The EE braggers thread!!!

[CibolaChooks]

a 5 week old in question. beard and muffs barely starting to grow
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And a 3 month old

 

[CibolaChooks]

3 month old

 

[harryhoward]

If I bred my Light Brahma rooster to an EE hen, what could I get?

I was thinking of crossing my EE rooster on a brahma hen, opinions?

 

[flower]

It doesn't matter if the Brahma is the hen or the rooster, feathered feet and legs are a dominate trait as is the pea comb. But the feathered feet and legs will be a decreased amount on the first generation. If you take a feathered foot and leg from the first generation and breed it back to a feather footed parent they should improved. And the pea comb will be a modified pea comb in the first generation perhaps looking more like a rose comb and others that are just different. If you look back on the pictures of EE here you will see a variety of combs because some where in the makeup is a single comb bird.

Steen I do not see muffs or beard on the first picture. Are both pictures of the same bird ?

 

[Simmonsfunnyfrm]

From what I have read, crossing two breeds that lay different colored eggs generally results in a sort of mix between those colors. So, brown x blue = green, green x brown = dark green, green x dark brown (like Welsummer) = olive. Do you have a chicken that lays pink eggs? That is a rarity for sure, I'd like to see them if you do! 'Pink' eggs I think are pretty much just a variation of brown, so I would guess if you crossed a pink egger with a brown egg breed the offspring would probably lay a regular brown egg.

Whoops, forgot to quote. This is for Summer98

 

[LavendarFeather]

From what I have read, crossing two breeds that lay different colored eggs generally results in a sort of mix between those colors. So, brown x blue = green, green x brown = dark green, green x dark brown (like Welsummer) = olive. Do you have a chicken that lays pink eggs? That is a rarity for sure, I'd like to see them if you do! 'Pink' eggs I think are pretty much just a variation of brown, so I would guess if you crossed a pink egger with a brown egg breed the offspring would probably lay a regular brown egg.

Whoops, forgot to quote. This is for Summer98

I think you're right. My understanding is that there are only two actual egg colors, white and blue (the color is all the way through the shell). The brown color is actually a coating on the egg. When you break one open, it's white on the inside. That's why they mix like that--it's a brown wash over blue giving you green.

 

[rebel-rousing-at-night]

I so love all the pictures of the EE's. I'm a poor picture taker but for reference here's a few pic's of Cackle Hatchery chicks I got this year.I can't keep them all and it was very hard to pick mine.

BTW the ones I didn't keep are for sale.



This girl is a soft peach color.

 

[2StrayRoos]

Here's my 8 weeks old latest pics. Still not sure if they are bantams or not.

 

[2StrayRoos]

Forgot Gabbys pic. She has no muff or beard. Look at the difference in size between her and the D'Anver.

 

[Twizzlebee]

My new EE's

They are out of a blue AM roo and a blue andulasian hen. Also, can someone help me and tell me if any of these are splash AM's? They are from blue x blue cross

I don't really know what to look for to see if they are splash. I heard gray ones can turn out to be splash?