Cream legbar egg or olive egger?

Zzzzia

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Hi i have 7 hens that are 6 months old. I got my first egg today, which is green. See attached pic.
I wonder if it is my cream leg bar or olive egger? My olive eggers are from BCM x white ameraucana. I expected them to lay later as I have read marans lay at around 8 months.
Both my CCL and OE have a redder comb, much more than my sussex and orpington.
Could CCl lay green? It is supposed to be pure and quite honestly looks like a pure one.
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Any ideas?
 
Looks like an olive egger. My olive eggers are a cross between Cream Legbar and Welsummer. I also have same age Legbar and Welsummer hens in the flock. The OE started laying earlier than either of its parent breeds and they are more productive than either. Hybrid vigor at it's best!
 
I vote OE as well. The CL “green” I have had experience with is still a sort of blue-green, and the speckles on that egg scream BCM to me.
 
Looks like the OE. I have a Mystic Marans (which is a cross, not pure Marans) and she started laying very early (18 weeks).
I have 2 Mystic Marans also that hatched 9/11 that still haven’t started laying but several of my other breeds I hatched with them just started this week and last so I’m hoping soon. Will you please post or message me photos of your hens and their eggs?!
 

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