The EE braggers thread!!!

[draye]

WOW!
So many baby EE's
My next batch coming off will be mostly EE-and Ameraucana crosses (which makes then offically EE's), along with 6 Barred Rock and 4 Polish.

 

[Illia]

could anyone help me identify what colors these are?
as a chick she was all brown then started getting white


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..and pullet below was striped and turned into a grey undertone which i think is beautiful..with bits of copper and black

The one on top is a silver quail (silver duckwing with columbian, possible pattern gene too) The one on bottom is likely a cockerel, sorry, and a mixed color hard to put a label on. He'll end up a golden reddish mix of colors with blue on the neck, back, and tail.

 

[Inkheart]

They are beautiful no matter what color they are!

 

[laura877]

I just had to post my rooster. I think he is the most beautiful rooster I have ever seen. We just call him Old Man as he is 6 or 7. He was given to me along with 11 laying hens by a customer back in 2007. He got into a cock fight with another young EE rooster that challenged him. He lost and it was sad to see him turn tail and run. I gave the other Roo away to someone that needed him so he is happy and back with his girls. In this picture is him and his daughter out of a leghorn hen. She is quite small and gives me the biggest green eggs. He eggs would be considered Extra Large jumbo eggs.

He mother, the little leghorn was actually giving me 2 eggs a day on and off last year. I know one week I got 10 eggs from her mother. This little girl started started 2 eggs a day this year also. Just two eggs here and ther. Not every day though.






Here is a close up of his little leghorn daughter. She is so cute with her little muffs..




Here is her brother, out of Old Man He isn't near as pretty as his dad but his colors are changing everyday. I won't be keeping him though.

 

[Kassaundra]

Very handsome

 

[flower]

So Kassaundra what is the verdict on those NN chicks ?

 

[Illia]

I think the reason you find him less pretty is because he has more black, possible melanizer in there. See how his hackles, saddle, and even wings have less bright colors?

Also did you mean Leghorn based cross? Very pretty all three of them though! And congrats on the big eggs!



Currently my Olive Eggers give me the biggest fattest eggs, never seen any bigger and the best part of all is that they're also the thickest shelled with plenty coating of pigment on them which helps on many levels. Plus they hatch out the fattest, biggest, heaviest chicks I've ever seen.


But, here's an update on my Easter Eggers. (homemade) Not fully up to date, but, recent news.

I've been breeding this pair here, both offspring of a Polish x Wheaten Ameraucana. I chose some Wheaties with the brightest, richest blue eggs (the richest in my avatar) These two are the oldest pair.





And soon I'll be breeding this awesome frizzled pullet once she starts laying, too. . .



Currently the smooth feathered, older pullet lays light but bright, true blue eggs. I've been hatching hers on and off since February, and here's a little sample of the awesome colors I've been getting. From just the pair I can get quite a nice array. . . . gold spangled, gold laced, wheaten, brown-red, gold-black smudged, mottled, mille fleur, and black tailed buff.



Some have small crests, some are just bearded like a normal Ameraucana, all are slate legged, and there's a 50% chance of a good blue egg, 50% chance of white or frosty blue. 25% chance of a rich dark blue like the Am grandparents.

My favorite photo of the above batch.



Here's an older chick, this one's mottled and crested. This one is a girl.



The first shown chicks are about as feathered out as this above shown one, and the above shown one is a little more mature now, but not by much. Color hasn't changed much, it will take another month or two for the true mottling to come through. I'm very excited though.

 

[Kassaundra]

So Kassaundra what is the verdict on those NN chicks ?

Besides dead? The hatchery requires the PO to verify they arrived dead, Gary opened the box at the PO, but the lady is saying he didn't open it there, so she won't confirm they were dead at the PO. It is a small PO, not many employees that work on Sat morning so not sure what's going on there. Without the postlady's statement, even w/ pics of the dead chicks in the box they won't replace them, at least that is where it stands now.

 

[Kassaundra]

Illia, just awesome!

 

[j and bs hens]

This might be covered somewhere in the 606 other pages, and this might be a bit of an obvious question..... But, to have an EE you have to breed an americauna or auricana with another breed. What are the guidelines for this? And could I breed my EE with a pure americauna roo?? Or, would that result in the double gene that would cause the fertilized eggs to die? Sorry, just trying to figure it all out! Thanks.