Olive Eggers with CL or Ameraucana?

[Farmergal007]

Can anyone show me your olive eggers eggs made from BCM x Cream Legbar or BCM x Ameraucana?
I want to see if there is much of a difference between the color of the eggs the offspring lay from those crosses… Thanks!

 

[ella2025]

I don't have any olive eggers that are laying right now. But, both cream leg bars and ameraucanas (purebred) lay the same color, pale blue eggs. I don't think there would be a huge difference in the colors given that you breed them to the same brown/dark brown egg layer. The biggest difference will be appearance, CL crosses might have a crest, with no beard/muffs, while AM crosses will have a beard/muffs (in my opinion that's cuter lol). That said, I really don't have that much experience breeding for egg color, just saying what I think makes sense.

 

[tlcmurphy]

I would think the difference in the olive color would come from the brown layer not the blue layer, so BCM crosses should be similar

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I have a question for you BCM folks. I know there are two kinds of Black Copper Marans. The French which have feathered legs and the smooth-legged, not-French. I also have a Blue. So. When you abbreviate BCM, how does the reader know whenther you mean a smooth-legged Black, or a Blue? Thank you!

 

[tlcmurphy]

I have a question for you BCM folks. I know there are two kinds of Black Copper Marans. The French which have feathered legs and the smooth-legged, not-French. I also have a Blue. So. When you abbreviate BCM, how does the reader know whenther you mean a smooth-legged Black, or a Blue? Thank you!

Excellent question!

 

[ella2025]

I have a question for you BCM folks. I know there are two kinds of Black Copper Marans. The French which have feathered legs and the smooth-legged, not-French. I also have a Blue. So. When you abbreviate BCM, how does the reader know whenther you mean a smooth-legged Black, or a Blue? Thank you!

I didn't even know that non French BCM s have smooth legs.

 

[ella2025]

I'm writing this while cuddling with my ameraucana maran olive egger.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

I didn't even know that non French BCM s have smooth legs.

Well I'm no pro but I believe the hairless legged BCM is the American model but DON'T QUOTE ME! And please don't shoot me if I'm wrong.

 

[BigBlueHen53]

My BLUE BCM has feathered legs.

 

[tlcmurphy]

Well I'm no pro but I believe the hairless legged BCM is the American model but DON'T QUOTE ME! And please don't shoot me if I'm wrong.

I think this is correct.
I have a huge French Black Copper Marans that looks like she needs a shave