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Everyone is fluffed up now :) Olive Egger: EEs (the light one and first black one are clean legged):

That is interesting. I have wheaten, blue and splash Marans myself. I don't really care for the black coppers so I haven't read much about their genetics and such. I didn't look very closely at hers to see if any have lighter colored legs. She doesn't seem all that knowledgeable about Marans and...

I'll need to get better pictures but here are some I took real quick yesterday before putting them with the broody. Both chicks from the Marans eggs seem to be having issues with locomotion. One is a flipper and the other might have splayed leg. One of the EE egg chicks was born with fluid under...

Six out of 8 made it. I have pics but have to wait until I'm on my computer. I'm going to try to get them posted before work tomorrow. The diversity in looks is great! I am very pleasantly surprised that the olive egg chick is yellow! Considering she uses black copper Marans for them, I am shocked.

Yeah I've sold mixes before too (I generally only keep purebreds besides the EEs and future OE) but it would be nice for them to know what the parents are, as a selling point lol, but also so I can hang onto the right ones to grow out.

So, my chicks haven't hatched yet (they are due Sunday), but I am trying to figure out ahead of time the potential breed indicators to look for. The eggs include one VERY olive egg, four green (EE) eggs, and three Marans eggs. Potential fathers are EE, Marans, Wyandotte, and a huge Brahma. The...