The EE braggers thread!!!

[flower]

Poor girl ! It is a beautiful egg ! It is funny most pullet eggs are smaller than subsequent eggs and them others are double yolked for a week or two and others lay first eggs without shells, just a soft thick membrane. ???????????

 

[HathawayHens]

Hey have any of you ever had an EE like this? I guess I would call her a blue laced red EE? LOL We named her Marsala... I love them because they are such a box of chocolates!

 

[rebel-rousing-at-night]

She is a beauty!!

Hey have any of you ever had an EE like this? I guess I would call her a blue laced red EE? LOL We named her Marsala... I love them because they are such a box of chocolates!

 

[flower]

Kassandra has one that looks similar. Very pretty ! Do you have pictures of her eggs ?

 

[ChickenLeg]

love it! thats a very unique/beautiful pattern!

 

[poochgrmr]

Just want to say that I have been looking at all of your posts and love the comments and photos. I just ordered my first peeps from MPC and three of the 9 are EE's with one being a Roo. I will keep reading and looking at your photos and when my time comes will start posting photos also and look forward to your help with chicken stuff.

 

[Rebecky54]

So is the quality of EEs from hatcheries about the same, or are some hatcheries better than others? I am going to order some EE chicks this spring, and I am trying to decide between Murray McMurray, Hoover Hatchery or Welp Hatchery. I live the quality of birds from Welp, but I've only had EEs from MM or Hoover. The birds from Hoover were a wide variety of colors --very pretty -- and they sure are cheap.

Any other hatcheries you like for EEs?

Becky

 

[draye]

So is the quality of EEs from hatcheries about the same, or are some hatcheries better than others? I am going to order some EE chicks this spring, and I am trying to decide between Murray McMurray, Hoover Hatchery or Welp Hatchery. I live the quality of birds from Welp, but I've only had EEs from MM or Hoover. The birds from Hoover were a wide variety of colors --very pretty -- and they sure are cheap.

Any other hatcheries you like for EEs?

Becky

I used Cackle. They are nice sized chickens 4.5 or so. Lay mostly large size eggs. i got all of one color though, maybe it was because that was what was laying at the time. I am now hatching my own from them.

 

[CelticOaksFarm]

So is the quality of EEs from hatcheries about the same, or are some hatcheries better than others? I am going to order some EE chicks this spring, and I am trying to decide between Murray McMurray, Hoover Hatchery or Welp Hatchery. I live the quality of birds from Welp, but I've only had EEs from MM or Hoover. The birds from Hoover were a wide variety of colors --very pretty -- and they sure are cheap.

Any other hatcheries you like for EEs?

Becky

Becky, We raise EE's and would be happy to set eggs and ship day olds to you. We run three rooster with a large flock of hens. The hens range from black and lavender to blues and creams as well as the typical brown wild pattern. The Roos are black and orange, blue and a silver/white. Feel free to PM if interested.

 

[Rebecky54]

So is the quality of EEs from hatcheries about the same, or are some hatcheries better than others? I am going to order some EE chicks this spring, and I am trying to decide between Murray McMurray, Hoover Hatchery or Welp Hatchery. I live the quality of birds from Welp, but I've only had EEs from MM or Hoover. The birds from Hoover were a wide variety of colors --very pretty -- and they sure are cheap.

Any other hatcheries you like for EEs?

Becky

I think I answered part of my own question -- Hoover says the hens lay eggs from blue to olive to tan. Murray and Welp say only blue and green, so that's why Hoover is cheaper -- they haven't culled out the brown egg layers. Thanks for all the responses.

Becky