#oliveegger

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    Olive egger discolored comb?

    Hello. I am wondering if it is abnormal for my olive egger, Barbara, to have this grey coloring on her comb? The closer up picture is from today (18 weeks old) and the other picture is from ~13 weeks. She's always had the grey and she acts healthy. However I couldn't find any pictures online of...
  2. Hen_House04

    EYE need some help!

    So my poor Poppy girl has something going on with her eye. I noticed it a couple days ago and finally took a picture of it tonight to post. No redness or swelling, she is acting fine, can see fine, pupils are equal with no problem. Do you think maybe she just scratched it or is this something...
  3. W

    Egg color change

    I have one olive egger, Tink, and one ameraucana, Wendy, in a blended flock of (now) 15. I raised Tink and Wendy together from chicks, and only one (assuming Tink) lays blue-ish/green-ish eggs. It’s been months since I’ve seen an egg that color. Did she stop laying at 2 years old, or did the...
  4. Hen_House04

    Vitamin Deficiency?? Help!!!

    Hey y’all, I’m going to keep the story short. Last night my girls were good, when I got them in the coop, this morning I went out to find my Olive girl laying down beside the gate. I tried to stand her up and she’d take a step and then just lay back down. I thought something was going on with...
  5. Hen_House04

    Impacted crop or am I being extra?

    Need some advice! First time chicken mom💁🏼‍♀️!I’ve always used dirt and sand as the hens bedding, until it flooded on Wednesday night. Like actually flooded the chicken coop. I poured out pelletized bedding in the run to soak up all the water and all was well. Thursday evening I noticed one of...
  6. Hen_House04

    Huge Bumblefoot… on the struggle bus!

    Hey y’all! I have one VERY strong willed gal, Olive, that has gotten a huge bumble on her foot. She doesn’t like to be held unless it’s on her terms (🙄🤦🏼‍♀️), so trying to get this thing out is a whole mess. I have tried wrapping her up in a towel like a baby burrito and she looses her mind and...
  7. M

    Blue Olive Egger Cockerel- Near DFW, Texas

    Hey Y’all! I have a Blue Olive Egger cockerel that needs a coop. He is about 5-6 weeks old (don’t have the exact age, as I got him from Russell’s, but I think he was about 1-2 weeks old when I got him). Located in Springtown. Would prefer to trade for an Olive Egger, Lavender Orpington or...
  8. M

    Posting him/her again with a few weeks more development (8 weeks old). What do you think—hen or roo?

    He/she is definitely a bit of a loner from the other 5 but recently had some sort of leg deformity or growing pains (according to the vet) that caused trouble walking so that might be part of it. His/her comb is definitely more pink than the others but it was a hatchery mix up so I’m still...
  9. Hen_House04

    Skip a day and double the next!

    Hey there! So I have a couple Olive Eggers and a couple Barred Rocks and for some reason one of my Olive Eggers will not lay an egg one day and then lay two eggs the next day. She’s been pretty consistent the past week with skipping and then laying double. They will soon be one and this is...
  10. Hen_House04

    Is she broody or is she extra?

    Hey there! So I have an Olive Egger 10mths old. She has been acting fine all day and even got to eat fresh grass in the chicken tractor this afternoon. She didn’t want to lay an egg until about 6:30 tonight. She crawled in the nesting box and hasn’t moved since. I have a camera out there and...
  11. D

    Sick hen - any guesses help

    Hello to whoever this finds! I needed some guidance for my chicken. Any info would help! I’ve got one olive egger (pictured) who is having trouble moving. If it means anything we have just returned after 5 days. No limps, but slow and very little movement. She still stands fine, not sure...
  12. halefamily_flock

    Can you accurately sex day-old Olive Egger chicks (Legbar-Welsummer)?

    I just hatched 4 chicks from a Cream Legbar rooster x Olive Egger F1 hen (Cream Legbar over Welsummer). It looks like I have 3 pullets and a cockerel. What do you think? Here are close ups of the chicks... Chick #1 (Pullet?) Chick #2 (Pullet?) The two lightest colored chicks pictured...
  13. halefamily_flock

    Is there such a thing as Brown Sex Link? (using Barring gene)

    A couple of months ago, I hatched Black Sex link chicks from my Golden Spangled Appenzeller Spitzhauben rooster x Dominique hen. It's my understanding they were black as chicks because then hen was Extended Black (E), which is dominant over the rooster's Birchen (ER). In a few days, I'll...
  14. L

    Help with Identifying EE’s and Barnyard Mixes?

    Hello all! This is our first go with chickens, and these guys are mixes, with parents including EE’s Ameraucanas, olive eggers, and some others. They’re all 12 weeks old. We just want eggs for the family and so didn’t mind what breeds we got too much, but we do need to re-home some extra...
  15. M

    Chick crouching?

    3 of the 4 chicks that I got were presumed males— the woman I got them from is reputable and rescues the roos. She traded me 3 presumed females for my very hand raised boys. I miss them but I can’t have roosters here! They’re about 4 weeks old, maybe a bit older. The new Olive egger chick and...
  16. M

    Marans or Olive Egger? Male or female?

    Hi all! Is this a marans or Olive egger, and male or female? 4 or so weeks old.
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