Sapphire Gem Olive Eggers

[nicalandia]

True. Except I couldn’t keep him because of town rules so he now lives at an animal park.

Oh shoot! but hey I am sure he is very happy there, I know I would if I was a rooster

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Oh shoot! but hey I am sure he is very happy there, I know I would if I was a rooster

Yes they get to live out their lives at the park. I’ve dropped off 6 cockerels in the last 2 years.

 

[momentspicd]

They are all 5 hens. The 1 that’s barred and crested with yellow legs is laying a light brown egg. 3 that are solid gray -2 crested- lay green eggs. The one that looks just like Hoover’s sapphire OE pic , gray with black head, slate legs - also lays light brown eggs. Talk about disappointment.

 

[Momma Kat]

They are all 5 hens. The 1 that’s barred and crested with yellow legs is laying a light brown egg. 3 that are solid gray -2 crested- lay green eggs. The one that looks just like Hoover’s sapphire OE pic , gray with black head, slate legs - also lays light brown eggs. Talk about disappointment.

Did any of yours have a light brown spot on them? I just got two a week ago. They are both beautiful blue gray. One has a brown spot on it’s head and the other has a brown spot just past the middle of it’s back.

 

[momentspicd]

Did any of yours have a light brown spot on them? I just got two a week ago. They are both beautiful blue gray. One has a brown spot on it’s head and the other has a brown spot just past the middle of it’s back.

No they didn’t have any brown, 2 of them and dark heads and three had white and gray. As they grew out they are all hens. Of the 2 with dark heads, one is crested and lays light green. The other is crested and lays a brown egg. Two of the spotted turned out barred, one crested that lays brown, one not crested that lays light green. The last turned out a pretty blueish gray, not created and lay a light green. Hoover’s would say what they crossed but as you can tell they don’t have the genetics map out well. What you get is a guess.

 

[Gypsiechick]

You appear to have a mix of breeds or mix of mixed breeds in there. The barred chick looks like a hatchery barred rock. The gray birds look like they may have crests, maybe. The brown chicks.... Do they have green legs? I'm guessing easter eggers with that.

Going to the hardware store or even a feed store to buy chicks has its risks. The people who work there don't know anything about chicks or chickens. They sell a product, and probably as fast as they can to get the loud peeping and feather dust and mess out of their store.

ETA: I just went on Hoover's website. I think that the store put the Sapphire Gems and the Olive Eggers in the same bin, and called it all one name.

Hoovers also has a breed called a sapphire gem olive egger as well as the sapphire gem. They are in 2 different sections sapphire gem olive egger is listed unfer colored egg layers snd sapphire gems are listed under brown layers.

 

[Momma Kat]

Hoovers also has a breed called a sapphire gem olive egger as well as the sapphire gem. They are in 2 different sections sapphire gem olive egger is listed unfer colored egg layers snd sapphire gems are listed under brown layers.

Mine were listed as Sapphire gem olive egger. I am now able to see that BB, the one with a brown spot on it’s head is a cockerel. His crown is showing now and he has waddles unlike the other who is not showing any changes. She is also a maybe a day or two older.

 

[chickenthyme]

Mine were labeled as Sapphire Olive Eggers. (see my picture) Nicest little girls. They have light colored legs. The one has just started laying and the eggs are very small and a beautiful light green color. Not sure if they'll stay this small or not. What a friendly breed! ♥ One is crested, the other is not.

 

[SharW75]

We bought 5 sapphire olive egger pullets from Tractor Supply this spring. We kept two and gave three to my mother for her flock. Of our two, one is darker and barred with mottled (slate with yellow splotches) legs, and the other is lighter with no barring and the same legs. Both have crests. The darker, barred hen lays a light brown egg, and the other one hasn't started laying yet. Hopefully she'll lay a green egg. Fingers crossed. My mom has two of the darker girls and one lighter one. One of the darker ones is crest-less. None of them have started laying yet.

 

[rlhagan56]

Momentspicd, I bought 2 Sapphire Gem and 1 Sapphire Gem Olive Egger pullets just like the three in the one photo you posted. My barred was a cockerel and is visiting freezer camp, the darker blue one grew gold neck feathers and has a crest with a pea comb and she just started laying darker brown eggs. The lighter blue has a barred crest and a pretty big single comb and wattles and she just started laying green eggs. I'm happy with the way they turned out and started laying at 13 weeks!