Olive Egger Roosters

[Willowbird45]

I have several baby olive egger chicks. Is anyone going to want the roosters? With this being a cross breed, is anyone going to want an OE in their flock? What kind of chicks would you get with an OE rooster, and just normal brown egg laying hens....would their chicks lay olive eggs?

 

[DobieLover]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Try posting to your local CL and FB Poultry groups.
I've given away several mixed breed cockerels that way.

 

[sourland]

Hello, and welcome to BYC. An OE rooster could have the ability to pass on the colored egg genetics to his daughters.

 

[Willowbird45]

Hello and welcome to BYC! Glad you joined.
Try posting to your local CL and FB Poultry groups.
I've given away several mixed breed cockerels that way.

Oh, I know - I am trying to sell them on my FB chicken groups... I mean in general...is anyone going to want an OE rooster....and what would they produce, as offspring.

 

[DobieLover]

Oh, I know - I am trying to sell them on my FB chicken groups... I mean in general...is anyone going to want an OE rooster....and what would they produce, as offspring.

Sure. As @sourland mentioned, he might pass on the colored egg gene to his daughters. The mixed breeds I gave away couldn't even offer that and they were claimed for flock leaders.

 

[janiedoe]

Hello, welcome to BYC!

 

[Poultrybonkers]

If they bred that oe rooster to either a dark brown or a blue egg gene would they get colored eggs breeding back to normal brown dilutes the olive out

 

[Dr Evy]

Welcome to BYC. We’re so glad you joined!
Good luck rehoming your cockerels.

 

[chrissynemetz]

Good luck with your roosters.

 

[Isadora]

Hello and welcome to BYC! I'm so glad you decided to join our friendly and helpful community