What does tractor supply consider EE?

[chickenchick2714]

I’m just curious if tractor supply “Easter eggers” are just all breeds that lay various color eggs, The older my chicks get I think I have at least 3 wyandottes, a barred rock or Cochin mix and maybe some classic “Easter eggers” I’m really excited about the variety but the older they get the more I’m questioning what breed they even are?! And my one Easter egger already has red waddles and red comb at 4 weeks but I didn’t think EE had large if any waddles? Are wyandottes considered EE?

 

[The Moonshiner]

True, although you wouldn't consider that an EE, rather a mix breed with colored egg laying lineage. It defeats the whole purpose if you call a brown egg laying bird an EE. But what can ya do, it sells better so people take it and run with it

Oh I agree but most do still call them EEs and worse they keep breeding them as EEs.
I'm not a fan of the whole idea that an EE can literally be anything. Any color eggs, any kind of comb, any skin color, any color/pattern, any shape, muffs, beards or neither.
The description has become so wide that it's ridiculous.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Easter Egger has became a catch all phrase for many types of chickens.
It's the classic EEs as well as several types of crosses but it shouldn't include any known breeds like Wyandottes or anything.

 

[fluffycrow]

EE nowadays is considered any chicken that lays colored eggs (meaning blue and green an all their variants) that does not fit a breed standard

 

[fluffycrow]

Plenty of EEs that lay brown eggs now days too

True, although you wouldn't consider that an EE, rather a mix breed with colored egg laying lineage. It defeats the whole purpose if you call a brown egg laying bird an EE. But what can ya do, it sells better so people take it and run with it

 

[sekeyslaks]

To TSC they are chickens that produce money.Most of the employees and staff are completely ignorant about basic chicken facts and their breeds,they just sell mixed up bunches of straight run breeds to make a profit.I don’t like to support them for that reason.

 

[MamaFox78]

To TSC they are chickens that produce money.Most of the employees and staff are completely ignorant about basic chicken facts and their breeds,they just sell mixed up bunches of straight run breeds to make a profit.I don’t like to support them for that reason.

Exactly. My son works at Big R, and they are the same way as TSC... he knows more about chickens than the rest of the employees combined.

He told me they actually put something in the chick's feed to constipate them so they don't soil the shavings in their tank!! No wonder those poor chicks are so sickly, they are basically given pasty butt on purpose!

Apparently they also had a shipment of chicks delayed, and by the time they got to the store all but a few were dead. I just can't even, those poor babies.

I absolutely will not buy chicks from the big box ranch supply stores.

 

[The Moonshiner]

EE nowadays is considered any chicken that lays colored eggs (meaning blue and green an all their variants) that does not fit a breed standard

Plenty of EEs that lay brown eggs now days too

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Tsc considers EEs to be whatever birds are sold to them as EEs

 

[BigRedCockadoodle]

This year, at my TSC, their chicks are from Hoover's.

Same as our TSC. We had several chicks die this year. We wouldn’t buy again in the future.