The Olive-Egger thread!

[RobandSue2]

Ohhh that is what I was thinking...i will cross back to a legbar next....

No I believe that cross will produce about 1/2 that will lay green/olive and about 1/2 will lay brown eggs.
Every time you cross back to a marans you'll get the 50/50 split of green and brown.

 

[The Moonshiner]

If you go back to a legbar all will lay green/olive eggs. 1/2 will be single blue gene and half will be double gene blue. That's when I would test breed.
OEs is a tetter totter go back to marans you getter darker but lose the blue gene in some.
Go back to a LB you increase the ones with blue gene but breed away from the darker color.
Turns into a vicious circle trying to chase both things and maintain both.
That's why IMO the key is to lock in the blue genes by getting to and only using pure for blue ones. Then you have to just chase the darkest eggs from generation to generation.
Its what makes a true OE and a true OE breeder IMO.
I've done the OE dance. About to do the same dance with getting some blue eggers back to just pure for blue genes.
Its a pain with the test breeding and keeping track of everyone and waiting to them to get to point of laying.

 

[Juther]

I have a F4 olive egger rooster. What color gene will be passed to his offspring? Either Blue or Dark Brown....correct? Can it be both, or is it one or the other?

 

[The Moonshiner]

I have a F4 olive egger rooster. What color gene will be passed to his offspring? Either Blue or Dark Brown....correct? Can it be both, or is it one or the other?

What color eggs does he lay?
Ya ya I know but point is if we don't know what genes he has then there's no real way of knowing what he will pass on.
As far as blue or dk brown or both it can be both.
Theres a set of genes for either blue or non blue (white). He could carry one of each or two of either.
The brown is a separate set of genes. With the brown there's many genes involved. I believe its like 23 different genes or something like that. Its a toss up to what he has and what he would pass on.

 

[Juther]

What color eggs does he lay?
Ya ya I know but point is if we don't know what genes he has then there's no real way of knowing what he will pass on.
As far as blue or dk brown or both it can be both.
Theres a set of genes for either blue or non blue (white). He could carry one of each or two of either.
The brown is a separate set of genes. With the brown there's many genes involved. I believe its like 23 different genes or something like that. Its a toss up to what he has and what he would pass on.

okay, thanks! Crap shoot lol

 

[RJGM]

Here is my very handsome roster aka big turkey my kids named him and one of my hens aka Ruth she has a very lovely personality

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

Does anyone else's OE seem to molt harder then their other birds?
I only have one OE hen and this is her first molt. She's half naked! I know each molt is different for each bird but I also have heard certain breeds molt harder then others. Wondered if OE's are one?

 

[aart]

I know each molt is different for each bird but I also have heard certain breeds molt harder then others. Wondered if OE's are one?

OE's are not a breed but a cross...
...so it may depend on what breeds were crossed for your OE.
But still, don't think any particular breeds are known for consistently molting 'hard'.

 

[Dwuuds]

Ignoring the small egg (silkie hen) Is it common for a single Olive Egger hen to lay a range of colors like this at first? She just started laying about 6 days ago, and it seems like she lays a different shade every time!

 

[FlyingNunFarm]

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Ignoring the small egg (silkie hen) Is it common for a single Olive Egger hen to have a range of colors like this? She just started laying about 5 days ago, and it seems like she is laying a different shade everyday.

Mine does it too. First picture are all the same hen.
Second picture the 3 eggs to the left are hers and 2 Americauna eggs to compare the middle purple egg too.

Sometimes smooth in color but mostly I get speckled eggs. I think they look like bartlet pears. LOL