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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    F1 olive egger.... cockerel! He's from a black copper Marans over an EE that lays huge eggs. I was so hoping for a pullet. I might try him with my older OE hen and see if I can get an OE that lays bigger eggs. Yeah, then there are the odds of getting all sorts of colors with that cross.
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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    Picture 3 reminds me of a CCL.
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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    I know it's not an olive egg but that color is amazing!
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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    And I have a sister without the pea comb that lays green. They are from a F4 roo over a Marans, and leghorn.
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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    I have a couple of those! You wouldn't think so with those pea combs but the proof is in the nest boxes.
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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    They are called Super Blue Egg Layers and their eggs tend to be a little darker blue than an Ameraucana. www.backyardchickens.com/t/872737/the-sbel-thread/35#post_13859625
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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    I would call that a sage green. Beautiful range of colors!
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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    Sorry about your loss. I tie a a grocery bag on the door knob so my kids don't accidentally let the dogs out while the chickens are free ranging.
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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    The rooster was a F3 OE and hens were BC Marens and a BR. He obviously did not have the gene for blue, or maybe only one copy.
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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    I have some that have pea combs and beards/muffs that lay brown eggs. Disappointing!
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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    They are nice sized too! Congrats!
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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    I love them, especially these as they are stuffed with garlic and jalapenos.
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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    I picked up a second hand OE and she lays a nice large egg. I was hoping they would be a little darker but they are still pretty. Here are some next to actual green olives!
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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    I had a hen with that mix, she laid lots of white eggs.
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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    I knew one of my OE pullets was starting to lay when I found a small shell-less egg on the coop floor two days ago. This morning I found a tinted white egg on the coop floor. Here it is next to one of my sex-link's brown eggs. I think this was from my F5 OE over white leghorn pullet. I...
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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    Really great info! I'm not sure how old it is, at least 10-14 weeks, so not a tiny chick. About half grown, maybe. They are starting to molt, and I noticed the different colored feathers. These OEs all have small combs and I'm used to seeing very large combs so I don't think I'm a good judge...
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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    My F5 OE over BCM "pullet" may just end up being a cockerel. There are some tiny brighter colored feathers coming in around its beak & face, where the baby feathers are mostly black. I'm not quite sure what a hen or roo from those genetics should look like. Any ideas? I'd hate to have to...
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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    So glad we don't have that particular critter to deal with here. Didn't know possums ate meat.
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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    I think someone was playing an April Fool's trick on you.
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    The Olive-Egger thread!

    So sorry you lost your OE. Hope you can catch the culprit. Great idea. I can just imagine the raccoons thinking they are getting a chicken dinner and getting a zap on the nose instead. Do you think they can hear the wire when it's live?
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