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post #5601 of 5608
5/19/13 at 7:11am
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Two of my three olive eggers have started laying....... Dark brown eggs. VERY disappointed.

sorry about that . dont give up. Nice dark brown eggs are not bad either

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post #5602 of 5608
5/19/13 at 6:21pm

Still can't tell if mine are hens or roos. they are now 17 weeks old! Their parants where BCMs x EE.

None of them started to crow yet... Combs are red.

 

 


Edited by Stef82 - 5/19/13 at 7:30pm
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post #5603 of 5608
5/19/13 at 7:29pm
I just hatched several OE about two weeks ago. Some have straight combs and some have pea combs. Do they mean different things?
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post #5604 of 5608
5/20/13 at 6:24am

They both look a lot more pullety than my 6 week chicks! I would say two pullets. And, the rule I go by when I can't tell is... "They're a hen til' they crow!"

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Still can't tell if mine are hens or roos. they are now 17 weeks old! Their parants where BCMs x EE.

None of them started to crow yet... Combs are red.

 

 

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post #5605 of 5608
5/20/13 at 10:37am
@acemario could you post pics of your olive Eggers?
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post #5606 of 5608
5/20/13 at 11:12am

Mine are 7 weeks and I am having the very same issue.  One day I will think there are a few roos.  the next day I think they are ALL roos and then after that I will think they are mostly hens..........soo frustrated.  My OE's are in with my marans, they all are blending in at this point...sigh...

Wife and Mother of 4 (ages 14 to 3)  we have 2 labs, I ride Paint horses, work in the veterinary industry and our flock consists of:  3 speckled sussex, 2 buff opingtons, 2 Delaware and 1 black orpington. 

I love to garden and have tons of veggies that I can and freeze.  Hubby "tolerates" my chicken habbit :-) ..kids find the chickens very cool and like eating the vegetables heaps better...

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Wife and Mother of 4 (ages 14 to 3)  we have 2 labs, I ride Paint horses, work in the veterinary industry and our flock consists of:  3 speckled sussex, 2 buff opingtons, 2 Delaware and 1 black orpington. 

I love to garden and have tons of veggies that I can and freeze.  Hubby "tolerates" my chicken habbit :-) ..kids find the chickens very cool and like eating the vegetables heaps better...

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post #5607 of 5608
5/20/13 at 4:59pm
so I guess all of them are pullets. All of them have pea combs.
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post #5608 of 5608
5/20/13 at 5:50pm
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so I guess all of them are pullets. All of them have pea combs.

Pea comb doesn't have anything to do with male or female. Roos can have pea combs too.

 

Most of my OE roos have had red/brown in their wings by 17 weeks.

 

 

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