New phone, had to try out the camera on my chickens

[Tstraub]

I made the upgrade my old iPhone 11 battery was getting worn out. My phone plan offered a trade in for the new iPhone 15 pro. Pictures attached

 

[Evadig]

Love your pictures - you have a interesting flock! And congratulations on the new phone!

 

[Tstraub]

Love your pictures - you have a interesting flock! And congratulations on the new phone!

Thank you, when we were choosing chicken breeds we wanted a colorful flock and egg basket so we have a a bunch of misfits running around.

 

[Evadig]

What breed is the gray one with the brown head/neck?

 

[Tstraub]

What breed is the gray one with the brown head/neck?

She is an olive egger. Black copper marans rooster over Easter egger hen. I got her as an egg from a local marans breeder. He had one Easter egger in his marans pin. I incubated 4 OE eggs but only one hatched. Luckily she is female. Only 15 weeks old so I still have another month or so before I get to see what color she lays.

 

[Evadig]

Thank you! Would you mind explaining the difference between an olive egger and an Easter egger? I thought the olive egger was just a specimen of Easter Egger.

 

[Tstraub]

Thank you! Would you mind explaining the difference between an olive egger and an Easter egger? I thought the olive egger was just a specimen of Easter Egger.

There is no breed standard for either EE or OE so they are really whatever the breeder chooses to call them. But generally an olive egger would have one parent that lays very dark eggs. The dark layers typically used are marans or welsummers

 

[Evadig]

Thank you!

 

[TwoCrows]

Beautiful flock! ❤

 

[Tstraub]

Beautiful flock! ❤

thank you