The EE braggers thread!!!

[Kalalyn21]

Here is my girl. She is 7 months old and still not laying

 

[Flavum]

That's a great question, and I'm sure there are folks who know better than I do. I think you have to make sure the desired traits you want to keep (ie comb type, beards, color, egg color) are present in your breeding stock to start. But then it's just like any breeding program. It takes many generations and careful record keeping to produce your goal. Remember, all breeds of modern domestic chickens started out as something else and are the result selective breeding.

Your roo is very handsome!

Are you going for the blue color? I think overall health, and egg color and productivity are important too. Good luck and keep us posted!

Thanks for the info!

I know Olive eggers are a popular cross with Marans are their any other colors people have success with?

Here is my girl. She is 7 months old and still not laying

She Is good looking. comb looks fairly red, maybe getting close.

I feel your pain, I have 7 that are 33 weeks and the first one started laying a couple days ago.

 

[kahlua]

One of my girls must have started laying yesterday - I found two eggs today in the nest box. I'm assuming they're coming from my 8.5 month old pullet, her comb is the most developed. It took her long enough! I have two other EE's that are a month younger, I hope they start soon.

I am not sure what to call the color, but I like it!

 

[cheeka]

kahlua, beautiful mossy green, or Olive Eggs...! and your hen is gorgeous

 

[Basel]

Gorgeous mossy eggs, kahlua!!

Well, my EE eggs are on day 19 and.... they were just peeping at me!!

Through the incubator.

I hope they make it!

 

[flower]

for BASEL' s chicks !

 

[Kassaundra]

for BASEL' s chicks !

X 2

 

[fuzzybutt love]

early perhaps? Mine didn't peep until the day of hatching!

 

[Basel]

for BASEL' s chicks !

X 2

early perhaps? Mine didn't peep until the day of hatching!

Thank you, thank you.

They're still peeping off and on, and one of the silkie EE eggs has pips. Hasn't done much in the last 3 hours though.

Do you think this is a bad sign? Could they be too early or something???

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Here is my girl. She is 7 months old and still not laying

I have 2 pullets over 7 months that have not started yet either. It will happen, but I can hardly wait to see the egg color. Such suspense.
Oh, and my Welsummer laid her first egg today. She is over 8.5 months! Don't give up hope!