Like I DON'T have enough birds!!!

[ducks4you]

I have 17 mutt layers (2 are 2yo's), and 2 EE roosters. I ordered 5 EE pullets that are supposed to come in to Farm & Fleet on May 1st, or thereabouts. Thought I'd start the thread and include pictures when they arrive. Looking forward this winter to some really BLUE eggs!!
BTW, I get about 12 eggs/day. Right now, I have 5 dozen waiting for takers in my office fridge!!!

 

[Ridgerunner]

Ill follow your thread for sure. Itll be interesting to see what colored eggs you actually get. Do you happen to know which hatchery they get their chicks from? Just curiosity. No real reason.

 

[lesa]

I ended up with green eggs from mine... which are fun- but not nearly as cool as the blue ones! Just ordered new chicks- but they are brown egg layers. I hope you get some blue ones!

 

[ducks4you]

1/2 of my eggs NOW are olive green. I think they come from McMurray. What is fun is how much fun the clerks have retrieving your chicks. Many request working those days.

 

[HotPepperQueen]

I have 5 EE from McMurray- I get a sky blue egg, dark olive egg, teal egg, blue egg with brown spots, and a light pink egg. The birds all look completely different too!

 

[bj taylor]

those colors sound amazing. I have brown eggs of many shades

 

[Ridgerunner]

About 1/3 of my eggs are colored. They are pretty blue but some have a hint of green.

I hatched the chicks from eggs I got from a lady here that is working with other people in varying states, trying to develop a new color/pattern of Ameraucana. A long time ago they crossed in a brown-egg laying bird to get certain color/pattern genetics but that caused the eggs to be green. A green egg is just a blue egg with brown mixed in.

She told me they had spent 15 generations trying to breed out the brown to get the eggs back to blue. They are almost there, but not totally. Its hard to get back to blue once you introduce brown. She was actually a bit upset that my intentions were to cross these with brown egg laying chickens to get green eggs. Theyd worked that hard to get the green out.

This time next year I hope to have some minty green eggs to add to this basket.

 

[vfem]

Are they there yet?!?!

 

[ducks4you]

Ridgerunner, nice picture. I knew for sure that my 2 roosters were EE bc last year's hens were RIR/Welsummer crosses and 1/2 of my eggs are 3 shades of brown, the other 1/2 are olive green. NONE are minty green. My olive green layers have green legs. ONE of my EE roosters doesn't, but his daughters DO. I'd be happy with mint green eggs next year, after we raise the 2013 chicks.
BY THE WAY....***ducks shows FURY****
I call Farm & fleet yesterday about my PAID FOR chick order.



They LOST it. =/ =/ =/
REALLY stupid. They were the ONLY farm supply game in town for YEARS. I started buying horse grain, etc. from them in 1985. Rural King bought out the old WalMart quarters in Champaign 3 years ago, and I KNEW they'd give them a run for their money.
Good News. RK placed an order for me, and they should be in next week.
Sorry, but you'll have to wait on the pictures of chicks. **sigh** Guess I'll go collect another dozen eggs, my daily rate.

 

[ducks4you]

Just got a call--My EE pullets are in!!! I've be home tomorrow and take some pictures to share. They'll spend the next few days in the 10 gallon fish tank to keep 'em warm.