Things I've learned on the incubating thread! A funny/personal observation.

[AmyLynn2374]

Thank ya!!

I've got to get this BYC terminology down!

Good luck, there are still some chicken breeds I haven't unscrambled when they use the initials....lol

 

[scflock]

EE?

Easter Egger. Before I knew better, I bought some "Ameraucanas". Many Easter Eggers are sold as ameraucanas, although they are not purebred. Ameraucanas don't lay green eggs

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Easter Egger. Before I knew better, I bought some "Ameraucanas". Many Easter Eggers are sold as ameraucanas, although they are not purebred. Ameraucanas don't lay green eggs

My NN/EE started laying last week...olive eggs..... Out of the 3 that started laying, she's the most consistant.

 

[scflock]

My NN/EE started laying last week...olive eggs..... Out of the 3 that started laying, she's the most consistant.

Ok, my turn. NN?

 

[scflock]

Naked neck?

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Naked neck?

Yup NN aracuana ee...She's a rather homely girl....but she's got a great disposition and like two or three tuft feathers sticking out each cheek....lol She hatched from a green egg too.

 

[scflock]

Yup NN aracuana ee...She's a rather homely girl....but she's got a great disposition and like two or three tuft feathers sticking out each cheek....lol She hatched from a green egg too.

Wow, that sounds like quite an interesting combination. Especially if you say it like we do down here. "Nekkid"
Just makes it sound dirtier, somehow

 

[Titanpaul726]

Araucanas lay the blue eggs, right?

The chicks at Murray Mcmurray "have some Araucana and some Ameraucana blood mixed" but are supposed to lay nicely colored eggs. Is this mix what you were referring to scflock? And should I avoid these chicks?

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Wow, that sounds like quite an interesting combination. Especially if you say it like we do down here. "Nekkid"
Just makes it sound dirtier, somehow

That's the only way way to say it isn't it???? lol

Araucanas lay the blue eggs, right?

The chicks at Murray Mcmurray "have some Araucana and some Ameraucana blood mixed" but are supposed to lay nicely colored eggs. Is this mix what you were referring to scflock? And should I avoid these chicks?

That is what is considered an ee.

 

[WalnutHill]

Araucanas lay the blue eggs, right?

The chicks at Murray Mcmurray "have some Araucana and some Ameraucana blood mixed" but are supposed to lay nicely colored eggs. Is this mix what you were referring to scflock? And should I avoid these chicks?

McMurray, like other hatcheries, sell impure lines. They are fine for a backyard flock but you will not find "pure Araucana" or "pure Ameraucana" there. The mixes crossed with white egg layers like brown or white leghorn will be smaller, more active, and good layers of usually blue or blue tinted eggs. The mixes crossed with partridge rocks will lay greenish eggs and are not as prolific. These are common crosses as the offspring "look like" Ameraucana, with chipmunk striped chicks and partridge colored hens. But you will also find a mix of gold, cream, black, brown and other colors, indicating that these are mixes with other chickens. They are quiet and shy compared to my production reds, and lay about 2/3 the amount of eggs.