The EE braggers thread!!!

[shadow rabbit10]

I just want to share a cockerel that was hatched around mid-May or early June.  He now lives with my in-laws.  I think he made a beautiful boy with an awesome beard but he does not have a rose comb.  He is the brother to the 2 white/black ones I posted earlier.

He's really cool looking!

 

[littlechicklet]

He's really cool looking!

thank you!

 

[CGinJCMO]

My first thought was Fabio when I saw the pic.

But he is beautiful



My husband just said he had never seen a chicken w/ a mullet before. I

for you.

Looks a lot like mine. I named him Hansel (fairy tale theme to my chickens' names) because he's Handsome.

I'd upload a photo but it's still on the camera and I have a cat purring in my arms so I can't get to it.

CG

 

[flower]

littlechicklet You handsome rooster has a mixed comb, a mix of a straight comb and a pea comb which means that he could be carrying the gene for blue/green egg shells. If you hens have pea combs then most of the off spring will have pea combs. In future generations straight combs may show up every now and then since the rooster does have staight comb in his genes.

Since most EE are mixes or as some say mutts, they have a big variety of comb shapes and sizes. No two will always look alike which is the difference in not being a pure breed.

 

[aoxa]

Only had one EE chick hatch this week. I only had two eggs in. The other one was a 17 day quitter or so. Out of 16 eggs, only one didn't hatch.

Anyway.. Here is the little cutie patootie.

Check out that beard!

Any Ameraucana folks here? I don't like the Ameraucana thread - but want to ask if anyone knows if this is black or blue? Can you tell right at hatch?

Splash Ameraucana bantam

And because this picture is too adorable not to share... Silkie

Sizzle

Barred Plymouth Rock. Female if colour, dot and feet are really to be trusted

That's what I call a defined dot!

Silkie again.

Naked Neck!

 

[MyTDogs]

I vote blue but probably a dark blue- not laced...I could tell on my babies at hatch. I had one light one that ended up with dark lacing around each feather & the other that looked like this one is a dark smokey color. My black was obvious (i recently lost him to a hawk

).

Any Ameraucana folks here? I don't like the Ameraucana thread

- but want to ask if anyone knows if this is black or blue? Can you tell right at hatch?

 

[aoxa]

I vote blue but probably a dark blue- not laced...I could tell on my babies at hatch. I had one light one that ended up with dark lacing around each feather & the other that looked like this one is a dark smokey color. My black was obvious (i recently lost him to a hawk ).

Any Ameraucana folks here? I don't like the Ameraucana thread - but want to ask if anyone knows if this is black or blue? Can you tell right at hatch?

Should have just went to the Ameraucana site. :/ They all look black compared to this blue:

I was really looking forward to blues! My roo is blue, and I have 2 black hens, a splash and a blue.

My female is nicely laced

 

[DMRippy]

Blues come in ALL shades.

 

[aoxa]

Blues come in ALL shades.

 

So they are blues? They all look the same right now, and I have one that is 2 weeks old, and except the couple of white wing feathers, they are definitely black.

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: If you are questioning it, it is mostly likely blue. Black is VERY CLEAR.