The EE braggers thread!!!

[Lady Chickadee]

Hello, I have some beautiful Easter egger pullets (I'll have to get some pictures). I also have a extra Cream Legbar cockerel and I was wondering what I would get if I bred the Easter eggers with the Cream Legbar. What do you all think? Good idea or bad idea? I'm wanting to aim for pretty chickens that lay a pretty turquoise/blue egg. Also, what would I call the chicks if I wanted to sell them?

Thanks!

 

[CSWolffe]

We have a number of different breeds of chickens. We love our Easter Eggers but we are hoping to increase the size somewhat. The issue is that most of the really large breeds of birds are brown egg layers. We are hoping to preserve the bluest eggs we can and feel like the right way to do that is to cross with a white egg layer. I understand that the blue egg gene is dominant to white, so will the resulting chickens all lay blue eggs or will there be a mix of white and blue or maybe just lighter blue eggs? So thats our first question does anyone know what the blue egg layer bred to a white egg layer will produce in terms of color of eggs? The second question is what is the largest white egg layer you know of. We would prefer not to introduce a crest or top hat or feathered legs for that matter.

We are starting an Olive Egger pen and have a Splash Marans over the Easter Eggers at this time. I know this is going to increae the size of the birds but it will also obviously darken the eggs as well.

Also, I seem to remember a rather informative thread on sex links, and according to that Wheaten and Buff Ameraucana's have the double red gene needed to produce sex links, so if you have a Wheaton or Buff Ameraucana roo, put him over a white leghorn and you will get sex linked EE's that lay blue eggs.

 

[DMRippy]

Quote:
You can't use WL in sex link crosses sorry https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/261208/sex-linked-information

 

[CSWolffe]

That's the thread! Thank you.
Sorry, Columbian leghorns, not white. My mistake. Leghorns still lay pretty **** large eggs, and would make a nice cross.

 

[hdowden]

for anyone who can help with this thread please do. its to help identify the gender of ee's and for pics only from about 3 weeks to adult. if you can contribute in any way please do and please make sure to include the gender as well thank you

https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/657699/ee-sexing-thread-pics-only-please

 

[DMRippy]

There is a thread about "what will they look like" age progression of EE too..... might be similar to what you are doing. It is helpful too.

I don't have the link sorry.

 

[fuzzybutt love]

Sandra Lee, EE roos are a coin toss. I've had 3 so far. One was a terrible fright-biter if you tried to pet him, but never spurred and was otherwise friendly. Another was also skittish, but never bit and it wasn't until a year old that jealosy got the better of him and he started attacking me for not allowing him to take over my current roo's flock. (he was seperate and free range, with his own hen) My first and now only EE roo is horribly territorial, and will spur any visitor to the coop who is not sitting down, but more often than not he will jump right up on people's lap and want hugs

So i kept him, and i now have a fenced area to keep him in away from visitors. (can a chicken be bipolar??!)

I suspect it has to do with whatever they were crossed with's temperment.

 

[Illia]

Actually it's just about bad breeding. Most hatchery based EE's aren't crossed with anything but just each other. Temperament that varies is just about the fact that hatcheries don't breed for it, so, you get whatever. Especially when you consider breeds like Production Reds (aka RIR's) they're bred solely for production laying, which really throws temperament out the window, thus, you've got a lot of complaints on mean roosters.

 

[Sandra Lee]

Thanks I was just curious...hopefully mine all turn out to be hens since I only have 4. I just know even if one of them winds up being a rooster I will have a hard time giving it up because I am so darn attached to them all already! Would have to wait to see how the temperament turned out and whether the neighbors complained about the crowing Haha

 

[TheRookie]

These are my first two EEs! I just got them today but they're so adorable. They are both pullets.


Chip


Dale

I'm under the impression that the chipmunk ones all kinda look alike as adults.. what do they turn out like? lol I've seen lots of them but never going from chick to adult