First Olive Egger Egg!

[Flockandfowl46]

Congrats on your new egg!

 

[TheLaboratoryBF]

OK, that egg looks gray to me, but still cool color.
It is hard to capture the true hue.....and each computer may display it differently.

I got my first OE egg the other day...so exciting.
Well, first from a new crossing (BCM x CCL).
Far right egg is from Welsummer x EE..she was covered by BCM and those pullets should lay in another month.
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It is a greyish-green but definitely more green in person (and hard to capture with a smartphone camera)...congratulations on yours as well! Those shades (assuming the one on the far left is your most recent) are gorgeous. My OE is a BCM/ameraucana cross (at least that was the info from the hatchery).

 

[chickenE]

Pretty egg and pretty bird!!

 

[TheLaboratoryBF]

Beautiful egg, beautiful hen. Congratulations! @aart and I have the same combination crosses at about the same age:
My newest olive eggs:
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Shown with Mom's egg (blue) and another new BCM layer at the top.

Thank you! Your eggs are very pretty as well. Depending on what color my EE lays (she is same age as OE but not close to POL as far as I can tell), I would like to add a true blue or dark brown layer to the flock next and your BCM egg is just gorgeous. I'm just happy to finally have some variety in my basket after raising light brown layers for years.

 

[oregonkat]

Thank you! Your eggs are very pretty as well. Depending on what color my EE lays (she is same age as OE but not close to POL as far as I can tell), I would like to add a true blue or dark brown layer to the flock next and your BCM egg is just gorgeous. I'm just happy to finally have some variety in my basket after raising light brown layers for years.

Yes, having variety in the cartons for sale has been my goal for a while now. My customers love them especially when I color grade them in the carton ... go figure!
If you can get yourself some Black Copper Marans hens, I highly recommend them. They are, for the most part, incredibly sweet and those eggs are fabulous. Cream Legbars for a lovely light blue egg, or even Isbars for a true green egg right from the genes, no crossing necessary! I love my Isbar hens too!!

 

[aart]

Those shades (assuming the one on the far left is your most recent) are gorgeous.

Nope, far left was the first(broken on poop board)then sequentially to the right...except far right one is another bird.

 

[oregonkat]

Nope, far left was the first(broken on poop board)then sequentially to the right...except far right one is another bird.

Your eggs got progressively darker too. Are they still getting darker? Mine have sort of leveled off to a mid olive.

 

[Lesjr883]

Congrats on your new egg. I am still waiting on my first one. Getting impatient.

 

[Chick-N-Fun]

Congratulations on your beautiful first egg and your even more beautiful pullet!!!!!
Enjoy!!!!!

 

[aart]

Your eggs got progressively darker too. Are they still getting darker? Mine have sort of leveled off to a mid olive.

Yes... getting darker, browner almost but depends on lighting.
Haven't put today's egg, the 5th, in the line up yet but it looked good out in coop.
Wish CCL eggs were a stronger blue.