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[liz9910]

I have a question, when an OE starts laying is the first egg supposed to be olive colored? Seems to be brown not olive

 

[chiqita]

Poaching is the traditional way to cook them. Or baked in salt. I trawled a whole bunch of recipes when I was researching them. I don't remember why, it has something to do wit the skin and fat. The preferred roasting chicken is from another part of France.

Feeding the chickens treats saved all our fish! We went out to distribute the frozen cantaloupe and plums and Mario saw his pump had fallen out of the fish tank and pumped almost everything out. There were 2 tiny hollows in the sand on the bottom that were not yet dry. 5 more minutes and they would have been toast.

That man can yowl like a scalded cat.

A guy off of craigslist doing a movie on Urban gardening movement wants me to send him pictures of our set up . I'm worried ill get busted for too many birds if he comes over, lol. I'm going to think about this.

 

[chiqita]

I have a question, when an OE starts laying is the first egg supposed to be olive colored? Seems to be brown not olive

Look at the shell, is it blue? If not, then the gene did not get passed on. is this a first or second generation oe? The genetics are very different. If it came OUT of an olive egg, all bets are off. if the egg was blue, it might just be too dark brown to see the olive part yet.

I can get more complicated if you'd like, Im that kind of girl.

 

[ronott1]

I have a question, when an OE starts laying is the first egg supposed to be olive colored? Seems to be brown not olive

OEs can miss the Blue egg gene. If you crack open the egg, is it blue inside? If so you will get olive colored eggs. If it is white, then yours missed the Blue egg shell gene.

Congrats on the egg though!

 

[chiqita]

OOPS...I fixed it but that was funny!

I missed that! I feel deprived now, but you did make me go out and spritz the orph that was making little noises. She was not holding ehr wings out, however, so I think she jsut wanted more cantalope. Now she hates me.

Chopped just had a show with Blue Foot Chicken in it!

Apparently Bresse needs to be poached to be good. The winner of the episode poached the Bresse in Tequilla and butter....Wow!

http://theresachefinmykitchen.com/u..._Tenderloins_with_Tomato_and_Pepper_Sauce.pdf
here is a summary of the episode for the rest of us!

 

[chiqita]

ok, after reading that Ron, I have a question. did the call it poulet de breese or JUST blue footed chicken? If its just blue foot, it is like ours! Did they say if they were finished specially?

 

[liz9910]

Look at the shell, is it blue?    If not, then the gene did not get passed on. is this a first or second generation oe? The genetics are very different. If it came OUT of an olive egg, all bets are off. if the egg was blue, it might just be too dark brown to see the olive part yet.

I can get more complicated if you'd like,  Im that kind of girl.

OEs can miss the Blue egg gene. If you crack open the egg, is it blue inside? If so you will get olive colored eggs. If it is white, then yours missed the Blue egg shell gene.

Congrats on the egg though!

I didn't think to look inside the egg lol. Will have to crack it open. I have no idea what color egg she hatched from or if she 1st or 2nd generation. I will ask the person who I got her from

 

[chiqita]

ya, If she is second egeneration or to or, it is very common to not get olive eggs. the get one gene from each parent, and need to get one blue to have blue eggs. 1st gen oes will ahve 1 blue and one white.

 

[liz9910]

ya, If she is second egeneration or to or, it is very common to  not get olive eggs.  the get one gene from each parent,  and need to get one blue  to have blue eggs.   1st gen oes will ahve 1 blue and one white.

That would be a real bummer since all my chickens lay brown eggs already

 

[debs_flock]

I have a question, when an OE starts laying is the first egg supposed to be olive colored? Seems to be brown not olive

Yup, what they said. Whatever color she laid, that's the color she's going to continue to lay. So you have a lovely brown egg laying chicken! Do you know what cross they used to produce the OE?

I'm doing BC Marans over Araucana.