The EE braggers thread!!!

[gander007]

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No I was not expecting them so early as I had only placed them in the Incubator on the 5th of March so they were a bit early

And yes These did hatch out in the trays as I have never experienced any problems before when doing so .

 

[Mr Beaks]

New chicks today . Only 3 from the auto sexing EE pen this time . 2 boys on left 1 girl on right .

Hmmm, I haven't been on this thread for quite some time and have forgotten how you can tell 'em apart..male vs. female . I ask 'cause I just hatched one out (the others didn't hatch) and it looks like your middle boy and a lot like daddy. Can you tell from my pic what I've got? I know it's early but I'm betting it's a boy :/.

 

[clgraham76]

I'm a new chick mom, and I'm sure I'm totally overthinking this...but I declare I have seen this exact same chick listed as a Welsummer, a Speckled Sussex, an EE, and have been told it looked just like a RIR......how am I supposed to figure it out!? LOL.

Here are three different shots of the cutie.

 

[junebuggena]

Hmmm, I haven't been on this thread for quite some time and have forgotten how you can tell 'em apart..male vs. female

. I ask 'cause I just hatched one out (the others didn't hatch) and it looks like your middle boy and a lot like daddy. Can you tell from my pic what I've got? I know it's early but I'm betting it's a boy

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Jerry's birds are autosexing because he has bred them for those traits. 99% of Easter Eggers are not autosexing. I hatch a chick that was my rooster's twin as a chick. It turned out to be a pullet. Just because a chick favors the rooster, does not mean that the chick is the same gender.

 

[junebuggena]

I'm a new chick mom, and I'm sure I'm totally overthinking this...but I declare I have seen this exact same chick listed as a Welsummer, a Speckled Sussex, an EE, and have been told it looked just like a RIR......how am I supposed to figure it out!? LOL.

Here are three different shots of the cutie.

Not an Easter Egger. No muffs or green legs, and the comb looks like a single. I'm guessing it's a Welsummer or Brown Leghorn, but you won't know for sure until it's about 8 weeks old.

 

[jerryse]

Jerry's birds are autosexing because he has bred them for those traits. 99% of Easter Eggers are not autosexing. I hatch a chick that was my rooster's twin as a chick. It turned out to be a pullet. Just because a chick favors the rooster, does not mean that the chick is the same gender.

This is true . Auto sexing is due to the barring gene on a chipmunk pattern chick . Females can only have 1 barring because it travels on the sex chromosone and males can have 2 barring genes . Barring has a dosage effect on chick color . So 2 doses = lighter color and larger more irregular white head spot . So to have auto sexing the hen must be barred and the rooster has to have 2 barring genes .

 

[KernH]

Not an Easter Egger. No muffs or green legs, and the comb looks like a single. I'm guessing it's a Welsummer or Brown Leghorn, but you won't know for sure until it's about 8 weeks old.

Couldn't that chick be Legbar/something and be considered an Easter Egger and lay a blue egg? Kern

 

[dekel18042]

Couldn't that chick be Legbar/something and be considered an Easter Egger and lay a blue egg? Kern

You can have hens that lay blue egg with no EE in them. I have no EE in any of last year's olive eggers. This year might be different. Its really interesting what you can do with chicken genetics.
A legbar bred to a leghorn would give you light blue eggs and have no EE in it.

 

[KernH]

You can have hens that lay blue egg with no EE in them. I have no EE in any of last year's olive eggers. This year might be different. Its really interesting what you can do with chicken genetics.
A legbar bred to a leghorn would give you light blue eggs and have no EE in it.

I thought EE were any chicken that layed a blue or green or pink egg. EE is not a breed. Kern

 

[junebuggena]

Couldn't that chick be Legbar/something and be considered an Easter Egger and lay a blue egg? Kern

It's possible, but not likely. Legbars are still pretty rare and expensive. You have to go looking for them. I got the impression that the chick in question is a feed store or hatchery 'mystery' chick. It's likely a more common breed that got added to an order for extra warmth, or got put in the wrong bin at the store.