Olive egger?

[Vwise507]

Olive colored egg in question. It was her first egg, and all other eggs posted in pics are from other hens I watched lay and are their first eggs too. It looks almost brown in one pic. Added a pic of my the beautiful girl that laid it cuz I love her!

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

She’s an Easter Egger. When the birds start laying their first couple eggs are quite dark because they have pigment stored up. As they get into production the color lightens.

 

[Vwise507]

She’s an Easter Egger. When the birds start laying their first couple eggs are quite dark because they have pigment stored up. As they get into production the color lightens.

So does that mean all my other EE eggs pictured are going to lighten up too?

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

So does that mean all my other EE eggs pictured are going to lighten up too?

Possibly.

 

[GrannyHeeney]

It's a very pretty rainbow of colors!

 

[Frazzemrat1]

I'm going with EE as well, only because its blanket enough of a term to cover olive eggers as well. She's not an ameraucana, so she's probably an easter egger, of some sort.

 

[Alexandra33]

I do believe you have a pretty little EE lady. Olive Eggers are usually combinations of Marans, Welsummer, Ameraucana, and Cream Legbar. Namely, those sold from hatcheries are Marans X Ameraucana, or Welsummer X Cream Legbar. I don't see any of the above in your girl.

~Alex

 

[sourland]

Whatever you or others care to call her, she's a beauty.

 

[Crazy for Chickens!]

Easter Egger

 

[Vwise507]

Got our second egg...I really don’t want the color to change, I really love it!!! How light do they lighten up to?