Olive eggers

[Spitman]

I have 2 EE hens one wheaten and one that is darker copper and brownish penciled , and I have 2 different roo's that could be sire . 1 is BCM and other is RIR . one of the EE's lays a blue egg the other lays deeper green - light green eggs very , I'm hoping to get a olive egg with either Roo will that happen ? also I have a batch that just hatched dose anyone have any pictures of chicks with the same cross if so can you post them. Thanks

 

[TheReidHomestead]

There is a huge thread on Olive Eggers here with a LOT of info: https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=131131

I'd suggest using the Marans roo. The goal in Olive Eggers is to cross a dark egg laying breed like the marans, welsummers, etc over a blue or green egg layer to get the darker olive green eggs.