When is an EE no longer an EE?

[speckledhen]

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Do you mean ANY chicken that has the potential to lay an egg, or ANY chicken that has the potential to lay a COLORED egg?

I think that both could be applied, but usually its one that has the potential to lay a colored egg.

Heres a question that may stump you EE Experts, I have a chicken that looks exactly like a buckeye, no muffs, no tuffs etc... but she lays a blue green egg what is she????

Don't you just hate those rogue genes, LOL? To me, she is an EE. My BR/blue Ameraucana cross hen lays green eggs. She is an EE, but has no beard or muffs.

 

[ChooksChick]

At some point I thought I read that EE's were a mix between an Auraucana and another breed or an Ameraucana and another breed, with the other breed being whatever.

Clearly if that were the case one could have EE's that were VERY different from one hatchery to the next.

Does anyone want to give an opinion from the hatchery's point of view? I know we have some hatchery staff on here occasionally.

 

[TimG]

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The blue egg gene is dominant, so a hen that carries it should lay colored eggs.

Your definition of an Easter Egger needs to make some allowance for non-egg layers (roosters) unless you mean that all Easter Eggers must be hens.

 

[roosty]

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I think that both could be applied, but usually its one that has the potential to lay a colored egg.

Heres a question that may stump you EE Experts, I have a chicken that looks exactly like a buckeye, no muffs, no tuffs etc... but she lays a blue green egg what is she????

Don't you just hate those rogue genes, LOL? To me, she is an EE. My BR/blue Ameraucana cross hen lays green eggs. She is an EE, but has no beard or muffs.

If your BR/EE cross is the one you posted in the ameraucana, ee, araucana picture post, then I would not consider it an EE, ameraucana, whatever you want to call it. That is a mixed chicken.

Again, my opinion.

This is the problem, people just call any old thing an EE.
It doesnt matter how much this is gone over and over and over....there is way to much wrong information and benifit me information out there that this topic will never be solved....My opinion again..

I still stand by my previous post on this.....this is only relevant in the internet world!

Lots of smileys here!!!

 

[MichiganWoods]

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The blue egg gene is dominant, so a hen that carries it should lay colored eggs.

Your definition of an Easter Egger needs to make some allowance for non-egg layers (roosters) unless you mean that all Easter Eggers must be hens.

Certainly there are Easter Egger roos. Perhaps the definition for the roosters would pertain to the color shell they hatched out from. If blue is the dominant gene, then if their mother lays an egg that is blue, all chicks should carry the gene, including the roosters.

They could also be defined if placed in a pen with white egg laying hens and was crossed with them. If the resulting eggs hatched chicks that went on to lay blue eggs, you would know he carries the blue egg gene and thus was an Easter Egger.

 

[ChooksChick]

There is a site that tries to give formal definition and credibility to EEs as a breed: http://www.eastereggers.com/

It's kind of fun...



**ETA** Don't go to the forum area...it's clearly not monitored or maintained in any way and is inappropriate for kids.

 

[ILOVEFRIZZLES]

ok let me see if I have these right any Ameraucana that is not show Color is an EE and and any mixed chicken that lays prink, brown, blue, and Green are EE. So with that said I have and Standard Cochin that is not show color is he too an EE. And Lavender Orp Project eggs are they EE too not a show color it an new color.

My Standard Cochin at is not show colors

 

[MichiganWoods]

There is room to tweak the definition.

If you know your bird was hatched from purebred chickens that do not carry the blue egg laying gene, then of course they would not be EEs. Someone feel up to tweaking the definitions to cover this aspect?

 

[ILOVEFRIZZLES]

ok then I have Some EE as you guys call them that are the show color white and Wheaten but people on here still call them EE why. They have Breads and tufts and slate legs and lay blue eggs. so then they are Ameraucana and my other bird are not show color but have breads and tufts and slate legs and lay blue eggs. So i have really ameraucanas then. They are not form a hatchery.

 

[roosty]

I'd say any chicken that lays a blue or green egg but is not defined as either a purebred Araucana or purebred Ameraucana can be thusly labeled an Easter Egger.

I dont think this will work either. The BR/EE cross of spekeledhens lays a colored egg...its posted in another thread and it absolutly is not an EE or ameraucana... its a mixed chicken....just cause that gene is carred over does not mean its an EE...example: feather legs carries over often....and you breed a cochin to a game hen...you dont come out with a cochin still...its a mutt with feathered legs AGIAN...my opinion