Easter Egger club!

[HerbGir1972]

Our guy has molted...wow he looked just awful...lol
But now is almost thru and looking beautiful

 

[Sylvester017]

I'd like to join the EE Club, please? We bought 5 EE at the feed store on May 4th of this year; two white, two black/grey and one all grey - all sexed as pullets

. Well. all of you EE caregivers know where this is going...... by early July one of my 'girls' started crowing!
Happens to ALL of us!

Three of my girls started laying at the end of September; Hyacinth hasn't started yet and I assume that she won't until next spring at this point. Now, in late November, I'm lucky to get one egg every few days, most frequently from Hawk, and occasionally from Iris; I know that it will come to a halt, soon. We will not use supplemental lighting, we want the girls to live as naturally as possible.
Ameraucanas and EEs are not the most prolific layers. They seem to start laying in late Fall for 2 to 4 months and then stop. Our Amer pullet started laying in the Fall for about 5 months, stopped for several months, then layed only 3 eggs into her second year and stopped when the summer heatwave hit. It is November now and we are still waiting for more than 3 eggs from her this year! My other breeds are laying GREAT in spite of the shorter hours but she just plain quit after her 2nd year. My friend had an EE that didn't lay at all starting her 2nd year! EEs are fun for colored eggs in their pullet year but afterwards it's a guess as to whether they will be decent 2nd year layers. Relax waiting on eggs. The only way to have a lot of pretty colored eggs is to have a lot of young EE pullets and don't stress over the one dud layer. Amer's and EEs do everything in their own sweet time LOL!

 

[The chicken dad]

disturbing the girls in bed. I will figure out this site and post more .

 

[chick rookie]

Opps, I knew there was one other breed that laid colored eggs, thanks for bringing that up!

Don't for get the Pink egg layers...

Have a funny for you all. My brother was talking to his dad about his EE starting laying and that she lays the cutest green eggs. His dad told him he shouldn't eat green eggs because that meant they were bad. Brother could NOT convince him that they were ok.

You wouldn't believe the customers that wont take my green or blue eggs for that reason. I have had a couple of them for a few years now and they still aren't convinced.

 

[HerbGir1972]

Don't for get the Pink egg layers... 

You wouldn't believe the customers that wont take my green or blue eggs for that reason. I have had a couple of them for a few years now and they still aren't convinced.  

I had several folks thought our colored eggs were nuts too.
Now they swear the green and blues taste better than the others...lol
There is truth to the old saying "Feed the Eyes first then the tummy" some folks say they feel like they've gotten something exotic-ish, even if it is just a plain old egg.

I heard the gammot this year from various TSC 'experts', from blue eggs having more protein content. To fertilized eggs being cholesterol free.
Green eggs have less calories...lol...it's entertaining

We're hoping for more colored layers this spring, I have 3 new girls haven't shown us what they'll be laying yet? ( crossing fingers for green of some hue)

 

[jessr779]

My son swears the green ones taste better too.

 

[The chicken dad]

here are my girls. Five EE,one olive egger and my lavender morin in this picture. I also have a buff , two barred rocks and 2 white leghorns that I hatched from Trader Joe's grocery store eggs. Well I didn't hatch them my buff did when she wend broody. She is a good mom.

 

[ochochicas]

My clients love the green eggs. I've got people at work fighting over who gets to buy the next dozen. They say they are fun to eat when the are pretty!

 

[chick rookie]

Finished the shed coop. Yea!!!


Got the kids moved in and they seem to be happy. I Took the BCM, FM, Splash Maran, Cochin and the SF's out of the layer flock and put them in here with the EE's and AM's, Going for OE's and feather legged EE's with the mix of hens... heres hoping

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1 1/2 " ( about that ) of snow yesterday,

I hate snow!!
Walked in the new shed coop last night at feed time and couldn't believe how warm it was in there. It was 20 outside with the wind kicking up real good and I don't know whet the temp was inside ( going to find out ) but I know it was above freezing cause I didn't have to break ice and the water bowel sits close to the door. The kids were happy as all get out too. DH said he was going to take it from them and make it his man cave it was so warm in there. lol

Now he wants another one put up for the layers!!!!

Told him I was not going through that again, he would have to find one already put together or build it by himself!! I want NO part in it!!

 

[Amelia Egghart]

Quick question: my EE pullet started laying at 29 weeks in late summer and has produced an egg fairly reliably three days in a row, then take a day off, then picks up again for three days. But recently she's completely stopped. From what I'm seeing on this site, that's normal for these girls?

Thanks!