The EE braggers thread!!!

[WillowChick]

Here's my new batch I set last night. All EE, including the banty eggs who will have daddy's EE genes.



Willow

 

[Noncentzter]

Here's my new batch I set last night. All EE, including the banty eggs who will have daddy's EE genes.



Willow

Beautiful eggs and good luck on the hatching!!

 

[K Epp]

I've only just realized my chicken is an EE! The farm coop sold her as an Ameraucana chick, and being new to chickens, I had no idea there was a difference between the two. Actually quite proud she doesn't fall into the purebred breed - I think she's prettier than a lot of Ameraucanas.

I think we might have twins.

This is our new EE. I traded one of the Cockerels for her. She is such a sweet girl. After two days with us she is already coming up for treats and eating out of my hand.

 

[Roxannemc]

I know there is a lavender amercuana thread i cant find it now
Anybody have a link?
Thanks

 

[Manningjw]

There is this thread:

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/683425/lavender-ameraucana-breeders-unite

 

[WillowChick]

Beautiful eggs and good luck on the hatching!!

Thanks! I'm hoping for a blue this go round. I have a teal, but not blue yet

 

[little farmer]

Here's my new batch I set last night. All EE, including the banty eggs who will have daddy's EE genes.



Willow

Be-Utiful eggs!!!!

 

[TW1Kell]

I have noticed that many of us are getting the silver-colored, splashy chickens. I think someone said they think it's a faded Columbian?

Also, what I think of as a "Paint Horse" chicken, such as the top pic of the snake pics posting. That multi-colored, but mostly white, Roo? I have a few like that from this past year and think they're gorgeous.

As for having the twin to that one Amie/EE Hen? I have her other siblings. That is what I think of as standard colorartion for most EE's. As a note: to the poster who said they were given "Ameracaunas", I was sold Auracaunas, tho I knew otherwise as they had tail chunks. They are Ameracauna/EE chickens. I won't argue with the Amie folk about it, but that is what I see whenever I look at pics of Amie hens, sooo....."uppityness" gains you exactly nothing. I try not to be judgemental, especially when people have beautiful chickens. I think people have a tendency to get uppity when they feel that they lack something in some other aspect of their lives. EE raisers tend to just love pretty chickens that lat cool colored eggs, and not worry about much other than that. That is the main reason that I tend to "hang out in here" more than other threads. No insult to them, but when you have 1 or 2 that get snippy, I tend to shy away. This is for fun. I try to keep it that way.

I have noticed that the Sebright folks, even tho they have a claim to a TRUE unique bird, don't tend toward that "uppityness", either. They simply pointed out what breeds they thought my lil Banties are, and said, they would make beautiful chicks if bred with a pure-bred Sebright. I am trying to make "Blue Sebrights, btw. Lord Sebright bred them as an experiment, in the 1800's and coined the phrase "Natural Selection" and the theory which is attributed to Darwin, even tho Darwin got the term from him and invited him to speak on the matter. Lord Sebright allowed how the stronger Roo, and the stronger genes, will be the ones to continue through future generations. I hope that I'm not preaching to the choir, but I thought that was all very interesting, when I read about the Sebright Chicken. I am actually thinking of breeding an EE hen with a Sebright Roo, when I get adult 'Brights.

I am currently breeding pure white EE's that lay a green egg (I bought them for blue egg hens, but their eggs are a beautiful green, not olive, but mint green?) to a Polish Hippy-headed Roo, in hopes of getting a white hen with a beard and hippy hair. I am silly, I guess, but I wanna do it. They've been breeding, daily, for about 3 days, now. hehe We''ll see, won't we?

I'll have to post a day's egg gathering to show the amount and color variation, but have been waiting for the hen that lays a lavender egg, to lay again. I can't figure out which one it is. Out of 36 hens, it gets hard to see which egg comes from which chicken! haha! I did want to show what the girls lay considering that some girls are now 3-4 years old, and Mississippi has been in the 20's many, many nights the past couple of months. We have days up in the 40's-70's, and nights from 20's-40's, and my girls just keep at it, tho they did slack off a bit.

 

[SD Bird Lady]

I have been on other threads where basically if you don't start out with "someone's" stock they will just say..."Oh.... they are JUST hatchery quality. Start with good birds...those are fine for laying eggs though." I realize that starting from better stock does shorten the road. But how much prouder would anyone be if you work from the ground up?? I know I am more impressed by a purebred breeder of any animal if they started 60 years ago and here they are today with awesome stock than someone who bought that man's animals and is selling "his" bloodlines. I also always enjoy encouraging people so if anyone wants to start with a batch of hatchery anything and try to select for the best you have my vote.....my rant is over

On a EE Bragger note. My three EE's are still massive compared to the others but are feathering nicely and my yellow chick is feahtering out white so far yay!!

Ironically I love white birds but only have 2 white columbian and the other 4 are buff (well i guess 3, the rooster became too agressive and as the kids put it, "he got dead") However he is baiting a coon trap to help save his fellow chickens so he will always be protecting his ladies.

 

[K Epp]

Lavender... I'm so jealous. I just placed a order for more Americaunas. lol When I was given those roosters It was my first chickens. I didn't know one from another, just that I wanted to get some hens to go with them. I started out with 4 EE and 1 leghorn pullets. 2 of the EE's turned out to be Roos so I exchanged them for a EE hen and Wyandotte, then added 2 ausrulorps, and another leghorn. One of the leghorns is laying and I can't wait to see what colors the EE's give me. I ordered more because of the beautiful variety in color. They should be in the end of March some time. I have also ordered 5 Barred Rock, 3RIR, and 2 Buff Orp's. I just want a pretty colorful verity of birds. I have 3 roos to keep happy.

No one could convince me that my boy in the pic above isn't beautiful and he is as sweet as can be.