The best option for getting olive eggers?

[JulieHei]

Hello,

I am going to hatch some eggs this spring, and would like to get more olive eggers. I have 3 Silverudds Blue and 5 British/English Araucana. The rooster is a Black Copper Marans. What hatching eggs should I choose to get the darkest olive colour? I am also going to hatch other eggs for other colors, so I want to "choose wisely" to utilize the space in the incubator the best. Also, if some of you have mixed these breeds and have pictures of both the chickens and the eggs they lay I would love to see it Thanks!

 

[Loving my girls]

Hiya hun, As far as I am aware Olive Egger (also known as Kaki and Easter Egger) hens do not produce olive Egger chicks. They, the hen, is a cross between a dark egg layer, ie a maran, and a blue egg layer, ie a cream legbar which produces the green layer. But the green family tree stops there so to speak.
I am lucky in having found a supplier here in France but I believe it is simply a case of scanning the net or BYC to find someone.
I’m sure you will find one though, our Hilda laid well for three years but now is n retirement, bless
Hugz

 

[Emmaloveschickens9156]

If u breed a blue egg laying chicken with a dark egg laying chicken, you should get some olive eggers. Good luck!

 

[PrettyBirdRocky]

Hello,

I am going to hatch some eggs this spring, and would like to get more olive eggers. I have 3 Silverudds Blue and 5 British/English Araucana. The rooster is a Black Copper Marans. What hatching eggs should I choose to get the darkest olive colour? I am also going to hatch other eggs for other colors, so I want to "choose wisely" to utilize the space in the incubator the best. Also, if some of you have mixed these breeds and have pictures of both the chickens and the eggs they lay I would love to see it Thanks!

I have found this site with its color graphics very helpful on egg coloring. I'm not sure on your breeds but an olive egger can produce a darker olive egger pullet, this site even has a page for that too! Good luck

https://silverhomestead.com/genetics/

 

[EdgeC]

Tractor supply has pullets (Starlight Green) for $5/ea

I only got 3, green eggs are not worth paying extra to me.

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Tractor supply has pullets (Starlight Green) for $5/ea

I only got 3, green eggs are not worth paying extra to me.

Not olive eggs, amd I'm not sure that there are tsc stores where op is since they have UK araucana

 

[EdgeC]

Blue and brown make green, not olive then.
They could maybe order them online then.
https://www.hoovershatchery.com/starlightgreenegger.html

I also claim you're wrong, they are olive. Source: This person
https://www.backyardchickens.com/th...ve-egger-easter-eggers-from-hoover’s.1426628/

 

[JacinLarkwell]

Blue and brown make green, not olive then.
They could maybe order them online then.
https://www.hoovershatchery.com/starlightgreenegger.html

Dark brown plus blue makes olive.

Light/medium brown plus blue makes green

 

[EdgeC]

Dark brown plus blue makes olive.

Light/medium brown plus blue makes green

Wrong, picture was posted in my edit and provided other persons eggs as well, posted on this website with pictures for proof. Also you can argue directly with the hatchery who shows the eggs. All you did was see the word "green egger" in the name and ran with it.

• "Starlight egg-laying chickens are a Bluebell Egger/ brown egg layer hybrid"