The EE braggers thread!!!

[deserthens]

Yes, Cute chickens. I'm so glad to have finally located the EE sitee The site with those 'other birds' that lay colored eggs didn't seem to like EE's

I also have a young silver/bluish she is the tamest of the 9.

 

[BHep]

Forgive me for not reading this entire thread, 402 pages .... I do have a question, that may have already been addressed.

If making EEs. Orps x Ams, would I look to keep the peacombed chicks only?? Am I understanding this correctly..... peacombed hens "should" lay blue/green eggs ? Straight combed hen will lay brown/pink/other ? Or is the peacomb just preferred ?

Thanks for any info

 

[HoP]

Hi,
I only have one EE, but boy is she getting beautiful..love her colors..hard to take photos of though.

She has started to get something called,"Monkey Beak". But she is still beautiful and its doesn't seem to bother her..

 

[phasianidae]

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If the Ameraucana parent is homozygous for the O gene(blue egg gene) and pea comb, all of the offspring will have pea combs and lay blue to green eggs. The F1s if mated back to a single combed bird would produce as follows:

50% pea combed birds

50% single combed birds

Of the 50% pea combed birds, half would have the O gene.
Of the 50% single combed birds, only about 3% would have the O gene.

So to answer your question, just because the bird in question has a pea comb, does not mean it will lay blue/green eggs. The blue/green egg layers will almost always have pea combs, but the pea combed hens will not necessarily lay blue/green eggs.

 

[hcppam]

My little girls

 

[brlarson84]

About how many eggs a week do you get from an Araucana?

 

[brlarson84]

What are the major differences between an Araucana and an Ameraucana?

 

[phasianidae]

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I am assuming you meant Easter Eggers, they are very different from Araucanas. I get about five eggs a week from my almost four year old hens. But I cannot say you will get the same results.

 

[phasianidae]

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Araucanas are rumpless and have tufts. Ameraucanas are larger, have a tail, lack tufts, and have beards/muffs. ETA: also, Araucanas have yellow skin whereas Ameraucanas have white skin.

 

[Pele]

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I believe the gold and grey one is a Gold Duckwing. I have a silver duckwing myself, and she is pretty!

Congrats, she's going to be a beauty!