The EE braggers thread!!!

[ChickenLady2014]

She/he might be black and white. My rooster looked just like that as a chick.

Beautiful rooster you got there!

 

[ChickenLady2014]

Seems like it's been rather quiet here lately! I got out and took some pictures of the flock the other day, and thought I'd share the ones of my Easter-egger girls here. They all turned out to be beard shots, but oh, well.

Merlin:

Betty Beard:

Wynne:

And these two are Cressy and Maggie, the grumps. I think they're trying to hide in their beards until winter's over.

What beautiful EE'S you have, they are one of my favorite chickens to have in my flock. Such personalities, all are different

 

[Peep-Chicken]

Thanks! That was more or less what I was thinking. This is the incubator I was thinking about getting. Yes or no? I'm sure I should be posting on a hatching thread, but I really want to get my feelers out for good Ameraucanas to join my 'Operation: Well Muffed Wild Colors' breeding project.

I have one. Not sure of I'll get of again though. Out of 2-4 hatches, maybe a total of 60 eggs, I've hatched a or so dozen chicks. But, it works for some ETA: I don't have the turner and I have a older model of this.

 

[mymilliefleur]

Beautiful rooster you got there!

Thanks

 

[CGinJCMO]

I have the still air Little Giant incubator. There's a thread tht I highly recommend you read about tips and tricks to using this incubator. It improved my hatch rate.

CG

 

[WashingtonWino]

My little easter egger chick is developing what looks like a pretty serious crossed beak. I had no idea it was so common. Hopefully she can work around it. Any idea what her chances might be? This is my first time with chickens so I have no experience with the failure/success rate of birds with this deformity.

Ignore my cuticles....

 

[Gittx]

My little easter egger chick is developing what looks like a pretty serious crossed beak. I had no idea it was so common. Hopefully she can work around it. Any idea what her chances might be? This is my first time with chickens so I have no experience with the failure/success rate of birds with this deformity.
Ignore my cuticles....
I have a crossed beak Rooster. He's over a year old, and going strong. Mostly you have to worry that they are getting enough food and water. Lift her regularly to see if she's close to the same weight of the others. I feed fermented food and think that may be one of the major reasons he has made it this long. You might try giving her crumbles mixed with water, so it's the same consistancy of fermented food if you're not wanting to take on fermented. My roo always just gobbles down the food, but has much less luck with the chopped corn. Good Luck, unfortunately they don't all make it, but I think food and water problem is probably the biggest problem.

 

[bruceha2000]

Thanks! That was more or less what I was thinking. This is the incubator I was thinking about getting. Yes or no? I'm sure I should be posting on a hatching thread, but I really want to get my feelers out for good Ameraucanas to join my 'Operation: Well Muffed Wild Colors' breeding project.

I don't know about incubators but you keep saying Ameraucana.

This is an EE thread and there IS a difference. From your earlier description of the colors you have, they are not Ameraucana since they are not colors recognized by the SOP. If you are truly looking for Ameraucanas, I suggest the Ameraucana thread instead of this one.

Personally, I wouldn't buy Ameraucana eggs from eBay unless you have VERY good reason to believe that they ARE Ameraucana AND the person selling them is a recognized breeder. Plus, from what I have seen in reading forums, some people take a LOT more care when packing hatching eggs than others.

 

[WashingtonWino]

Good suggestion to check on the weights Gittx, I weighed everyone today and will continue doing so. She's 2.0 oz, the other five chicks are 2.3-2.7 oz but since they are all different breeds it is tricky to say if she's lighter because she's a smaller breed than them to begin with or because she's stunted. The other breeds are red sexlink, Wyandotte, BcMarans, Welsummer and Australorp. The EE spends a good amount of time pecking at the feeder but it is hard to tell if any of the feed is going into her mouth. She's going to get a fighting chance but she'll have to eat regular food out of a regular feeder like all the other chickens. If she weakens and becomes lethargic, I'll send her to chicken heaven. The crossed beak seems to be getting worse by the day.

 

[SD Bird Lady]

If she does survive it will most likely require trimming on a regular basis as the top beak will become overgrown.