I have a question before I buy this hen *updated*

[RollinWithTheStones]

This chicken was hatched this year and isn't laying yet. Her mother is a Black australorp/Easter Egger Mix and lays Olive Eggs. This chicken's father is a Welsummer. Does this mean the pullet will lay Olive eggs?

Well today I picked her up, she was only $8 and both parents were on site. Previous owner said she was hatched in August.

IMAG1618 by StonesChickens, on Flickr


IMAG1622 by StonesChickens, on Flickr

 

[stormylady]

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IF she lays a colored egg it would most likely be Olive, but theres no garentee that she will lay a colored egg, could be anywhere from light tint tan to an Olive color possibly even white but doubtful. its all in the roll of the Dice.

 

[ChickenCanoe]

If the father's a welsummer and the mother lays an olive egg I'd say the egg will be olive or medium to dark brown.

 

[farmerChef]

If it has a single comb, brown eggs
If it has a pea comb, most likely olive

 

[RollinWithTheStones]

Thanks for your help everyone, I took the gamble and got her anyways. She's kinda skittish but is sweet.

 

[OkChickens]

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That could be right but I have had EE with a straight comb lay green eggs and some with pea combs lay brown. Its a throw of the dice you won't know until you find the egg! I hope you get the terracotta egg (dark brown) !

Your hen looks great by the way!

Nate

 

[Jferlisi]

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That could be right but I have had EE with a straight comb lay green eggs and some with pea combs lay brown. Its a throw of the dice you won't know until you find the egg! I hope you get the terracotta egg (dark brown) !

Your hen looks great by the way!

Nate

Agreed. There comb does not always tell the egg color for EE's. My parents have a EE who lays brown eggs.

 

[mama24]

Aw! She's really cute! She's going to be a real beauty when she's all grown up! I would have taken her, too! But I like interesting looking birds slightly more than I care about their egg color.

I hope she lays nice olive eggs for you, but it really is a roll of the dice. I have a friend who I gave an EE chick to last spring. I wanted to make sure I gave her a PULLET and one that was likely to lay colored eggs. So I gave her the EE (straight run from the feed store) with the flattest, most non-existent comb, and kept the one with the straight comb for myself (plus 2 that I wasn't sure of sex yet--they are both girls that lay green eggs!) Guess what? Her EE that I gave her, who still has a very small flat comb (like my 2 EE's, they have more of what I'd call cushion than pea) lays light brown eggs.

Meanwhile, the one I kept b/c she had what looked like a straight comb at the time, now has a foldy straight cross comb and lays beautiful dark BLUE eggs!!! EE's are strange that way. Like Forrest Gump said, "Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you're gonna get." I'd say EE's are the same.

 

[Chickenaddict]

I used to think that if they had pea combs they would lay either blue or green eggs but after crossing a few to my other birds I found out its not always the case. One of my ee mixes lays a cream colored egg and she has a straight comb. Another who has a pea comb lays or used to lay a very blue egg. Another had a cross between a pea comb and a straight comb which looked bizzare, she laid a pink egg. I think you will just have to wait and see what she surprises you with. She is a beauty!

 

[RollinWithTheStones]

Thanks everyone, I thought I remember seeing on here that if the mother lays olive eggs the babies are more likely to lay them as well. I love barnyard mixes mostly because they have a unique look, however I am a sucker for beautiful eggs on my spring chick list are Marans and welsummers.