The EE braggers thread!!!

[Kassaundra]

LOVE HER! Want a white hen ARE some whites actually always roos? .A friend said hers seem to be ...or is just accidental Someone earlier posted its not some gender thing and i guess not, you have a white hen.But depending on what was crossed to get the white ...could the white gender color thing be passed on SOME EES cases?
Oh and what color were your whites as babies? Yellow or white?

Thanks. The silver colored chipmunk chicks are usually (but not always) roos. White in a mixed heritage situation (not a true white breed x w/ the same white true breed) has several genetic possibilities that I do not understand though I have been told or read several times. Some types of white are just "hiding" other colors that can come out in offspring this is true for all whites not just EE whites (except for true breed that is white as far as I understand it). Both Yeta and Yeti were yellow chicks. They had a sister that was almost the exact same yellow as them, but if you had them side by side as chicks you could see an ever so slight darkening on the edges of her chick fuzz, she turned out completely different:




Chantilly, if you didn't have her up next to one of the true yellow chicks (white hens) you would have thought she was yellow too, she didn't have any chipmunk or patterning of any kind just a slight "halo" of slightly darker edges of the chick fuzz.

Oh and when I called them sisters, I meant proverbally, they were from the same hatchery order.

 

[DMRippy]

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MINE DO...... much much later

 

[DMRippy]

So even if both of a chickens parents are Ameraucana if the color pattern isn't show quality it's an EE?

Ameraucanas SHOULD breed true. BUT if you are crossing color varieties they will be EE. If they don't meet the SOP for Ameraucanas they are EE.... even if PURE.

Someone also asked about White EE.... I don't think they are rare. I get white EE all the time with my Super Blue Egg Layers..... they are EE really. I also have and had some PURE Lavender Ameraucanas chicks that turned white.... so they are either EE or White Ameraucanas.... I don't know really, just don't want them in my breeding program. I also had a White Olive Egger too.

 

[Chicken Frenzie]

Baby Cleo



Adult Cleo

Baby Eagle (RIP) She was the chipmunk EE.

 

[wife2abirdman]

The blue and black hens, are they EE's or ameruacanas too? I really like the fullness of their saddles, almost can't see the tails! Almost orpington-ish with the fullness, but the colors are different? (I am a blue lover, i like the blue laced red )

No they are Cochins. Actually that Blue Leader(black hen) closer up is blue just much darker. My camera really doesn't do her justice she is like a dark grey with black lacing.


one of the "Doublemint Twins" in the front(Cochin-she has a "twin" sister who doesn't like the cold much

) Orpington in the back.
I only have 3 EE's I love them and want more but I want to breed Cochins so don't really have the space for anymore EE's.

 

[OleMissChic]

Good afternoon! I'm trying to figure out if my EE chick is male or female. From what I'm reading it seems most people are saying white and black EEs are usually roos and feather pattern plays a role?
Here are a couple pics. One from 4.3 weeks and the second from 5.3 weeks. Any thoughts?

 

[Flowerbh]

Here's Cleo.

Beautiful chickens! Mine have been molting and I have almost forgotten how beautiful they were before they lost so many feathers and look so bad! Can't wait until mine look good like yours again!

 

[Kassaundra]

Good afternoon! I'm trying to figure out if my EE chick is male or female. From what I'm reading it seems most people are saying white and black EEs are usually roos and feather pattern plays a role?
Here are a couple pics. One from 4.3 weeks and the second from 5.3 weeks. Any thoughts?

So far I would say girl. See how uniform the black and white patterning is across her back, males have a more "splotchy" patterning not nearly that uniform. I would keep an eye out for splotchy in the black and white, and also any "rusting" red spots showing up in the back/wing area, they would start off small barely noticable and gradually get bigger, it wil look just like they are starting to rust, either of those two things would be positive for a boy. Can't see the comb to well, but what I do see looks female too.

 

[chicken pickin]

I also say girl

 

[OleMissChic]

So far I would say girl. See how uniform the black and white patterning is across her back, males have a more "splotchy" patterning not nearly that uniform. I would keep an eye out for splotchy in the black and white, and also any "rusting" red spots showing up in the back/wing area, they would start off small barely noticable and gradually get bigger, it wil look just like they are starting to rust, either of those two things would be positive for a boy. Can't see the comb to well, but what I do see looks female too.

Thanks Kassaundra! Is that patterning pretty consistent for any color EE? Splotchy for roos and fairly even for pullets? I have two others that have similar patterning as this one but they are golden and brown. I'm hoping for all girls since I already have a Marans roo.