I started collecting these eggs for a possible broody, but she's decided to not be broody at the moment, so I'm offering these eggs for sale. I will continue to collect and these eggs must be shipped on Monday. Right now I have 9 eggs collected.
My rooster is a multiple generation olive egger from Ruth's stock.
An older picture, but it shows his lacing better:
The hens are a BCM, a welsummer who lays a nice dark egg, and 3 olive egger pullets. Several people have hatched out the pullet eggs without any problems. Fertility is great from cracking them in a dish. This combination should give you a great variety of olive colored eggs.
My BCM girl is from Gabbard Farms, she just started laying again, and her eggs are not as dark as usual. We call her the tank because she is so large. She does lay some huge, dark eggs. I currently have 2 of her eggs collected. Chicks from this cross will be blue or black.
This is her usual egg color, the eggs I've collected so far are just a tad bit lighter.
My welsummer girl lays a very nice brick colored egg with small speckles. She was removed from my welsummer breeding because she is not proper coloring. Her nice dark egg will work great for olive eggers though. I have 2 of these eggs collected right now.
Her eggs, center right. This was her first egg, she didn't have the speckles on them at that point:
My olive egger pullets are offspring from pure Ameraucana's over my welsummer rooster and my olive egger rooster. My roosters were running together at the time I hatched these girls, so I can't be positive which rooster fathered them. I have 1 blue and 2 black pullets in this coop. They lay a lighter olive egg, which I'm hoping to darken by crossing back over my rooster. I currently have 5 of these eggs collected. Chicks will be blue, black or splash - already had someone hatch a splash.
The olive color I'm currently getting. The BCM egg and the white egg are there for color comparison. The eggs that look blue are more of a sage color.
I wrap each egg in bubble wrap. I layer some peanuts and bubble wrap on the bottom, then place the wrapped eggs in the box. Then I fill the box with peanuts to keep them from moving around. I have had some people have 100% development on shipped eggs.
I do everything I can to ensure the eggs arrive in as great shape as possible, however, I cannot be responsible for things that are not in my control like the postal service and incubation techniques.
If you have any questions or would like to see additional photos, just ask.
My rooster is a multiple generation olive egger from Ruth's stock.
An older picture, but it shows his lacing better:
The hens are a BCM, a welsummer who lays a nice dark egg, and 3 olive egger pullets. Several people have hatched out the pullet eggs without any problems. Fertility is great from cracking them in a dish. This combination should give you a great variety of olive colored eggs.
My BCM girl is from Gabbard Farms, she just started laying again, and her eggs are not as dark as usual. We call her the tank because she is so large. She does lay some huge, dark eggs. I currently have 2 of her eggs collected. Chicks from this cross will be blue or black.
This is her usual egg color, the eggs I've collected so far are just a tad bit lighter.
My welsummer girl lays a very nice brick colored egg with small speckles. She was removed from my welsummer breeding because she is not proper coloring. Her nice dark egg will work great for olive eggers though. I have 2 of these eggs collected right now.
Her eggs, center right. This was her first egg, she didn't have the speckles on them at that point:
My olive egger pullets are offspring from pure Ameraucana's over my welsummer rooster and my olive egger rooster. My roosters were running together at the time I hatched these girls, so I can't be positive which rooster fathered them. I have 1 blue and 2 black pullets in this coop. They lay a lighter olive egg, which I'm hoping to darken by crossing back over my rooster. I currently have 5 of these eggs collected. Chicks will be blue, black or splash - already had someone hatch a splash.
The olive color I'm currently getting. The BCM egg and the white egg are there for color comparison. The eggs that look blue are more of a sage color.
I wrap each egg in bubble wrap. I layer some peanuts and bubble wrap on the bottom, then place the wrapped eggs in the box. Then I fill the box with peanuts to keep them from moving around. I have had some people have 100% development on shipped eggs.
I do everything I can to ensure the eggs arrive in as great shape as possible, however, I cannot be responsible for things that are not in my control like the postal service and incubation techniques.
If you have any questions or would like to see additional photos, just ask.
