The EE braggers thread!!!

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Yea in Alaska it would be a blessing not to have to worry about frostbitten combs ans wattles. Some breeds are required to have docked combs for SHOW . I used to think that was not a good thing but now that I have learned the advantages of the pea and rose comb, I see the benefit of having the smallest comb. Would you believe that winters in the desert are severe. Jut the opposite of the summers. It is only 106.6 F today.

 

[farmerChef]

I have a light blue orp that hatched from a olive egg (from lockedhearts) that has sprouted a pea comb. He is now 2 months old. His brother has a normal comb. Is it possible that this is because of the olive "gene" or is it possible there is some unknown parentage that has decided to show its comb???

Here's his brother

 

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I see that you use a little restraint to keep your silly birds from flying off when you want to keep them still for pictures.

It is a big help isn't it ! A PEA COMB is a normal comb! haarunph! so are rose combs v combs and straight upright combs.

Maybe the majority of combs are straight combs but other styles are not abnormal. In fact some peeps including me prefer pea combs because they are less likely to get frostbite.


And yes the pea comb is the result of a gene carried by the olive egger. If you can read back a few pages, you will see that this is often a topic for discussion.

 

[SteveH]

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Because I like the qualities originally bred into the Chanteclers [and love the storey of their creation and name], I used an old photo of an early Chantecler to create a visual, in Paint Shop, of what I'm stiveing to breed towards.

 

[wingsofglory]

Thank you, SteveH.

Beautiful bird!

The beard is a natural for it.

Love the old-time shape of that bird.

I hope to find some of the white Chanteclers. Hard from Alaska - no big chicken shows here. Everything must be mailed.

Have buff and partridge chicks, newer recreations, but I understand the monk spent years selecting for the best traits in the whites. That monk had an eye.

 

[krissteff]

I love my EE, Chicken Jessi. She's a little skittish, but has started jumping on my lap for treats!

 

[SteveH]

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By the way, I've yet to research the genetics, and have no cushion combed birds of my own; however I think I've read somewhere that the cushion, walnut, and pea combs are all related.................................. and know that pea combs can get sloppy and start to resemble a walnut comb; or start to loose defination in the three rows of ridged peas and begin to resemble a wrinkled cushion comb. I think Ryan [Minnesotachickenbreeder] is a new owner of a flock of the rare McGraws, and may have knowledge of the relationship between cushion and pea combs if it exists........................... I've read that the Mcgraws have both occurring in the breed.

 

[flgardengirl]

Here are a couple of my EE crosses: They are Silver Duckwing Phoenix roo x Pure Blue Ameraucana hen. I think they came out interesting looking.
Cockeral #1

Cockeral #2

I think this may be a male but really acts female and looks a little girly when next to the males lol-maybe slow maturing but has a small peacomb

 

[sharol]

My Scout was the most standoffish of my chickens until she started squatting. Now she is really friendly and likes to jump up on my lap. It's like she has a dual personality (chickenality?) Before and after squats.

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[phasianidae]

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By the way, I've yet to research the genetics, and have no cushion combed birds of my own; however I think I've read somewhere that the cushion, walnut, and pea combs are all related.................................. and know that pea combs can get sloppy and start to resemble a walnut comb; or start to loose defination in the three rows of ridged peas and begin to resemble a wrinkled cushion comb. I think Ryan [Minnesotachickenbreeder] is a new owner of a flock of the rare McGraws, and may have knowledge of the relationship between cushion and pea combs if it exists........................... I've read that the Mcgraws have both occurring in the breed.

Cushion, walnut, and strawberry combs are all based on the genotype R/R P/P (when homozygous) the smooth and rough modifiers are what changes the appearance of them. I have recently bred a Wyandotte cross rooster to some EE hens and now have some cushion combed offspring from them, it will be interesting to see what shape and how big the combs are when they mature. Their comb genotype is R/r+ P/p+. The McGraws with cushion combs have a very low and short in length comb comb compared to my project birds which combs are thiner and longer. I assume this is due to my McGraws currently being R/r+ P/P.