Easter Egger and Olive Egger confusion

[redinator]

Colored usually means pastel. Freen, blue, pink, there's even a south American breed that lays an orange egg. So yeah, any color other than white brown, tan.

Did you say orange? As in a dark yolk, or shell color?

 

[nuthatched]

Did you say orange? As in a dark yolk, or shell color?

Shell color

 

[redinator]

Shell color

Oh no, I need to do research, chicken math is in full swing

 

[nuthatched]

Oh no, I need to do research, chicken math is in full swing

They aren't available here, I can even remember what they're called

 

[redinator]

They aren't available here, I can even remember what they're called

That's good to know the only information I could find is here: https://www.feathersite.com/Poultry...highly variable,reed islands of Lake Titicaca.

 

[FrostRanger]

Easter eggers are a mixed breed that lays colored eggs, usually blue or green, olive eggers are mixed breeds that lay olive green eggs. Every olive egger is an easter egger but not every easter egger is an olive egger

 

[redinator]

Easter eggers are a mixed breed that lays colored eggs, usually blue or green, olive eggers are mixed breeds that lay olive green eggs. Every olive egger is an easter egger but not every easter egger is an olive egger

So Olive Eggers can be colors other than black, but tend to be black because as @nuthatched stated Marans are typically used in the mix to get the olive colored eggs . . . . am I understanding that correctly?

 

[FrostRanger]

So Olive Eggers can be colors other than black, but tend to be black because as @nuthatched stated Marans are typically used in the mix to get the olive colored eggs . . . . am I understanding that correctly?

Yep, the only qualification is they lay olive green eggs, they can look like pretty much anything

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

So Olive Eggers can be colors other than black, but tend to be black because as @nuthatched stated Marans are typically used in the mix to get the olive colored eggs . . . . am I understanding that correctly?

I think you could also use a Welsummer but I might be wrong

 

[FrostRanger]

Yep, the only qualification is they lay olive green eggs, they can look like pretty much anything

Er, I suppose I should specifify that the bird has to have the genes for olive colored eggs. I say that 'cause obviously roosters don't lay eggs