Barnyard Mix- help me ID please

[Ilovemychicks08]

So it’s been about 24 hours and no other eggs have hatched this little chick is just pummeling these other eggs. Is that okay or should I move this one chick to the brooder. I worry about it getting cold without the others to huddle with.

As long as there is a source of heat and the brooder is warm enough the chick will be ok.

If no other eggs hatch you should try finding the chick a friend though

 

[LmCattes]

As long as there is a source of heat and the brooder is warm enough the chick will be ok.

If no other eggs hatch you should try finding the chick a friend though

That’s what I was thinking; it’s a slightly staggered hatch so today is hatch day for everyone else. If by the end of the day I don’t have more chicks I feel like I should move it to the brooder. I’ve had my eyes on some silkies locally so I guess plan b isn’t the worst option.

 

[Ilovemychicks08]

That’s what I was thinking; it’s a slightly staggered hatch so today is hatch day for everyone else. If by the end of the day I don’t have more chicks I feel like I should move it to the brooder. I’ve had my eyes on some silkies locally so I guess plan b isn’t the worst option.

It wouldnt hurt to move it right now.
Ive had staggered hatches where one chick was in the brooder for a day before the others. She also hatched day 20. All the others hatched at night on Day 21 or early morning Day 22.

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

For starters, your Olive Eggers are not mixed with Cream Legbar, some varieties of Olive Eggers have tuffs on their heads. Such as Hoovers Hatchery's Olive Eggers.

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

I would say your chick is mixed with an Olive Egger hen and the Lavender Orpington Rooster.

 

[NatJ]

For starters, your Olive Eggers are not mixed with Cream Legbar, some varieties of Olive Eggers have tuffs on their heads. Such as Hoovers Hatchery's Olive Eggers.

Huh?

https://www.hoovershatchery.com/oliveegger.html
Hoovers Hatchery Olive Eggers. A quote from their description:
"Our Olive Eggers come from a couple of different crosses. We have one line that is a cross of Americanas and French Cuckoo Marans.... We also have another cross that is between Legbars and Welsummers..."

So the Hoovers Olive Eggers that you mention, that have a tuft on their head, are a mix that includes Legbars. That is where the tuft comes from: the Legbar in the mix.

Since the OP has Olive Eggers with crests on their heads, those Olive Eggers probably ARE part Legbar.

 

[GirlsHuntToo]

Huh?

https://www.hoovershatchery.com/oliveegger.html
Hoovers Hatchery Olive Eggers. A quote from their description:
"Our Olive Eggers come from a couple of different crosses. We have one line that is a cross of Americanas and French Cuckoo Marans.... We also have another cross that is between Legbars and Welsummers..."

So the Hoovers Olive Eggers that you mention, that have a tuft on their head, are a mix that includes Legbars. That is where the tuft comes from: the Legbar in the mix.

Since the OP has Olive Eggers with crests on their heads, those Olive Eggers probably ARE part Legbar.

Thanks I didn't know that before.

 

[LmCattes]

Huh?

https://www.hoovershatchery.com/oliveegger.html
Hoovers Hatchery Olive Eggers. A quote from their description:
"Our Olive Eggers come from a couple of different crosses. We have one line that is a cross of Americanas and French Cuckoo Marans.... We also have another cross that is between Legbars and Welsummers..."

So the Hoovers Olive Eggers that you mention, that have a tuft on their head, are a mix that includes Legbars. That is where the tuft comes from: the Legbar in the mix.

Since the OP has Olive Eggers with crests on their heads, those Olive Eggers probably ARE part Legbar.

I didn’t even know that! I was just making sense of what would create a chicken like that and that’s what makes the most sense to me. Thank you for sharing!

 

[NatJ]

I didn’t even know that! I was just making sense of what would create a chicken like that and that’s what makes the most sense to me. Thank you for sharing!

I thought the same as you did. But when someone cited Hoovers Olive Eggers, I checked what their website said-- yup, they're using Cream Legbars in some of their lines. Cream Legbars are the obvious source for a crest or tuft on the head while also providing a blue egg gene.

 

[LmCattes]

I think everyone that’s going to hatch has hatched. I couldn’t be more pleased with our new flock additions!!