Onyx Olive Egger?

MountainWoman73

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Apr 18, 2018
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I bought this chick labeled as an "Onyx Olive Egger" from a farm store in Colorado. She has white black washed legs with two or three feathers on a couple of her toes. Single comb that is black in color so far. Plumage is coming in mostly black with faint flecks of copper brown here and there. And just today I noticed she's developed a little crest!

Does anyone know what hatchery makes the onyx olive egger? I have never heard of them before and can't find them on Google. Do I dare hope that she's CCL mixed with French black copper marans? (That would be a really great mix) Or can you think of any other mixes that might make these traits?


Thanks!
 

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Hoover's sells Mystic Onyx chicken and is the most usual source of chicks for stores. So I'd assume it is them. They don't always list all of the varieties they sell at stores on their website.
 
I wondered about that because of the name. She has 4 toes, not 5. And her skin is very white, not black. But mystic onyx can have a little crest like hers. Supposing she IS half mystic onyx, and supposing she really is an olive egger, what blue egg breed would explain the leg feathering?
 

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