I liked the fact of encouraging people not to just throw away their chickens for being mutts. But, it failed to mention any real details about EEs. It didn’t even mention the fact the Easter Eggers are mutts and not a breed. Easter Eggers are mutts with Ameraucana, Araucana, or Legbar background. It also said EEs look pretty much like Ameraucanas - which can be true, but isn’t fact as not all of them are even Ameraucana mixes. It also acted as if most EEs lay brown eggs, which simply isn’t true. All first gen crosses (most EEs) lay a colored egg, and only 50% of second gen crosses lay brown eggs. Also the fact of EEs laying a lighter blue is often not true. The blue egg gene doesn’t change between AMs and EEs, the difference is EEs carry brown egg genes where AMs do not. A lot of the time a light cream over blue is what gives the brightest blue eggs, meaning a lot of the time EEs lay brighter.
Short version:
Short version:
- Good message.
- Short on details.