Barnevelder/EE cross? Can u get dk green eggs?

[BeardedChick]

Random thought - can you cross a dark egg layer with EE or Ameraucana and produce crossbreed chickens that will lay dark greenish egg?

Dark greenish eggs would be COOL.

 

[onthespot]

I think so! Go for it! I am working one one right now with a green laying hen in with a cuckoo marans roo.

 

[BeardedChick]

Ooooh, let me know how it turns out! Is it an EE hen?

 

[SterlingAcres]

Isn't something similar to that called an 'Olive Egger'? It'd be interesting.

 

[hcammack]

Oliver eggers are sick (as in good) LOL

 

[BeardedChick]

Oh YEAH, babies! I searched on 'olive egger' and found MaransGuy's great photo:

Neat! I want olive eggers!

 

[miron28]

anyone have any pictures of a 'olive egger' ?

 

[onthespot]

No, but here is a pic of my barred and bearded EE girl. Just got her a couple of weeks ago. The lady got rid of her because she said she didn't lay a green egg, just brownish. Well, got her home and a few days later she laid a long skinny green egg! I guess she just hadn't started laying yet because she was waiting for me to come get her! Now I am on the lookout for a KILLER DILLER super nicely barred cock to put her with. I have a cuckoo marans, so I could get olive eggers from that, but I would love to get some killer barred and bearded olive eggers going.