The EE braggers thread!!!

[TiffanyKim]

What I was afraid of lol thank you!!

 

[DRGLENNON]

MY 6 pack of puffy cheek EE's....They all have muffs.



I'll get better pics later. Silver EE and Barred Rock. I thought that was a sexlink, I can't tell but most have grey bum fuzz one has white and 1 yellow? I am a very happy momma hen, I raised both parents from day old chicks and now look!

 

[jerryse]

MY 6 pack of puffy cheek EE's....They all have muffs.



I'll get better pics later. Silver EE and Barred Rock. I thought that was a sexlink, I can't tell but most have grey bum fuzz one has white and 1 yellow? I am a very happy momma hen, I raised both parents from day old chicks and now look!

If you used a EE rooster over barred rock hens then yes they are sex linked . Males will have a white spot on top of the head . Silver is also sex linked but you do not have a silver sex link mating .

 

[DRGLENNON]

If you used a EE rooster over barred rock hens then yes they are sex linked . Males will have a white spot on top of the head . Silver is also sex linked but you do not have a silver sex link mating .

Thank you! That helps, but the 2 that hatched last I'm not sure yet. one has a few stray whites not really a spot and one needs to fluff. the 2 definite males do have lighter legs. If that holds true then 2 male and 4 female.

 

[jerryse]

Thank you! That helps, but the 2 that hatched last I'm not sure yet. one has a few stray whites not really a spot and one needs to fluff. the 2 definite males do have lighter legs. If that holds true then 2 male and 4 female.

Any white on the head is a male . Since these will have only 1 barring gene the amount of white on the head is variable .

 

[DRGLENNON]

Any white on the head is a male . Since these will have only 1 barring gene the amount of white on the head is variable .

Thank you for your help. Would this be a male and a female?

The one standing is the one I'm having trouble with. It's the only one with a white beard. These pics are awful its a red heat lamp . It may need to wait til I can get good pics.

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

If you used a EE rooster over barred rock hens then yes they are sex linked . Males will have a white spot on top of the head . Silver is also sex linked but you do not have a silver sex link mating .

EE are not used for sex linked hatches - the EE is not, by definition, a "solid" male and sex linked hatches use solid males and barred females. Because EE are actually mixed breed birds, their genetics are too much of a wild card to be used for sex linking. Any differences in the coloration or marking of resulting chicks from this hatch are not specifically linked to gender.

 

[DRGLENNON]

EE are not used for sex linked hatches - the EE is not, by definition, a "solid" male and sex linked hatches use solid males and barred females. Because EE are actually mixed breed birds, their genetics are too much of a wild card to be used for sex linking. Any differences in the coloration or marking of resulting chicks from this hatch are not specifically linked to gender.

But a silver duck wing and a barred hen should still give you barred males and blk females but of course not a purebred bird, Right? The reasons I'm even playing with this is to figure out some of the wildcard gene's. OO or Oo as well comb type. I just want to see for myself some of the effects of different genes. I will not be breeding any pure breed chicks until sometime next year. Thanks for responding.

 

[jerryse]

Can not get this to quote . In this case sex link works . The chicks are black and white will show on a black head . Yes EE do have varied genetics . Bared rock are black first then barred . So black dominates in this cross . As you can see the chicks are black some are extended black . So I respectfull disagree with ol grey mare on the sex link part .

 

[DRGLENNON]

Can not get this to quote . In this case sex link works . The chicks are black and white will show on a black head . Yes EE do have varied genetics . Bared rock are black first then barred . So black dominates in this cross . As you can see the chicks are black some are extended black . So I respectfull disagree with ol grey mare on the sex link part .

I love that explanation. I could not word it that well but that is what I was thinking from my research.