The EE braggers thread!!!

[Delmar]

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This could be very interesting. I had a friend cross an EE roo with a white leghorn. She had 6 hatch - 3 boys and 3 girls. All the boys had yellow legs and all the girls had green. I have 2 chicks of the same crossing (different male and female) and the one I'm sure is a boy has yellow legs while the suspected pullet has green. Hmmmm? I would be interested to find out how your hatch ends up on the male=yellow legs, female=green legs scale. Please share your results. Thanks. BTW...that is a beautiful girl. Wish I had one like that!

You have got my attention! I was given a roo a while back that I was told was an EE Leghorn mix. People who have looked at him told me they don't think he carries the blue egg gene, because he has yellow legs. If, in fact, all roos of that mix have yellow legs, I am inclined to think this may not be correct.

 

[Bravo]

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This could be very interesting. I had a friend cross an EE roo with a white leghorn. She had 6 hatch - 3 boys and 3 girls. All the boys had yellow legs and all the girls had green. I have 2 chicks of the same crossing (different male and female) and the one I'm sure is a boy has yellow legs while the suspected pullet has green. Hmmmm? I would be interested to find out how your hatch ends up on the male=yellow legs, female=green legs scale. Please share your results. Thanks. BTW...that is a beautiful girl. Wish I had one like that!

You have got my attention! I was given a roo a while back that I was told was an EE Leghorn mix. People who have looked at him told me they don't think he carries the blue egg gene, because he has yellow legs. If, in fact, all roos of that mix have yellow legs, I am inclined to think this may not be correct.

http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac214/deardelmar/RoostyNew2.jpg?t=1302564444

Its not the yellow legs, its the lack of a pea comb that some thought he wouldn't carry the blue gene, back on your original post.

I think you should experiment with both your boys--see what you get.

 

[phasianidae]

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You have got my attention! I was given a roo a while back that I was told was an EE Leghorn mix. People who have looked at him told me they don't think he carries the blue egg gene, because he has yellow legs. If, in fact, all roos of that mix have yellow legs, I am inclined to think this may not be correct.

http://i901.photobucket.com/albums/ac214/deardelmar/RoostyNew2.jpg?t=1302564444

Its not the yellow legs, its the lack of a pea comb that some thought he wouldn't carry the blue gene, back on your original post.

I think you should experiment with both your boys--see what you get.

That rooster has a heterozygous pea comb.

 

[babyrnlc]

Buffy finally laid! (So did my br, one even laid a double yoker, yay me!

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They are the prettiest shade of blue green! More greenish bluish than Pamela's sage colored eggs!

This picture is not perfectly accurate, the egg next to it (under it) is really sage colored, the other one is pinkish. Her egg is a little more bluish green.

Here is buffy (she is supposed to be bo crossed with a true ameraucana)

 

[rebbetzin]

I am so disappointed!! I have two EEs, both have green legs, earmuffs and beards, pea combs, but they lay brown eggs!! I so wanted to have some green or bluish eggs!!

 

[Delmar]

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I forgot that part.

I think you should experiment with both your boys--see what you get.

Yes, I think I should​

 

[Delmar]

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What does that do to his chances of carrying the blue egg gene? When I looked up "heterozygous pea comb" I didn't find anything about egg color, but I did find an article saying it was linked to low fertility.

 

[phasianidae]

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What does that do to his chances of carrying the blue egg gene? When I looked up "heterozygous pea comb" I didn't find anything about egg color, but I did find an article saying it was linked to low fertility.

Heterozygous means he has one copy of the pea comb gene, it has nothing to do with low fertility. The only way to know if he has the blue egg gene (O) is to cross him to a white or brown egg laying hen. He may or may not have it.

 

[Bleenie]

I have a question, I have a pullet that i think might be an Olive Egger, one of her sisters lays Olive eggs. She is identical in everyway EXCEPT for her comb, he has a very small single comb and her sisters all have pea combs. Does this mean she will likely lay a different(non-olive) colored egg?

My rooster(thier brother) also has a Pea comb but it's really big/tall like a single comb would be.... thoughts?

 

[phasianidae]

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If it is an actual single comb then most likely she wont lay olive eggs. Her bothers comb sounds like a heterozygous (impure) pea comb.