Mine have laid between 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 months, but I'm in CA! I bet it's what you're saying about her hatching in the summer and she's just holding out for more light and warmer weather. It helps that she's pretty!
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Mine have laid between 4 1/2 to 5 1/2 months, but I'm in CA! I bet it's what you're saying about her hatching in the summer and she's just holding out for more light and warmer weather. It helps that she's pretty!
Look for a pea comb. If she is an Easter Egger rather than an Ameracauna (95 ish % of them are) there is a good chance that one egg gene could be brown rather than blue. If she was sold to you as an Americauna (with an i) the odds go up even higher. Many hatcheries throw that "i" in there as a was of implying Ameracauna without outright lying about it. Anyway, if the chick inherits a brown gene from both parents, then it won't lay green. Question. Does your chocolate Orpington lay very dark eggs? I only have a buff Orpie, but her eggs are very light. I wouldn't think I'd get olive eggers from her. Possibly a very pale green. As for the roos to keep, I just know that a lot of people like to keep one with a pea comb (If it's AM in the cross and not another breed that lays blue such as Legbar) because there's a better chance of the bird carrying at least 1 blue egg gene if it has a pea comb.
This is my first OE that I have bred. she (hopefully) is from an americana and a chocolate orpington. Not a lot of brow going on in that dad, but I am hopeful.
I have 2 OE roos right now. Cuckoo Maran x Americana. One is BIG and has more of the americana build. The other looks like the cuckoo maran. ANy thoughts on who might be a better keep?
Give it a couple days, spray booth might not be up to snuff yet.
not my own cross, but I trust the breeder. This girl is Wheaten Aneraucauna x Red Star.Give it a couple days, spray booth might not be up to snuff yet.
Was this cross one you did with your birds...so you're sure of parentage?
Thanks! I'm a fan.Beautiful eggs, nonetheless
Quote: Ohh .....I assumed it was a legbar wellie cross because of the pic.
My chocolate lays VERY light brown eggs so I am not expecting much.Look for a pea comb. If she is an Easter Egger rather than an Ameracauna (95 ish % of them are) there is a good chance that one egg gene could be brown rather than blue. If she was sold to you as an Americauna (with an i) the odds go up even higher. Many hatcheries throw that "i" in there as a was of implying Ameracauna without outright lying about it. Anyway, if the chick inherits a brown gene from both parents, then it won't lay green. Question. Does your chocolate Orpington lay very dark eggs? I only have a buff Orpie, but her eggs are very light. I wouldn't think I'd get olive eggers from her. Possibly a very pale green. As for the roos to keep, I just know that a lot of people like to keep one with a pea comb (If it's AM in the cross and not another breed that lays blue such as Legbar) because there's a better chance of the bird carrying at least 1 blue egg gene if it has a pea comb.