Olive egger thread

[Emmaloveschickens9156]

I have one EE hen/pullet, and one of her eggs is actually under my broody! If it hatches there will be pics! The Dad is a French (floofy feets) black copper Marans, And the mama is my EE from the store.

 

[Victoria Peckham]

One of our mystery hens (now we know she is ann OE, right?) and one of our bantam EE have been sharing a secret nest. Found a dozen eggs yesterday!

 

[AnimalCrazed]

Hi y’all! I’m working on starting an olive/ Easter egger project. Would love to see photos of everyone’s blue or green layers and the crosses used create these wonderful birds!!
Definitely most interested in trying to find a balance in variety of physical color as well as egg color.

I've been crossing BCM hens to a Blue Ameraucana rooster, and have loved my results. The hens are black or blue sometimes with a beard and some without.

Then I started crossing those back to a AM for minty green and then a Welsummer to get speckles on the olive.

This year I have blue egg laying Crested Cream Legbar hens and I'm crossing my BCM rooster with them. Here are some pictures of my current Olive Egger hens and some of the eggs.