Boy or girl Olive Egger

[CluckkyKrista]

Hi folks,
One more question - have I got a boy or a girl in this 10 week old olive egger?

 

[DemeterAD9]

Looks like a girl to me! I find that birds with a pea comb tend to get pink faster than single combed birds even if they are a pullet.

 

[urlocalcrazychickenlady]

I second that! looks like a girlie

 

[urlocalcrazychickenlady]

Hi folks,
One more question - have I got a boy or a girl in this 10 week old olive egger?

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I LOVE my Olive Egger! Her eggs are a good size and she lays almost daily. Def one of my favorite breeds!!

 

[FernwoodHollow]

I agree with the others! Looks like a pullet to me! Love my OEs! I get a lovely sagey green from mine!

 

[FarmerGirl101]

Looks like a girl to me! I find that birds with a pea comb tend to get pink faster than single combed birds even if they are a pullet.

You see this in wyandottes particularly. I had a hen whose comb was way redder than my cockerels when they were all 4 weeks old.

 

[CluckkyKrista]

Yay more good news today. I’ll be so happy to have another olive egger in our flock. She hatched from the most beautiful super dark green egg. She’s a pullet! Thank you so much everyone that’s chimed in.

 

[TheChickenGirl16]

Yay more good news today. I’ll be so happy to have another olive egger in our flock. She hatched from the most beautiful super dark green egg. She’s a pullet! Thank you so much everyone that’s chimed in.

Gorgeous girlie you’ve got there!!
You’ll have to update with a picture of her first egg later!

 

[CluckkyKrista]

Will do.

Pic below of the olive eggs she hatched from and a pic of another olive egger sister below that was easier to ID as a pullet so I didn’t include her but you can see she has a single comb.

I think the mum of both was back crossed with a Birchin Marans rooster so I suppose there’s always a risk they’ll lay brown - is that right? Is it 50-50 if the mum’s an olive egger and the dad is birchin Marans? Also I’ve heard that pea combs indicate greater likelihood of carrying the blue gene… is that right?