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post #1 of 30
7/24/12 at 8:48pm
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I'm trying to figure out breeds on a couple of my pullets.  I bought Shadow, Coco, and Cinamon from a lady that said they were Olive Eggers.  I've heard that is a general term for an Aracuna mixed with anything that lays a brown egg.

 

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This is Shadow, and she is about 18 Weeks old.

 

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Shadow with Coco in back.

Cinnamon and Coco look exactly alike, and all three came from the same hatch.

 

Then I have Gina, and Lulu, who are 3 weeks younger.  We bought them from the feed store, and they were both said to be Silver Laced Wyandottes.  Lulu obviously isn't.  I was thinking Australorp, or maybe Black Jersey?

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Wife, Mom to 3 little girls, Mail Lady, Zoo Keeper of 2 big dogs, 2 cats, lots of fish, and 11 chickens ~ 3 Olive Eggers, 1 Barred Rock, 2 Silkies, 1 Silver Laced Wyandotte, 1 Black Austrolorp, 2 D' Ucles, 1 Standard Cochin

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post #2 of 30
7/24/12 at 9:14pm

WOW beautiful "lacing" on that blue one....I love her

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post #3 of 30
7/24/12 at 9:20pm

I'd guess that Shadow, Coco, and Cinnamon are Oliver Eggers or Easter Eggers. :) They're very pretty!

 

Gina's a Silver Laced Wyandotte (and a really beautiful one, too!) and yep, Lulu definitely isn't! :) Look at the bottoms of her feet - if they're yellow, she's probably a Jersey Giant, if they're white, she's probably a Black Australorp. This isn't always a for-sure way to tell, especially if a chicken is from a hatchery, but it might help. If you wait till they're all the way grown, you can probably tell by size - a JG will be very big. wink.png

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The first of 11 kids in the bestest family in the world!

The Dogs: Tipper (black Lab/Cocker) and Boaz (yellow Labrador Retriever)

The Cats: Trixxie (tortoiseshell) and Pumpkin (snow shoe)

The Ducks: Anconas in black, chocolate, and lavender: Mr. Darcy, Mr. Bingley, Lizzy, Jane

 

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post #4 of 30
7/24/12 at 11:12pm

first 3 are ee's the next is a silver laced wyandotte and the last looks like a ba

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post #5 of 30
7/25/12 at 1:07am

I see 3 EE's a Silver Laced Wyandotte,  and a Black Australorp as well.  smile.png

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God grant me the serenity
to accept the things I cannot change; 
courage to change the things I can; 
and wisdom to know the difference.

In Jesus name Amen :)

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post #6 of 30
7/30/12 at 5:47pm

first 2 could be either or easter eggers or olive eggers. combs look like my olive eggers.

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Breeding Crele Penedesenca's ,Black Penedesenca  and White Empordanesa's

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Blue Crew ( U of a Blues , Blue Ameraucana , Easter Eggers , Olive eggers and now Silver Ameraucana )

 

for olive egger purposes

 

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California Certified Nursery Pro

 

Breeding Crele Penedesenca's ,Black Penedesenca  and White Empordanesa's

plus the

Blue Crew ( U of a Blues , Blue Ameraucana , Easter Eggers , Olive eggers and now Silver Ameraucana )

 

for olive egger purposes

 

"Penedesenca Breeders and Fan Club " on Facebook

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post #7 of 30
7/30/12 at 5:58pm
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first 2 could be either or easter eggers or olive eggers. combs look like my olive eggers.

olive eggers are EE's 

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post #8 of 30
7/30/12 at 6:13pm

Easter Eggers (or Americana) are as a mish-mashed breed with definite Araucana, so technically they can lay any color of egg, but "Olive Eggers" have been bred to lay Olive Eggs.

 

The Ameraucana lays ONLY blue eggs and has a pea comb.smile.png

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post #9 of 30
7/30/12 at 6:33pm

an EE is any mixed chicken that has araucana or ameraucana in its background some wheres, more specifically the breed club says 

 

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any chicken that possesses the blue egg gene, but doesn’t fully meet any breed descriptions as defined in the APA and/or ABA standards.  Further, even if a bird meets an Ameraucana standard breed description, but doesn’t meet a variety description or breed true at least 50% of the time it is considered an Easter Egg chicken.

 

 

to make an olive egger you cross a blue egg layer with a brown egg layer thus making an EE. an example is a blue egg layer (araucana, ameraucana, or ee) over a marans or welsummer the resulting pullets should lay green (olive) colored eggs thus also resulting in an EE


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post #10 of 30
7/30/12 at 6:36pm
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There are genes for brown eggs

 

a gene for blue eggs   (The blue egg gene and the white egg gene are actually alleles for those that understand)

 

a gene for white eggs.

 

eggs are either white or blue because of the genetics involved.

 

Chickens that lay:

 

white eggs have two genes for white egg ( no blue egg gene) and no brown egg genes.

 

brown eggs have 2 genes for white egg shell plus genes for brown egg shell.

 

blue eggs have one blue egg gene( plus a white egg gene) or two blue egg genes ( no genes for white egg) and no brown egg genes.

 

green eggs have one or two blue egg genes ( no genes for white egg) and brown egg genes. 

 

Pink eggs are just a tinted brown egg. There are no pink egg genes. 

 

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