olive egger pullets? pic heavy

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Feeling frustrated!!!!

The man I bought these from said he would exchange one for me that has a pea comb. So since he was driving through my area today, we meet in the next town over, and made the exchange. Since it was in a busy parking lot, I didn't want to take the bird out and inspect too closely and risk her getting loose. So after we got back in the van, (and he had left at that point), I took the bird out to look it over. IT IS A BOY!!!!!!!

I am rather a bit of a newbie, so perhaps I'm wrong, but I don't think I am. Look at the red comb and wattle!





WHAT THE HECK!
 
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Shouldn't a breeder know 1.) that a straight comb will not be an olive egger and 2.) the difference between a pullet and cockerel at this age?

Man, I wish I had looked closer while in that parking lot! I just emailed him, hopefully he will have a positive response.


this is his "return policy" Quote:
 
You actually can get olive eggers with straight combs, it's just very low percentage of chance, as others have stated.

Genetically speaking, the pea comb gene and the blue egg gene reside VERY close to one another on the chromosome. So during the mix-n-mach mashup of the creation of new life, they tend not to seperate from one another, and get inherited together. BUT, 'tend' does not mean 'always'. This means you can get straight comb birds that lay eggs with blue genes (one of the active genes needed for olive eggs), this is how Legbars can be a straight-comb breed that lays blue eggs.

I'd hold off on swapping out your remaining girls, and see what they give you. The breeder sounds like he's a reasonable guy (if perhaps misinformed), he'd probably be ok with giving you a proven olive-egger at that time, or just giving you your money back.
 
He actually IS a very nice and reasonable man. I'm just not entirely confident in his information. He told me that you can't sex hybrids as you would other pure breeds. That comb/wattle don't come into play, but rather wing color that will determine the sex of the olive egger. I sure don't want to doubt him, but that is not information that I have read or heard about from any other source. Has anyone else heard that before?

Anyway, he came by and picked up this roo in question, and suggested that we hold off for a couple of weeks when they will have more definate roo/pullet characteristics. I think this is a great suggestion. I am holding on to the other straight combed girl. If I get green eggs...great! If I get dark brown eggs....great! If I get normal looking brown eggs, well that's ok too. Afterall, these eggs will all look pretty in the egg basket, but bottom line, they will all end up getting cracked and eaten anyhow!
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But I am hoping to get at least 1 girl to lay me some pretty green eggs!
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holyhart said:
He actually IS a very nice and reasonable man. I'm just not entirely confident in his information. He told me that you can't sex hybrids as you would other pure breeds. That comb/wattle don't come into play, but rather wing color that will determine the sex of the olive egger. I sure don't want to doubt him, but that is not information that I have read or heard about from any other source. Has anyone else heard that before?

Anyway, he came by and picked up this roo in question, and suggested that we hold off for a couple of weeks when they will have more definate roo/pullet characteristics. I think this is a great suggestion. I am holding on to the other straight combed girl. If I get green eggs...great! If I get dark brown eggs....great! If I get normal looking brown eggs, well that's ok too. Afterall, these eggs will all look pretty in the egg basket, but bottom line, they will all end up getting cracked and eaten anyhow!
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But I am hoping to get at least 1 girl to lay me some pretty green eggs!
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That sounds equitable and sensible all around. Wing color is a give-away on gender when it comes to these types of birds, but not all the time. Roos will tend to develop patchy red spots of feathers on their shoulders that will eventually spread out into vibrant swaths of red to impress the ladies with.
 

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