F2 Olive Egger laying alot!

[meadrian]

I have three chickens all around 5 1/2 months old. My F2 Olive Egger has already laid 24 eggs, once 8 in a row and once 7 in a row. They are smallish eggs, but have yolks and are edible. Is this normal? Should I be concerned? Or just be happy? She's very healthy.

 

[sourland]

Sounds like a healthy highly productive bird.

 

[meadrian]

Thank you for replying!

 

[WingItRanch]

@meadrian Hi! I know this is a little delayed but yes, it's normal to have small eggs at first.

I have a question for you.. were your F2 Olive Eggers back-crossed to a Marans? I'm so curious about the colors if you're willing to share. I'm looking into getting F2 or even F3 Olive Eggers in the future.

 

[meadrian]

I don’t know what she was crossed with. Her eggs are a beautiful muted green. I’ve heard F3 lay even darker green but I’m no expert!

 

[WingItRanch]

Awesome! In my first go at getting chickens, I ordered 2 Olive Eggers in addition to a bunch of others. 1 OE died at just 2 days old and the other turned out to be a cockerel. So no luck getting olive eggs! I do have an EE that lays a mint color, though.