Olive Egger look like Barred Rock

[BigBlueHen53]

5 mos

Very pretty girls!

 

[Chickbemine]

Very pretty girls!

Thank you

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

I have two other hens one lays blue and one lays brown I hope they lay olive so I can tell and can post

That would be a pretty combination! And excuse me, I meant pullet, not hen. They are pullets right now. They will turn into hens once they reach one year old. Male chickens have a similar system: they are called cockerels until they reach one year old.

Their combs and waddles

Wattles, not waddles.

 

[WingItRanch]

That would be a pretty combination! And excuse me, I meant pullet, not hen. They are pullets right now. They will turn into hens once they reach one year old. Male chickens have a similar system: they are called cockerels until they reach one year old.



Wattles, not waddles.

Yep. My mistake. I normally spell check but I'm drinking wine. I shouldn't post and partake in beverages.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

Yep. My mistake. I normally spell check but I'm drinking wine. I shouldn't post and partake in beverages.

My autocorrect often does not understand chicken anatomy so it puts waddles.

 

[My Three Chicks]

She looks exactly my Olive Egger. She is Crested Cream Legbar crossed with Black Copper Marans. She's 3.5 years old now and consistently lays large olive green eggs!

 

[Chickbemine]

Looks like they’re getting close to laying so when you do get eggs, share a picture! I also have Olive Eggers (mine look completely different than yours but that’s not unusual) and hoping to see some colorful eggs soon myself.

Got the first one …

 

[Chickbemine]

That would be a pretty combination! And excuse me, I meant pullet, not hen. They are pullets right now. They will turn into hens once they reach one year old. Male chickens have a similar system: they are called cockerels until they reach one year old.


Wattles, not waddles.

Got the first

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

Got the first one …View attachment 3934877

That is great! What a beautiful egg. Are your pullets already on layer feed? If not, they need to be slowly switched. Large fowl chickens should be fed strictly chick feed for the first five months of their life, and then a bit layer feed should be added into their food. Every day, increase the amount of layer feed by a tiny bit, and then by six months they should be fully on layer feed. If you suddenly change the feed that chickens eat, they have a very likely chance of prolapsing or having other vent issues, so that is why you slowly transition pullets over to layer feed. From what I have read before, female chickens can be fed chick feed for their whole life but they need to eat eggshells to give them the correct amount of calcium.

 

[WingItRanch]

Got the first one …View attachment 3934877

A perfect olive egg! Congratulations!