your favourite breed

[gritsar]

LF brahma, of course!
You're lucky. On your side of the big pond they come in so many more colors than what is available here.

 

[WyanLuv]

I love sunshine, very pretty!

 

[debilorrah]

Buff Orpington's

 

[tingle]

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I love the look of the Langshans this is another breed I havnt seen or heard of.Thanks every one for the pictures.Is the Easter egger the name of a breed or a nickname its another I havnt heard of in the UK.My modern gane bantams are like little dogs and follow me everywhere they never stop chattering to me.

 

[DTchickens]

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I love the look of the Langshans this is another breed I havnt seen or heard of.Thanks every one for the pictures.Is the Easter egger the name of a breed or a nickname its another I havnt heard of in the UK.My modern gane bantams are like little dogs and follow me everywhere they never stop chattering to me.

EE's are ameraucana crosses, a lot of hatcherys sell them as pures..

 

[tingle]

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I love the look of the Langshans this is another breed I havnt seen or heard of.Thanks every one for the pictures.Is the Easter egger the name of a breed or a nickname its another I havnt heard of in the UK.My modern gane bantams are like little dogs and follow me everywhere they never stop chattering to me.

EE's are ameraucana crosses, a lot of hatcherys sell them as pures..

What are they crossed with?

 

[tingle]

Another question ,are Aracaunas the same as Ameracanas

 

[DTchickens]

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EE's are ameraucana crosses, a lot of hatcherys sell them as pures..

What are they crossed with?

Anything and everything

i don't think theres any specific breeding going on.. Maybe just extras that the hatchery has tossed together. But that's what makes the EE's so popular.. you never know what they are and being crosses of unknown origin they come in a lot of odd colors, While still having a lot the araucana/ameraucana characteristics.. such as the green egg and beard/tuft. (although not all EE's do carry the traits..)

 

[Chickenmaven]

I love silkies.

 

[DTchickens]

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the Ara's are the ancesters from south america, When brought to the US the beard and tails were bred into them creating the Ameraucanas.. Before that they were rumpless (with the occasional tail i think) and had tufts instead of beards