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  1. sonew123

    The Olive-Egger thread!

    brown eggs-very slim chance of colored eggs:-( I get the prettiest dark eggs with my straight combed girls though
  2. sonew123

    The Olive-Egger thread!

    Quote: Isn't it funny, most people just want eggs. But noooooooo, we have to have eggs that are a particular color. The sign of a true addict! Still passing the time waiting for mine to begin laying. Oh I get so happy when my girls lay their first eggs but waiting on the colors are the...
  3. sonew123

    The Olive-Egger thread!

    well I got my answer this am:-( I held onto some straight comb girls from my hatches this Summer and she laid her first egg this am-it was frozen and cracked but it was cute -little and BROWN--now I knew the chances of her laying a colored egg were slim but I was hoping:-) Now the wait for the...
  4. sonew123

    The Olive-Egger thread!

    Quote: The same can be reversed too-
  5. sonew123

    The Olive-Egger thread!

    Quote: The OE egg decorations are the ones I sell out of at the craft shows!!! I would love to add a few more ameracaunas into my OE pen-I only have 3 100% pure ones and 3 ( 2nd generation OE hens from ameracaunas and wellies in there now-with 3 EE's that lay shades of green/blue)the craft...
  6. sonew123

    The Olive-Egger thread!

    Quote: The OE egg decorations are the ones I sell out of at the craft shows!!! I would love to add a few more ameracaunas into my OE pen-I only have 3 100% pure ones and 3 ( 2nd generation OE hens from ameracaunas and wellies in there now-with 3 EE's that lay shades of green/blue)the craft...
  7. sonew123

    The Olive-Egger thread!

    Quote: I have some chicks from olive eggs but Im debating whether or not to incorporate new blood for the chicks to mate with when they are old enough?? Isn't it best to cross back to an ameracauna or EE or marans once in a while to keep the eggs nice and dark? I thought I read that...
  8. sonew123

    The Olive-Egger thread!

    Quote: Ruth, can you post pictures of the chicks> Or do you have some pictures of chicks from those eggs already? Thank you~ Yes! I wanna see too! Especially if you ship! It's going to be some time before I can make my own. I have some chicks from olive eggs but Im debating whether or not...
  9. sonew123

    The Olive-Egger thread!

    Quote: I'm about to put a batch of my dark olive eggs in the bator. I'll have chicks to sell and ship in three weeks. Ruth, can you post pictures of the chicks> Or do you have some pictures of chicks from those eggs already? Thank you~
  10. sonew123

    The Olive-Egger thread!

    Quote: ok so can i assume (NOW) LOL... that if I get a roo and a pullet or 3 from the 4 chicks that hatched yesterday ( haha-wishful thinking) and mated them back to eachother the majority of the eggs they lay should be olive colored eggs? I might get one pullet that might lay brown eggs...
  11. sonew123

    The Olive-Egger thread!

    Quote: ok so can i assume (NOW) LOL... that if I get a roo and a pullet or 3 from the 4 chicks that hatched yesterday ( haha-wishful thinking) and mated them back to eachother the majority of the eggs they lay should be olive colored eggs? I might get one pullet that might lay brown eggs...
  12. sonew123

    The Olive-Egger thread!

    Quote: oh thank goodness you had me lost completely when I saw that-I thought " Holy crud Im way off on my genetic thoughts! " hahaha
  13. sonew123

    The Olive-Egger thread!

    Quote: That's going to depend a bit on who the roo was, and what hatched out. Do they have pea combs? Mating OE roo to OE hen will give you a majority OE babies. Unless each parent has two copies of the blue gene, you will still get some (about 25%) brown egg layers (with straight combs...
  14. sonew123

    The Olive-Egger thread!

    Quote: anyone?
  15. sonew123

    The Olive-Egger thread!

    Now I have a question too--I have olive eggs in fact I have 4 that hatched today-I plan on mating them back to eachother--will this result in olive egger producers???
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