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Quote: Thanks!! Cute and sweet! I hope he stays sweet. The lady I bought the chicks from is going to give me some REAL BCM chicks in a few weeks. Shes feels bad that she sold them to me as BCM's and they ended up being some mix. She bought the eggs on ebay from a good buyer that she often buys...- CantSkipThis1
- Post #871
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The Olive-Egger thread!
Here are some new pictures of my Fav. Roo "Big". He was sold to me as a BCM but Im calling him a Olive Egger because there were some Olive Eggers in her hatch. I really dont know what he is. He is 7 1/2 weeks old. Ideas? Thanks!!- CantSkipThis1
- Post #869
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The Olive-Egger thread!
Quote: Marans chickens that would be great for the backyard but terrible if you were planning on selling hatching eggs. If you are strict and keep them all the crosses to yourself, always looking at them as crosses, no matter how they turn out, then all is well and enjoy the heck out of them...- CantSkipThis1
- Post #868
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Quote: There are two things you could be asking here - I'm not sure which, so here are answers to both. (*note - Marans is always pluralized even when you are referring to a single bird) A - Your hens will lay eggs without a rooster present. They will be infertile of course, but you will...- CantSkipThis1
- Post #866
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Quote: I was going to say that too, but then I read that the olive egger is her favorite. Of course, if they keep the Wheaton Marans rooster they can still make olive eggers by breeding him to the Araucana. And still have pure Marans. Can'tskip......It looks to be a pea comb. "I was going...- CantSkipThis1
- Post #865
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The Olive-Egger thread!
Quote: Does your olive egger have a pea comb? If so, then keep him since he's your favorite. Then you can cross him with your Marans hen and even your Araucana and see what you get. The hen contributes to the dark egg color too, not just the rooster. People here have done crosses both...- CantSkipThis1
- Post #862
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The Olive-Egger thread!
everyone I need help. I am having a hard time deciding which Roo to keep. ( I'm new to this ) My Pullets are 1BCM 1Wheaten Maran 1White Olive Egger 1White Silkie 1Wheaten Araucana 1 Barred Rock 2 speckled Sussex and soon to have 1 SLW, 1 GLW and 1 BLRW The Roo's I have are 1 Black Olive...- CantSkipThis1
- Post #857
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