The EE braggers thread!!!

[moodlymoo]

Here is the 10 week chicken care to guess sex please. Maybe Im not seeing something

 

[flower]

Male because of the three ridges in his pea comb.

 

[Illia]

Definite male. Comb, leg size, and color all point to it.

 

[Arielle]

DONNA-- LOVE YOUR AVATAR! Guess you have a few more hens laying now to create a beautiful avatar.

I have a few half-EE and I stare at them, trying to decide: girl or boy? Drives me crazy.DH has mentioned culling a few boys. He picks my BCM because he can ID them as boys--no question on the gender there! THe EE have me stumped. THis is why:

While a few birds have a larger comb, I have read that the combs can be enlarged when bred to other comb types like a single. The fathers could be a silver spangled hamburg or a black sexlink (RIR x BR).

Can anyone set me straight?

 

[moodlymoo]

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She has short round saddle feathers and compared to pics of my other EE's that age she looks just like them except for coloring

 

[pinkwindsong]

got a question... I hope you can see what Im talking about in the pictures.....

could this be a old rooster past his prime , instead of the year old bird i was sold.. I can not get weight on him. Ive wormed hes in a cage by himself so that he eats as much as he wants.( and the others cant hurt him because . he has hurt his wing somehow and just holds it down low.. low enough to step on.. I thought he was just sickly but Im thinking he's old.. he has no drive, no rooster habits at all.. and his comb is whitish pink never dark like even my young roosters... he has no sickness sympotms other than no wieght and dull lifeless course feathers.

the other three have gotten healthy their feathers are getting a healthy sheen gaining weight, getting new fancy feathers.. but poor Maximus weighs nothing, is just a rack of bones. I've wormed him 3 times, he no longer has mites.. he has always had long neck feathers like a adult roo. and he has saddle feathers like a adult roo.. he is tall. does not crow, he is not aggressive at all.. for any reason..

I have upped his protein level.. hoping that would help him get weight.. nope..


I won 2 barred rocks.. who were all dull feathers and not in shape they are both shiny and in top condition now..

the other three that I got with this on were supposed to be all girls.. ( I know better now lesson learned, I know no about leg color, feet color, an the red in the wings.. wow big tip that one.. ) anyway.. Earl is getting nice and heavy good feathers coming in nice and silky smooth.. Darcy is very tall and filing in nicely I think He will be a beautiful rooster next year, hes getting his big boy feathers as well as earl is.. but not Maximus ??? he always had big boy feathers. ??

any ideas or thoughts?
a ll input is appreciated
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[BackyardBantams]

Want some EE bantams sooo bad!

 

[DMRippy]

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I think maybe it is the other roos. I had a young BR roos and then acquired a beautiful EE roo that was a month older and crowing when i got him. That all stopped he seemed to be the low man on the totem pole at my place. Never looked good was getting in fights so we finally put him in a pen by himself. Suddenly he got HUGE and a bright red comb and soon started to crow like he owned the place. I had the same kinda think with my Marans. Way to many roos in the pen and some had floppy combs and no life about them. Sold two, moved one and the ones in pens by themselves are looking good too. Combs straightened up and are getting bigger and crowing. May just be too many boys and he does not want to compete YET. If I am way off some one tell me but that is my experience with too many roos. (had 13 at one point)

 

[pinkwindsong]

I hope your right.. hes very sweet and I would never send him back to the lady.. My mom taught me when I was a small child that when you take and animal in it life is your responsibility.. so i am trying to make the best for him. I figure even if some of them end up at freezer camp I can make sure they have a good life while they are here .. ya know what I mean.. I know Im probably putting human emotions on him too when I look at him I just feel like he is sad.. I had him out yesterday he seamed uncomfortable so I put him in a dog x=pen and he did better I guess he felt safe. that was another reason I wondered about his age.. even my little guys will hackle up and bump every ow an again and he just doesn't..

I think Ill give him more time.. I just worry about winter coming on and him so thin... since this is my first year and first winter with them im not really sure what to expect of their behavior, weight, actions during the colder days and nights and the shorter days as well..

thanks for answering for me..

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[Illia]

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She has short round saddle feathers and compared to pics of my other EE's that age she looks just like them except for coloring

A cockerel won't have saddle feathers until much later, after it is fully feathered.



pinkwindsong - How big are his spurs?

He looks like a teenager to me. His saddle feathers actually aren't fully developed, his hackle is certainly not developed (needs to be very full and flowing right into his back, not curling to the side like hair) and his sickles aren't even there yet. I'd say he's just a young boy who hasn't learned his manhood yet.