has no beard, and her comb is still not very big. Just wondered if it is the type of mixed breed she is from. Wondered if other peoples older non-laying EE's look similar. Here is my non-laying chicken!


This was taken about 3 weeks ago and she is actually a little more red faced than this...,.but she is not squatting or anything! How old is your non-laying EE????

I have one im almost positive isnt laying and she is almost 31 weeks, She looks different than yours though.

 

[DMRippy]

I had an EE pullet that didn't lay till 10-11 months

It has to do with the sun too and it might take them longer the further in to the fall we get.

EGG COLOR. Wheatens are know to lay the BLUES of eggs of the AMS. So if you have wheatens, keep breeding them. My Wheatens are the WORST layers and the SMALLEST AMS I have so not sure that will get you in the right directions. The good think about EE.... you can mix anything in and they will still be EE

For size..... Marans would help, but that would not keep the BLUE EGG thing going..... You would need a Large bird that laid a blue egg or a white egg....... hum..... My wyandottes lay a very light color brown egg, I think Brahmas do too...... Orpingtons?

 

[littlechicklet]

I had an EE pullet that didn't lay till 10-11 months

It has to do with the sun too and it might take them longer the further in to the fall we get.

EGG COLOR. Wheatens are know to lay the BLUES of eggs of the AMS. So if you have wheatens, keep breeding them. My Wheatens are the WORST layers and the SMALLEST AMS I have so not sure that will get you in the right directions. The good think about EE.... you can mix anything in and they will still be EE

For size..... Marans would help, but that would not keep the BLUE EGG thing going..... You would need a Large bird that laid a blue egg or a white egg....... hum..... My wyandottes lay a very light color brown egg, I think Brahmas do too...... Orpingtons?

I don't know about the Orpingtons. I think they would bring in a more olive/green egg.

I was thinking of adding an Araucana rooster to my EEs to improve the egg color & hopefully get some with beards & bunny butts. Will it work or will they get smaller too?

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: They are brown egg layers too, I don't know how brown. I don't have any laying. I don't know of any blue or white egg layers that would bring size sorry.

 

[NookNook01]

I actually like the smaller size of the EE! Speaking of EE's, does anybody else have an EE over 29 weeks old who has not laid eggs yet? Mine has no beard, and her comb is still not very big. Just wondered if it is the type of mixed breed she is from. Wondered if other peoples older non-laying EE's look similar. Here is my non-laying chicken!


This was taken about 3 weeks ago and she is actually a little more red faced than this...,.but she is not squatting or anything! How old is your non-laying EE????

Perhaps she has Wyandotte in her....they are slow to mature.

 

[littlechicklet]

They are brown egg layers too, I don't know how brown. I don't have any laying. I don't know of any blue or white egg layers that would bring size sorry.

I have some Orps and they are just starting to lay. Their eggs are very light in color. It looks like a pink/brown to me. Mine are big fluffy birds and some are English in type but they are not laying yet.

 

[DMRippy]

Quote:
The lighter the brown the less green the eggs will be. Then pick the bluest layers with some size and breed them back with the wheatens

 

[mstricer]

My Lavender Ameraucana's just started laying this week, they hatched in early Feb.

 

[littlechicklet]

The lighter the brown the less green the eggs will be. Then pick the bluest layers with some size and breed them back with the wheatens

Thank you. I am a long way off from trying to work on this but the information is very helpful.