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olive Eggers are a catch all name for a mixed breed that has a strong potential to have both a blue egg gene and a dark egg gene. They can be made from a number of mixes so there's no real way of knowing unless the breeder/hatchery states what the mix is when advertising them.

Marans are one of the most common breeds used in creating olive Eggers, so it's not guaranteed but highly likely that your bird is a cuckoo marans mixed with a blue egg layer. Given the single comb, I'd say legbar is more likely than easter egger/ameraucana but again there's no guarantee. Mixed breeds can inherit some, all, or even none of the visible traits from either parent. Not all legbars are homozygous for crests, so they can throw non-crested chicks, and sometimes easter Eggers and even ameraucanas pop up without beards or muffs.
 
MayBerg said:
What does that mean barred olive egger?


What mix is it? Barred rock with some other breed? She has no tuft, no puffy face
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  • Americanas and French Cuckoo Marans: This cross can produce most females that are black, but some may be blue.
They don't have to be mixed with an Americana, but the brown egg gene most likely came from a Cuckoo Maran which gives them the barring.
 
AinaWGSD said:
olive Eggers are a catch all name for a mixed breed that has a strong potential to have both a blue egg gene and a dark egg gene. They can be made from a number of mixes so there's no real way of knowing unless the breeder/hatchery states what the mix is when advertising them.

Marans are one of the most common breeds used in creating olive Eggers, so it's not guaranteed but highly likely that your bird is a cuckoo marans mixed with a blue egg layer. Given the single comb, I'd say legbar is more likely than easter egger/ameraucana but again there's no guarantee. Mixed breeds can inherit some, all, or even none of the visible traits from either parent. Not all legbars are homozygous for crests, so they can throw non-crested chicks, and sometimes easter Eggers and even ameraucanas pop up without beards or muffs.
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She has no feather in her legs like the Marans. I guess the whole chicken thing is trial and error. If the eggs are not deep green enough, can I make it darker by mating her with Mr Jacques to get babies that produce deep olive eggs?
 
GlicksChicks said:
  • Americanas and French Cuckoo Marans: This cross can produce most females that are black, but some may be blue.
They don't have to be mixed with an Americana, but the brown egg gene most likely came from a Cuckoo Maran which gives them the barring.
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I wish she was mixed with a true Americauna. They are so cute, but so far, have not been able to find an original one.
 
MayBerg said:
She has no feather in her legs like the Marans. I guess the whole chicken thing is trial and error. If the eggs are not deep green enough, can I make it darker by mating her with Mr Jacques to get babies that produce deep olive eggs?
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Not all Marans have feathered feet. There are some Cuckoo Mara with feathered feet and some without.

Here is a chart showing egg genetuics fit Olive Eggers and Easter Eggers.
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