The EE braggers thread!!!

[Peaches Lee]

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Too bad you aren't close to me, I would give you my roo roo for free.

 

[Vickir73]

He is very handsome

 

[Vickir73]

thanks draye!! I went over there and posted. Hopefully, I'll find one.

 

[ChestnutRidge]

I'm sure that many of us have roos we would love to find homes for, but if you are trying to make dark green egg layers, one of your Marans roos over a nice green laying hen is what you want.

On that note, anyone tempted by these handsome boys? They would love to find a home!

(ETA: These pics are a bit old, but they are 8 weeks now.

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[sharol]

Does a triple row comb ALWAYS indicate a roo?

side view of same chick (6.5 weeks)

I know you all told me she was a girl, but I would swear there are 3 rows of bumps on that comb.

 

[PtldChick]

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Just curious, did the blue and wheaten one end up being a roo? My friend had one that color scheme and she was a he...

 

[wingsofglory]

Sharol - that looks like a hen to me. Some Easter Egger hens have big combs. some of mine did anyway.

She's beautiful. Where did you get her?

I'm trying to decide which hatchery to place an order for Easter Eggers. I'd like to get some of the pretty ones like been posted on this thread.

It would help if people would add which hatchery theirs came from. I know they come in a range of colors, but it would just help me decide.

I've tried Ideals - I liked them, very healthy birds, shades of gold with brown, light powder blue eggs -but I also like the xlarge turquoise eggs of the EE I had from another hatchery--but the dealer refused to tell me which hatchery he ordered them from. That dealer is now out of business so I can't get more from there.

Peaches - that is a lovely colored roo. Which hatchery did he come from? Or is he a cross - his legs aren't dark green.

 

[sharol]

She looks girly to me too.

I got her from the local Orschlen's in Topeka. They get their birds from Estes in MO, they said. I had really good luck with MPC, but I wanted to pick out 4 birds that were dramatically different from each other (EE's) for variety. YOu can't do that with a mail order. In the chick pic, she is the yellow one with the dustier spots. I really did get a variety.

This is what they looked like as chicks.

This was them (plus a buff orp) yesterday.

Sharol

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[phasianidae]

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That is a pullet. Both male and female EE have pea combs.

 

[Kassaundra]

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I got mine from Meyer hatchery, I have posted pics of them throughout this thread (and a few others

) Good healthy birds, very pretty, good color variety, all lay colored eggs (blues and greens one pink) all but one beards and muffs, all dark legs.