Best Olive Egger Crosses

[pinewoodacres]

Looking out for Homozygous Pea Comb Rooster would be another way since it's 96% chance.

This is a P/p+ Easter Egger Rooster that as 96% chance of having only one copy of the Oocyan mutation

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Ameraucanas have smaller Tighter combs, they are P/P, O/O

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I happen to reallyyyy not like the look of those combs, and being in Florida, I strongly prefer the single comb, but yes, that’s good info for people other than me.

 

[nicalandia]

I happen to reallyyyy not like the look of those combs, and being in Florida, I strongly prefer the single comb, but yes, that’s good info for people other than me.

So, I take it that you are using a Cream Legbar or Isbar as the source of your blue eggs?

 

[pinewoodacres]

So, I take it that you are using a Cream Legbar or Isbar as the source of your blue eggs?

Yes, I have Cream Legbars and Welsummers. I like the “work with what you have” concept.

 

[Ventuckyhomstead]

Well that entire things getting scrapped as the true amerauacan i had from deer run farms doesnt have a blue egg gene so that was a waste of time and will be selling them all

We just recently ordered chicks from deer run farms in hopes of starting a breeding flock of BBS Amercaunas. How did you find out they don’t have the blue egg gene?

 

[gimmie birdies]

Olivia is a BCM/legbar

Meyer's has different lines though, and you cannot request.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

We just recently ordered chicks from deer run farms in hopes of starting a breeding flock of BBS Amercaunas. How did you find out they don’t have the blue egg gene?

Because I bred the rooster to a a brown egg laying hen if he had two copyies all hens would lay green yet got a brown egg layer meaning he only had one copy.

 

[Poultrybonkers]

Also I never kept the only f2 pullet olive egger out of 7 sold her got sick of the feather picking but still have the bc1 hen hatched in april who still hasnt laid. Once this thing lays i plan on selling it i dont need this pullet and shes taking to long to lay. Her mother started at 18 weeks yet this is taking this long prolly for a brown egg because shes single combed.