YO GEORGIANS! :)

[carcar80]

LOL! Maybe you need another brooder. 

Right? I have the big/long metal one on the back porch that would hold tons.. But I like to keep them inside a few weeks first. I think I'll get one more Rubbermaid/indoor one and then start cycling them out.

 

[RoboDuck]

Quote: I've been telling her not to get attached to them and that you're just using her.

 

[carcar80]

I've been telling her not to get attached to them and that you're just using her.

 

[carcar80]

When will y'all move yours to the farm with a light? Or have you already?

 

[RoboDuck]

When will y'all move yours to the farm with a light? Or have you already?

They live in the garage for a few weeks first. Probably won't take stuff to the farm until they're either fully feathered... or spring. Whichever comes first.

 

[carcar80]

Yeah. The way these things are growing, spring will come second!!

 

[valleychicks]

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2013-09/find-blue-chicken-egg-congrats-your-chicken-has-virus

Read this today, kinda interesting

Cool! I have 5 EEs. This is the thing. 4 of them lay blue/green eggs, 1 lays a tan egg. Two of the EEs came from the same parents however one lays a blue/green egg and the other is the tan egg layer. So does that mean that the tan egg layer didn't get the virus? Hmm...something to ponder.

 

[Flowerbh]

Cool! I have 5 EEs. This is the thing. 4 of them lay blue/green eggs, 1 lays a tan egg. Two of the EEs came from the same parents however one lays a blue/green egg and the other is the tan egg layer. So does that mean that the tan egg layer didn't get the virus? Hmm...something to ponder.

The tan egg layer inherited two recessive white egg shell genes from the parents, plus a small amount of brown coating.
Say your parent birds had Bw, Bw (both these would lay blue eggs) but your chicks could have BB, BW and ww genes for color.
B w

B BB Bw

w Bw ww

75% would lay blue eggs
25% would lay white eggs

BB, Bw = Blue eggs
ww = white eggs

 

[carcar80]

So flower, could you answer my question as to what color eggs these EE/BLRW chicks will end up laying? I've been assuming some form of green..?

 

[valleychicks]

Right? I have the big/long metal one on the back porch that would hold tons.. But I like to keep them inside a few weeks first. I think I'll get one more Rubbermaid/indoor one and then start cycling them out.

I need to go get another 1/2" 4'x8' sheet of plywood to make the bottom part of our brooder. We used the other one to make nest boxes out of for the barn coop. I have a studio inside our home that we will keep our future hatched/bought/ordered chicks. The last ones we got I wound up ordering 13 getting 12 then given 4 more so 16 fit in it fine until they were about 6 weeks old. I hope I don't wind up with 16 in the brooder at one time anymore but who knows.