Gender and Breed Quiz (For learning purposes!)

[waddles99]

Nope, Wellies lay brown eggs. The gery-ish green was from a mixed breed bird. I'd been playing around with mixing EE and barred Rocks and Leghorns and that egg was one of my more unusual shades. My other Wellie had a more speckled egg.....

Oh, sorry if I was unclear. I know what egg welsummers lay (I have 2) I meant if the olive egg was produced with a welsummer, since I know a lot of people use that or a marans crossed with a blue egger to make green. I just was curious since I have welsummers and Ameraucana and was wondering what egg you would get if you crossed the two.

 

[ChickenLover200]

Anymore pictures? I can't upload any till after Thursday now

 

[donrae]

Oh, sorry if I was unclear. I know what egg welsummers lay (I have 2) I meant if the olive egg was produced with a welsummer, since I know a lot of people use that or a marans crossed with a blue egger to make green. I just was curious since I have welsummers and Ameraucana and was wondering what egg you would get if you crossed the two.

Okay I getcha now

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No, I didn't use any of my Wellies for an Olive egger cross. I had them back when that wasn't a thing like it is now. I think they'd make wonderful Olive Egger crosses. My issue with using Marans as the dark egger parent is first, the most common ones are black. I know you can get Wheaten, but black is by far the most common and the darkest eggs. Black is a pretty dominant color, so when you cross them you wind up with a bunch of black chicks. Some of us like more variety in feather color. Second, being a good heritage breed, they're not as productive as a hatchery Welsummer. That's a balance you have to ride between size/quality/production/rate of maturity. And third, the feathered legs are an issue for some of us who live in mud country.

Yet somehow I wound up with a flock of nice Marans hens and am considering keeping the breed as an ongoing project

I think crossing the Welsummer hens and the Ameraucana rooster would give you very nice results.

 

[poodlechicks]

There's nothing like learning about breeds from people who own them.

Anymore pictures? I can't upload any till after Thursday now

I'll try to post a pic this evening. Hang in there, just 2 more days

 

[micah wotring]

Here Y'all

Don't worry if you can't guess it.
I would definitely be completely clueless if I had not found the pic.

Anyway, anybody know???

 

[ChickenLover200]

Here Y'all Don't worry if you can't guess it. I would definitely be completely clueless if I had not found the pic. Anyway, anybody know???

I know it! Ayam Cemani

 

[Lamaremybabies]

Here Y'all

Don't worry if you can't guess it.
I would definitely be completely clueless if I had not found the pic.

Anyway, anybody know???

all I got is rooster xD

 

[ChickenLover200]

Is that right?

 

[micah wotring]

Yup

Good job

 

[micah wotring]