The EE braggers thread!!!

[FlyWheel]

Tufts usually refer to the, well, tufts of feathers behind the ears of say, an Araucana.


Muffs are the beard like feathers on a bird like an Ameraucana or an Easter Egger.

 

[SD Bird Lady]

Thanks

 

[Selsley]

I see the term tufts, buffs, and muffs. I know tufts are the flips by the ears but I assume buff is referring to the "beard" of a bird? I always called them muffs...is it a regional difference or is one technically right/wrong?

could be wrong,
tufts = feathers from the skin behind the ear
muffs = fluff/fur from the skin behind the ear
buffs i think is the term referred to the beard
i think

 

[bruceha2000]

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I agree with your first and last statements

Buff is a color, not a 'feature', in chickens. Muffs are the puffy feather "cheeks" and the beard is the puffy feathers below the beak. Some are downright ZZ Top huge!

 

[Selsley]

I agree with your first and last statements

Buff is a color, not a 'feature', in chickens. Muffs are the puffy feather "cheeks" and the beard is the puffy feathers below the beak. Some are downright ZZ Top huge!

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i guess the only 2 statements i got wrong was the 1st and last
and the 2nd 3rd and 4th were right
EEs have muffs not tufts, araucanas have tufts not muffs in your opinion you say muffs are feathers when araucanas have tufts and the requirement is feathers no fluff/fir so fuzzy fluffy furry cheeks is muffs
and a buff is the lower part of facial armor which means its not just a colour. i buff my car when i polish it and i shower in the buff, american is a form of english, if you dont know a word it doesnt mean it doesnt exist, their is also 100s of other languages we borrow and steal words from when we dont have our own to describe something
lesson ended.

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buffe​

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or buff​

[buhf]

Spell Syllables
noun, Armor.

1.​

plate armor for the lower part of the face and the throat, used with aburgonet.​

OriginExpand
1590-1600; < Middle French < Italian buffa,

 

[bruceha2000]

I didn't say that I disagreed with all the other statements. Sorry for the confusion.

Yes, statement # 2 is true. Though I don't know that they are 'behind' the ear but they are referred to as "ear tufts".
I wouldn't say that the muffs are behind the ear but further forward.
I have never seen anyone refer to the "beard" on a chicken as its "buff" even though that could be appropriate with the definition you cited.

 

[Selsley]

ok maybe i should have said below the ear not behind

 

[jerryse]

I got 3 EEs from Meyer June last year. One was nearly pure white with the FAINTEST apricot hint (an I THINK I see it hint) on top of her head. She stayed mostly white with an apricot splash on her breast and running down her back. Eos:



The other two were chipmunk, one with a hint of orange, the other with a hint of gold. Those are the colors that came through.

Athena - she has a partridge pattern:


She looks very much like Persephone, my 4 Y/O EE from Ideal but Persephone has a black head.

Penelope, she has a "wild partridge" pattern:



So while you CAN'T know what a chick will look like as an adult, you can get an idea of what their "dominant" color might be.

I have been gone so I am late to the discussion on the top bird . It could be splash or dominant white could be involved . The only true way to know is by breeding her . Bred to a normal partridge color EE rooster she would produce all blue Partridge chicks if is she is splash . If no blue is involved then you would get about 50% of here color .

 

[bruceha2000]

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Geez Jerry, how you make me wish I could breed her! Sounds like there could be some really pretty chicks.

No roosters here, my older daughter is what I term an "emotional vegetarian". She wouldn't eat an egg that COULD HAVE become a chick if it were incubated.

 

[Selsley]

french breed araucana x buff orpington hen cross.

day 1, nice little muffs and beard, notice its rumpless


day 7 feathers out, 1st of 2 short runs in the garden, met dad and learnt warning signs, still no signs of a tail


day 13, not being cooperative. spending dawn till dusk outside doing low lvl flights, playing hide and seek and chasing flies.


day 21, is that a pea comb? still looking white with no markings under its fluff. eyes starting to colour from grey.