The EE braggers thread!!!

[ChickenLady2014]

Not Herbgirl, but the black and white one is Silver Duckwing with Columbian.

The other is what I'd call Wheaten, but Ameraucana breeders may disagree with me.

Thank you Draye, now I really want some of those colors

 

[COChix]

Hey guys you want to play a game?

If so jump in...

Here is the game, guess the coloring of the following mattings. We then post some shots of the roos and the EE hens they will be bred with. Then we can just have fun guessing and then following up in the spring when chicks hatch and see who had the closes guesses.

Here are our roos...I know I am going to complicate things by this.

Unnamed hen

Isis

Little One

Beyonce

Gretchen

I have no idea as breeding newbie....

 

[ChickenRose]

Hey guys you want to play a game?

If so jump in...

Here is the game, guess the coloring of the following mattings. We then post some shots of the roos and the EE hens they will be bred with. Then we can just have fun guessing and then following up in the spring when chicks hatch and see who had the closes guesses.

Here are our roos...I know I am going to complicate things by this.





Unnamed hen




Isis



Little One



Beyonce



Gretchen




I have no idea as breeding newbie....

The hens will all be yellow or buff red with black tail feathers and the roosters will be reddish with purple blue tails

 

[draye]

The hens will all be yellow or buff red with black tail feathers  and the roosters will be reddish with purple blue tails

x 2. Except with Isis. You may get some white or white mixed colors.

 

[COChix]

The hens will all be yellow or buff red with black tail feathers  and the roosters will be reddish with purple blue tails

x 2. Except with Isis. You may get some white or white mixed colors.

Thanks and any idea if we will get some OE out of them? I am hoping for one, wow purple tails, can't wait!

 

[draye]

Thanks and any idea if we will get some OE out of them? I am hoping for one, wow purple tails, can't wait!

That really depends on how dark of an egg the rooster came from. Also, how the genes combine.

 

[StarMeKritten]

Thanks and any idea if we will get some OE out of them? I am hoping for one, wow purple tails, can't wait!

I hatched 4 EE from a Buff Orpington roo crossed with a non bearded EE. All lay eggs this color:

I hatched this one from the same rooster and a bearded EE. Yours will probably look similar but I would expect yours to have a little black patterning on them. This one isn't laying yet, but I expect the eggs to be a similar color to the others... Unless her mom wasn't pure for the blue egg gene, then she might lay brown eggs.

 

[COChix]

That really depends on how dark of an egg the rooster came from. Also, how the genes combine.

Ok thanks, that is my understanding as well.

I hatched 4 EE from a Buff Orpington roo crossed with a non bearded EE. All lay eggs this color:

I hatched this one from the same rooster and a bearded EE. Yours will probably look similar but I would expect yours to have a little black patterning on them. This one isn't laying yet, but I expect the eggs to be a similar color to the others... Unless her mom wasn't pure for the blue egg gene, then she might lay brown eggs.

Yeah! Thanks for posting your pics and giving me hope that OE could be a true possibility. Now in the spring it will be hard to decide which chicks we will keep and which we might sell or give to a few people. I won't know they an OE until they lay of course, lol. Your girl is so cute!

 

[draye]

This hen is from an EE rooster out if a Naked Neck hen. She lays a olive egg on the lighter side. The hens that were possible mothers none laid a very dark brown egg, kind of a mediumship brown.

This hen and her twin sister both Kay olive eggs. A EE rooster(different one than the sure of the above hen) out of a Production Red hen. There were four Pro Red hens in that pen. 3 laid dark brown (not Marans dark)
And 1 laid a light brown. I only set the dark brown eggs.
Here is the sure of the above red hen:

If I remember correctly he came from an blue-green egg closer to blue though.

 

[COChix]

This hen is from an EE rooster out if a Naked Neck hen. She lays a olive egg on the lighter side. The hens that were possible mothers none laid a very dark brown egg, kind of a mediumship brown.

This hen and her twin sister both Kay olive eggs. A EE rooster(different one than the sure of the above hen) out of a Production Red hen. There were four Pro Red hens in that pen. 3 laid dark brown (not Marans dark)
And 1 laid a light brown. I only set the dark brown eggs.
Here is the sure of the above red hen:

If I remember correctly he came from an blue-green egg closer to blue though.

Wow beautiful birds and Roo. EE roo's have such pretty colors.