The EE braggers thread!!!

[chickengarden]

I have to update my chicken list lol I have over 150 birds now - though the EEs are named and part of my pet/laying flock

Thanks for checking it out!

Yes, that's a lot of birds! I'll go back and see if I can find your EEs

 

[chicken pickin]

Well the white girl is the only one laying, and her earlobes are whiteish.

Here are her eggs

WOW! I am JEALOUS

and so in love! AWESOME color!

 

[Mustacheio]

AWESOME!!!!

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I love my 2 easter eggers I am also hatching some oe and ee icelandic crosses

 

[CGinJCMO]

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I've got only one coop and run for all my chickens - no way to spend the money on more coop building even if hubby agreed to it. One rooster for all 10 hens is more appealing to me - but I bought the BR boy as a chick for two reasons: 1) last one in the bin and I didn't want him lonely, 2) guardian for the flock while I'm at work. The Barred Rock hatchlings came as an after thought. The EEs came after I started my flock and learned about chickens laying colored eggs.

So you're saying that the boys will have the mother's combs (straight) and the girls will have the father's comb (pea) and possibly the colored egg gene (blue/green/olive/etc)? I don't know what colored egg he came from and his legs are pretty pale/yellow-ish/not dark - if I'm remembering correctly, dark legs tend to also indicate colored eggs don't they?).
You have given me some "food for thought" on this. And if I do, do the incubate/hatch thing, it would be nice to know from the beginning, the chicks' genders. Hmmmm....Now, should I hope for a broody hen next year or watch for incubator sales....

Does this make me "counting my chickens before they hatch?" After all, I'm only getting 2 eggs at the moment, the other 8 haven't started laying yet and here I am thinking of them having children. Hahaha.


CG

 

[aoxa]

WOW! I am JEALOUS and so in love! AWESOME color!

Thank you! She is really friendly and loves the chicken butt handshake

 

[aoxa]

I've got only one coop and run for all my chickens - no way to spend the money on more coop building even if hubby agreed to it. One rooster for all 10 hens is more appealing to me - but I bought the BR boy as a chick for two reasons: 1) last one in the bin and I didn't want him lonely, 2) guardian for the flock while I'm at work.  The Barred Rock hatchlings came as an after thought.  The EEs came after I started my flock and learned about chickens laying colored eggs.

So you're saying that the boys will have the mother's combs (straight) and the girls will have the father's comb (pea) and possibly the colored egg gene (blue/green/olive/etc)?  I don't know what colored egg he came from and his legs are pretty pale/yellow-ish/not dark - if I'm remembering correctly, dark legs tend to also indicate colored eggs don't they?).
You have given me some "food for thought" on this.  And if I do, do the incubate/hatch thing, it would be nice to know from the beginning, the chicks' genders.  Hmmmm....Now, should I hope for a broody hen next year or watch for incubator sales....   Does this make me "counting my chickens before they hatch?"  After all, I'm only getting 2 eggs at the moment, the other 8 haven't started laying yet and here I am thinking of them having children.  Hahaha.


CG

Combs are not sex-linked at all.

I think they were stating to keep the pea combed birds and rehome the single combs

 

[VioletBlueIvy]

Hi there ee people! I have been breeding my own ee's for a few years now, and love the amazing variety! I have some that I am hoping someone can help me with. Here are some pics of the pullets I kept this year;
This one is an olive egger

And this is one of the blue barred EE's, they look just like barred rock chicks, only blue, but feather out with no barring. I think the ones with no barring are actually the splash gene, because I have some that are barred in blue instead of black.

I love this one, her name is Hedwig. I am not sure what genes made her, but she is so pretty.

My favorite of all, I love the dark head and the red lacing on blue. Her mother has the dark head and blue/buff underfluff. I want to raise more like this! Does anyone have a roo with this coloring, or know which breed it comes from or what it is called?

And I have these two boys, they have the same coloring, but one is black and one blue. I think I am going to keep the blue one and breed him to the dark headed hens and see what happens.

What do you guys think?




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[Nelson-90]

Hi there ee people! I have been breeding my own ee's for a few years now, and love the amazing variety! I have some that I am hoping someone can help me with. Here are some pics of the pullets I kept this year;
This one is an olive egger

And this is one of the blue barred EE's, they look just like barred rock chicks, only blue, but feather out with no barring. I think the ones with no barring are actually the splash gene, because I have some that are barred in blue instead of black.

I love this one, her name is Hedwig. I am not sure what genes made her, but she is so pretty.

My favorite of all, I love the dark head and the red lacing on blue. Her mother has the dark head and blue/buff underfluff. I want to raise more like this! Does anyone have a roo with this coloring, or know which breed it comes from or what it is called?

And I have these two boys, they have the same coloring, but one is black and one blue. I think I am going to keep the blue one and breed him to the dark headed hens and see what happens.

What do you guys think?
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very very pretty birds

 

[Bleenie]

I would breed her to a Blue Laced Red Wyandotte(or splash laced)... you should get some lovely-looking laced babies and still have a lot of the color you love. Plus, all my EE/Wyandottes are SO sweet and are very nicely shaped like your girl. almost all of my crossbred chicks had huge beards. and thr rose is easier to breed back out than the single comb.

Just my 2cents =)

My favorite of all, I love the dark head and the red lacing on blue. Her mother has the dark head and blue/buff underfluff. I want to raise more like this! Does anyone have a roo with this coloring, or know which breed it comes from or what it is called?

Also, I LOVE the white speckled hen, she looks like a Deleware mix or something.