The EE braggers thread!!!

[skookumchuck]

I just got a small flock of chickens over the weekend here are my two bearded ladies, what will I get if I hatch out any of thier eggs my Roo is a RIR?

 

[Flowerbh]

I just got a small flock of chickens over the weekend here are my two bearded ladies, what will I get if I hatch out any of thier eggs my Roo is a RIR?

You will probably have olive colored eggs....not sure what the chicks will look like.

 

[jendodd79]

Saddle feathers? I know all of the rest of them are roosters and have saddle feathers, but this one has a different shaped back, and no wing splotches like the other ones. The comb is definitely pointing rooster, but the feathers coming in are rounder. I don't want to send it off this week if it's a she!

 

[qldchook]

AN update on PRECIOUS- the "almost still an embryo chick" I saved and now have to raise on its own! I post on this site even tho I mainly have cochins, I also have an EE. RR & Plymouth Rock & mainly because it is BYCs FRIENDLIEST site!!!


Precious is now only 3 wks old & I find Cochins VERY hard to sex but my question was answered the other day in a rather wierd way! I basically cannot move without Precious scooting along behind me. As I work from home, my computer desk is her "yard" & she cuddles up on the keyboard or my shoulder or sleeps on my hand even while I type.

Well much to my horror she/HE dashed out from behind my laptop the other day & MATED!!!!!!!!!!! my hand!!! He is 3 wks old! Now obviously this behavior ( Yes has happened again) is being strongly discouraged & I have never seen it in a bunch of incubated or naturally raised chicks. As expected, they do all this much better when living as "normally" as possible.

Some photos of trying to keep life slightly normal for HIM! Bathing in his platter on my coffee table.

 

[SunnysideupstateNY]

Jendodd, (s)he is very pretty either way.

Wanted to share this pic, my EE girls hanging out with their new boyfriend a BA. I think they'll have pretty babies

 

[fuzzybutt love]

AN update on PRECIOUS-

I had a 3-4 week old d'uccle do that, turned out to be a roo! Surprised the heck out of me!!!

Still rooting for precious, i believe he has "failure to thrive". No one is really sure what causes it.

 

[littlechicklet]

AN update on PRECIOUS-

Thanks for the update. Whether its Precious or Presley it matters not he/she is still adorable!

 

[littlechicklet]

Saddle feathers? I know all of the rest of them are roosters and have saddle feathers, but this one has a different shaped back, and no wing splotches like the other ones. The comb is definitely pointing rooster, but the feathers coming in are rounder. I don't want to send it off this week if it's a she!

I am not an expert by any means but they appear to be saddle feathers to me.

See how long slender & pointy they are and it looks like the ones in the center of the back are also what i call sex feathers. I know on some of mine I lifted their wing tips up off their rump/back area and you could really see the sex feathers coming in. I hope I am wrong and someone more experienced will chime in.

 

[littlechicklet]

Its time for a happy dance at my house. My little white w/black EE laid her first egg and its a blue/green color.

I am sorry but my pics are bad & the florescent lighting did not help. Below is the one I think left the egg & the egg in with my Orp pullet eggs. BTW we call her pet & she has an almost twin sister who has not laid yet (at least I think this is hers and not her sisters).

 

[littlechicklet]

I just got a small flock of chickens over the weekend here are my two bearded ladies, what will I get if I hatch out any of thier eggs my Roo is a RIR?

I don't know what you would get with the cross either but they are some very pretty girls.