Must an olive egger have a pea comb?

[Brindlebtch]

O can a straight combed pullet lay an olive egg?

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Olive Eggers, in my book, are no different than Easter Eggers. Only that a blue-egg laying bird has been crossed with a dark-brown egg layer to create "olive" eggers.

If the original parent was hetero for the pea-comb gene, than the offspring could have single or pea. So, olive eggers count as olive eggers if they lay olive colored eggs.

 

[pinkchick]

It's my understanding that the pea comb and the blue egg gene are closely parked in the genetic make up and are what effect the egg color. I also read that the chances of the single combed birds laying an olive egg is like 3%. It has been my experience that only the pea combed birds from a prespective Olive Egger bird will lay an olive egg. I have single combed birds from my olive egger project that lay nice dark brown eggs like the Marans I used to make them, just a tad lighter and not shiney.
ETA: All of the pea combed birds in my OE project lay olive eggs.