olive egger

Just to make sure in on the right page, a brown layer and a blue layer crossed are olive correct? I saw a post that said only a brown gene rooster over a blue hen will produce olive. I tried to find info in search but this exact comment did not show. Thank you

Hi all, I’m new to breeding and understanding genetics and have so many questions. To start, I’m wondering how the blue/green egg genes translate and what happens when you breed a Silverudds Isbar with blue egg layers (cc Legbar) or olive layers (marans/ameraucana mix)? Does the green genetics...

Hey everyone, I'm Dan, a 27 year old British army veteran now married to my darling wife Torri and settled with 2 kids and one on the way in rural East Tennessee. We recently moved to what we hope to be our forever home on half an acre with land next to us we hope to acquire in the near future...

I have an over abundance of fertile hatching eggs every week and end up giving them to family and friends to eat. •I have fertile hatching eggs from an Olive Egger Roo and the following breeds: Easter Egger Blue Ameraucana Olive Egger Barred Plymouth Rock Lavender Orpington Welsummer Speckled...

ISO 3-5 week old olive eggers/green egg laying pullets. Grateful for ANY leads! We are in Southern NJ, but willing to travel a bit (and have family in NEPA/SEPA that can help us pick up if needed.) We're starting our first flock and have 5 others this age so they have to be about the same so...

Hi BYC- First time chicken owner of ~5 months here. I have two pullets whose earlobe colors seem to be changing. I'm a bit worried about the olive egger because the color seems to be more yellow (the austra white's ears seems more white). I'm not sure if infectious - don't see any pus or...

Hey everyone, I'm not at all affiliated with Meyer Hatchery. We just ordered nine chicks from them in December 2019 and I thought people might find my experience with it useful. I had backyard chickens for years but never got chicks in the mail before. We specifically ordered a Blue Ameracauna...

Chicken genetics never cease to amaze and baffle me. I did a late hatch of just 3 chicks last August because I knew a niece would be visiting me and really want to see some chicks. I bred a BCM roo with some of my Easter Eggers. I ended up with a fairly standard Easter egger roo, and a black hen...

Hello I am considering some Olive Egger Chicks that are a cross of welsummer easter egger. I know the eggs can vary, but I am actually interested in if anyone has this cross and would like to share pictures of their hens?

Hello! I ordered our ladies through Tractor Supply (Hoovers Hatchery) in late July. It was "Rare Choice" 10 Count and they came in the mail. We didn't know the what we actually had, but that has been half of the fun- discovering the breeds! We are 100% sure on all but 2 of the girls. We know...

Hi all. I'm thinking about adding a Black Copper Maran and an Oliver Egger to my flock. I have a Blue Maran, but I read that Black Copper Marans aren't heat hardy. I live in West Tn, Zone 7. Is there any reason a Black Copper Maran would be any less heat hardy than a Blue Copper Maran? I keep...

Anyone interested in F1 Olive Egger Hatching Eggs? Offspring will all be all black and could have beards and muffs.

A few months ago we picked up 2 olive egger chicks and one maran chick. But now as I’m looking at one of our olive egger chicks I’m seeing she looks like a barred rock. She hasn’t started laying yet so I don’t know. But I was really hoping for olive eggs. Is it possible for her to look like a...

I have a splash marans roo and a bunch of cream legbar hens, what would the offspring look like if I crossed them together?

I have an olive egger chick that will be 3 weeks on Sat. She has always been more relaxed than the others but she’s seeming really lethargic today. She’s still eating. She had a bit of white poo stuck to her bum fluff today, which I washed of gently. What should I do for her? What could be the...

I got a surprise assortment with my last chick order and I have a few one-of-a-kind chicks that I am trying to identify what breed they are to get them some friends of the same breed. The gray one especially needs a friend and I am thinking either Lavender Orpington or Andalusian? Can anyone...

Just curious I have a cockerel that his dad is black copper marans , mom olive egger . What does that make him? Still an olive egger ? Or just a mut lol ? Either way hes pretty and a jerk lol