Olive eggers from this group?

[Sakmeht]

Hi all,

I'm wondering if I'll get any Olive Eggers out of my current group of birds?

I have an EE roo and the hens are:

EE
Ameracauna
Barred Rock
Production Red


Thanks!
Sarita

 

[A.T. Hagan]

An EE rooster over a Production Red or Barred Rock hen will likely give you a daughter that will lay moderate to dark green eggs. At least at the beginning of the lay cycle. Towards the end they'll grow lighter as any olive egger will.

 

[FridayYet]

Does your EE rooster have a pea comb? If so, he is more likely to pass on the blue-egg gene which mixed with your brown egg layers, should give you some nice green egg layers.

On the olive-egger thread, I learned that a blue egg layer crossed with a very dark brown egg layer (Marans, Barnevelder, Wellsummer) is what you need for the true "olive" colored eggs.

I have two Ameraucana x Cuckoo Marans. Hope to see some type of green eggs soon - and am anxiously awaiting to see if they are truly olive!

Aren't chickens fun?