Noooo! The comb of my only lavender colored OE chick is starting to turn pink at 3 weeks. I was so sure he was going to be a girl. It's always your favorite ones, isn't it?
Here are my brand new Olive Eggers!! Just hatched yesterday!
Mama was not happy when I took the babies for their photo shoot and was super happy to have them back.
Here's hoping for lots of girls!
The Marans hen with your Aneraucana roo should produce an Olive Egger, if he is carrying the blue egg gene. The roo over the Rhode Island hens would produce Easter Eggers.
I bought him as a straight run blue Marans chick along with one other from a women in Missouri, hoping for egg layers. Both turned out to be boys. But that's ok, now I can try for my own OE's instead and I love his coloring even though it's not a recognized color for Marans. Didn't see the egg...
I'm really excited! My EE checked out the nesting box today and after she's laying for a while I'm going to hatch some of her eggs. The dad is going to be my gold blue Marans. I think these two will make pretty olive egger babies!
Blu the roo with an Orpington
Esmeralda, my EE. (this is an...