An EE, but one like I've never seen...

[MikeS(erama)]

Just curious if anyone has ever seen an EE like this one? She laid her first egg today, and it was olive green. Curious what you guys think what breeds were used, for the longest time we thought she was a Brahma, Cochin cross.

Here she is:

Here's her first egg she laid today:

 

[paddock36]

but pretty chicken and egg.

 

[fshinggrl]

Olive green? Looks more like LIME green! I had an olive colored egg by my EE. Cute bird! I've never seen a black one before though!

 

[chics in the sun]

Black Coper Marans and

 

[Baymule]

Do a search for olive egger thread. There are people here that are purposely breeding blue egg layers to dark brown egg layers to get olive egg layers. You are lucky to have her.

 

[19hhbelgian]

To get an olive egg, from what I understand, you need to cross a blue egg layer with a breed that has the dark egg gene, like a marans. I have a girl that just started laying this season and we are getting great olive eggs from her

It's so much fun having an Easter egg basket!!

 

[jenesis536]

Beautiful egg!

 

[shelleyd2008]

Yes, I have a brooder full of birds that will look just like her.

 

[shelleyd2008]

Quote:
You need to cross a bird that has the gene for blue eggs and a bird that has the gene for brown eggs. It doesn't have to be dark brown eggs, you could use an EE and a RIR if you wanted to.

 

[NewHopePoultry]

Very Pretty!