The EE braggers thread!!!

[babyrnlc]

If my olive egger quits laying olive eggs, does she become an EE? lol. She used to lay olive eggs, some times speckled. They are getting lighter though as they get bigger.

Here are the eggs (the light brown ones are from my dark cornish)

 

[crash0330]

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Try checking for disease or stress, one of mine used to lay a light blue one but then it got lighter and lighter in color to the point where it was almost white, the same thing happened with half of my brown layers, thats why I discover it was either stress or disease, in my case was lice, I treated them and they are slowly laying darker eggs everyday.

 

[michickenwrangler]

I just got 3 E chicks at TSC last Wed. from Townline hatchery.

One is a rich brown, one is yellow and one is yellow with blue markings. Should be interesting to see them as adults.

 

[phasianidae]

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everyone is getting all these chicks and I cant cause I practically live in Antarctica. (I am trying to be patient)

 

[michickenwrangler]

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everyone is getting all these chicks and I cant cause I practically live in Antarctica. (I am trying to be patient)

Trust me, northeastern Michigan isn't much warmer. My chicks are in the living room by the wood pellet stove.

 

[flower]

Even here in sunny southern california my two weeks old chicks numbering 30, 10 of which are EEs are in a crate in the guest bedroom. There is a tarp on the bed but they are escape artists and often have fun crapping on the floor. I can not clean out the crate enough and the odor is driving me nuts. Such a price for the cute fuzzies to be started early

 

[Wild Trapper]

D Wife okayed me to bring the incubator into the office. Only room of the house she will let me put it. Guest BR is occupied by MIL, I've no room in my BR for it and hers would certainly be out. I have been wanting to get a few eggs started in the bator so I can see if my gift roo is any good. I have to get them out as soon as they've hatched, but I do have a good brooder box all set up in my barn. Just gotta clean it out and put some litter in it for the chicks.

Soon I hope to start. If Cottontail the Araucana roo is a dud, well I do know where I can get some eggs. I'm trying to cross him with my EEs and other hens and mutts.

 

[flower]

Well I could not take the smell anymore and since it is in the 70's during the day, I moved my three and two week old chicks out. I will give them their red brooder light at night to huddle under but other than that the will haffta tuff it out or as we say around here...............Cowboy up !!

 

[SteveH]

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Olive eggers are EEs [IMO]; losing the heavy brown tint that causes a blue egg to be olive colored isn't going to change that. While the lighter color could, as someone related already, be health or diet related; it's possible she just has less "ink" to cover a larger egg as she ages or advances in her laying cycle.

 

[Medicine Man]

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Olive eggers are EEs [IMO]; losing the heavy brown tint that causes a blue egg to be olive colored isn't going to change that. While the lighter color could, as someone related already, be health or diet related; it's possible she just has less "ink" to cover a larger egg as she ages or advances in her laying cycle.

Second row from the top, those were all laid by the same girl (as well as the two on the lower right)...