The EE braggers thread!!!

[fowlmouthgirls]

I Can't wait for her to start laying!

 

[shanadienne]

Silly question, but eggshell color genetics are still the same if the other parent is a bantam, right? Also, if the hen lays white/off-white eggs, would any easter eggers from that cross lay blue eggs rather than green?

 

[ChickNmamma]

Silly question, but eggshell color genetics are still the same if the other parent is a bantam, right? Also, if the hen lays white/off-white eggs, would any easter eggers from that cross lay blue eggs rather than green?

Egg shell genetics apply to all birds, I believe. There is only one gene for blue eggs, but I think there are 8 paint genes for the brown eggs. The Blue/White are on the same genome. The brown have their own bunch - haven't looked into that much - and its a coating put over the base egg. There may be more egg color genes out there though - there used to be some that laid purple and the inside was purple too?

If the hen lays a whitish egg the offspring if crossed to a blue egg gene carrying rooster would lay a bluer egg than a chick from a brown egg - yes... just so long as its a girl

If there is any "tint" it will tint the children's egg color too. However, I have heard that there is one of the brown egg "tints" that makes a beautiful turquoise egg - its a very light tan. Just need to identify it!

 

[Flowerbh]

Egg shell genetics apply to all birds, I believe. There is only one gene for blue eggs, but I think there are 8 paint genes for the brown eggs. The Blue/White are on the same genome. The brown have their own bunch - haven't looked into that much - and its a coating put over the base egg. There may be more egg color genes out there though - there used to be some that laid purple and the inside was purple too?

If the hen lays a whitish egg the offspring if crossed to a blue egg gene carrying rooster would lay a bluer egg than a chick from a brown egg - yes... just so long as its a girl

If there is any "tint" it will tint the children's egg color too. However, I have heard that there is one of the brown egg "tints" that makes a beautiful turquoise egg - its a very light tan. Just need to identify it!

I just hatched some chicks: some are crosses between a crested cream legbar roo and white leghorns and some are crosses between a Lavendar Ameraucana roo and white leghorns. They are suppose to be super blue egg layers! Can't wait to find out!

 

[RoosterLew]

Cannot wait to see pics of those Flowerbh.
I am looking for some wheaten Ameraucanas and Cream Legbars to put with my EE Roo.

 

[Flowerbh]

Cannot wait to see pics of those Flowerbh.
I am looking for some wheaten Ameraucanas and Cream Legbars to put with my EE Roo.

If you hatch eggs, see DMRippy.

 

[Brie6895]

Hi everyone! I was thinking about getting an ameraucana but I have been told that maybe the chick I was going to get would be an EE. I'm not sure, all I know is I think it would be very cool to have someone in my flock that lays blue or green eggs. (just learned today that one bird can only lay on colored egg it's entire life). I would be getting the chick from a local chicken breeder who had many different kinds of chickens. She said they are Ameraucanas. Does anyone know how I could be able to tell by the chicks? Most, from what I understood, looked like chipmunks. if anyone has baby chick pictures I would love to see some thanks everyone

 

[shanadienne]

Egg shell genetics apply to all birds, I believe. There is only one gene for blue eggs, but I think there are 8 paint genes for the brown eggs. The Blue/White are on the same genome. The brown have their own bunch - haven't looked into that much - and its a coating put over the base egg. There may be more egg color genes out there though - there used to be some that laid purple and the inside was purple too?

If the hen lays a whitish egg the offspring if crossed to a blue egg gene carrying rooster would lay a bluer egg than a chick from a brown egg - yes... just so long as its a girl

If there is any "tint" it will tint the children's egg color too. However, I have heard that there is one of the brown egg "tints" that makes a beautiful turquoise egg - its a very light tan. Just need to identify it!

In that case, I can at least hope that my newly broody Japanese hen will hatch me a bantam easter egger...

 

[Penny Hen]

Hi everyone! I was thinking about getting an ameraucana but I have been told that maybe the chick I was going to get would be an EE. I'm not sure, all I know is I think it would be very cool to have someone in my flock that lays blue or green eggs. (just learned today that one bird can only lay on colored egg it's entire life). I would be getting the chick from a local chicken breeder who had many different kinds of chickens. She said they are Ameraucanas. Does anyone know how I could be able to tell by the chicks? Most, from what I understood, looked like chipmunks. if anyone has baby chick pictures I would love to see some

thanks everyone

I not sure what you are trying to express, but if you mean that a single chicken has a specific shade of color for it's whole life, then yes! A little variance applies with brown eggs because the longer they lay without taking a break the lighter the eggs get. Once they molt (change their feathers) and take a break from laying they resume their original shade. Blue is caused by a different mechanism than brown. Brown is a coating on the outside of an egg. Blue is caused by bile and is in the shell itself. Someone with more experience than I have in blue eggs will have to tell you if the shade of blue lightens with the length of laying.

Now here is the trick about Easter Egger chicks and Americanas. Americanas are like Black Labs that come with papers. Easter Eggers are like the black lab that you adopt from the pound. But if you saw them side by side as puppies you might not be able to tell which was purebred and which was the mutt. Not saying anything bad about Easter Eggers but they can be mixed with many different chickens and can lay a blue, blue-green, green, olive, brown, light brown or pink egg. If you really want that blue egg you have to know that you are getting Americanas. The hatcheries sell Easter Eggers as Americanas. Some are honest enough to tell you that they are not purebred and some aren't. Many people who bought their Americanas from the hatcheries think they have genuine Americanas not Easter Eggers so you have to be careful not to insult people.


Being these Easter Eggers are a cross breed type of chicken their feathers can be as colorful as a painting with every color imaginable on one bird, whereby the two standard breeds have very definite colors indicative of their particular breeds.


The AMERAUCANA and the ARAUCANA are both fancy purebred breeds that are listed in the American Standard of Perfection published by the American Poultry

Association and the Bantam Standard that is published by the American Bantam Association.


The EASTER EGGER/AMERICANA is a cross breed that hatcheries sell to fill the need of the hobby farmer that wants a colorful backyard flock and beautiful eggs. If you don’t wish to show your birds, the Easter Egger is the perfect bird for you.

The AMERAUCANA

Has Ear Muffs

Blue Shanks (legs)

Red Ear Lobes

Beautiful Tail

Lays Blue Eggs only

Comes in 8 different varieties (colors) recognized by the APA and the ABA.

They can be large fowl or bantams.


The ARAUCANA

Has Ear Tufts

No Definitive Tail

Lays Blue Eggs only

Comes in 5 different varieties (colors) recognized by the APA and 6 different varieties recognized by the ABA.

They can be large fowl or bantams.

For more information on these breeds you can visit the websites by Googling
www.ameraucana.org or www.araucanaclubofamerica.org

 

[CCCCCCCCHICKENS]

ameraucanas only come in 8 accepted colors. blue, black, white, buff, brown red, silver, wheaten, and blue wheaten.