The Olive-Egger thread!

[Lucky Lemon]

Only one of my olive eggers has hatched, she is so cute, and oddly both of her middle toes have white tips. She's obsessed with pecking them!

Pictured with her hatch mate (a lavender Orpington).

 

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[Catandherchicks]

I found 2 more pictures I took in the past few days...

I don't know much, but I vote both pullets. Interesting contrast with the white beard against the black.

 

[Spinning Carrie]

Hello! This is our OE hopeful, Hagrid. He/she (we named all the chicks boy names in hopes it would create a reverse psychology and they would be girls) is a FBCM/EE cross and is three weeks old. I hatched Hagrid in my classroom along with some FBCM and BO/FBCM crosses. He was the only one with puffy cheeks.



Hagrid at 2 days. His hair and beard is what made us name him Hagrid. We are crossing or fingers for a pullet after our older cuckoo Marans/Cream Legbar ended up being a roo. We also have two Rhodebar/Legbar crosses, but I think they would be more of a Minty Egger...
Carrie

Carrie

 

[otakalhasas]

Hello! This is our OE hopeful, Hagrid. He/she (we named all the chicks boy names in hopes it would create a reverse psychology and they would be girls) is a FBCM/EE cross and is three weeks old. I hatched Hagrid in my classroom along with some FBCM and BO/FBCM crosses. He was the only one with puffy cheeks.



Hagrid at 2 days. His hair and beard is what made us name him Hagrid. We are crossing or fingers for a pullet after our older cuckoo Marans/Cream Legbar ended up being a roo. We also have two Rhodebar/Legbar crosses, but I think they would be more of a Minty Egger...
Carrie

Carrie

What a cutie! Bet your students were thrilled when they started to hatch - what FUN!!!!!!

 

[Spinning Carrie]

What a cutie! Bet your students were thrilled when they started to hatch - what FUN!!!!!!

Thanks! It was really fun, they are sixth graders so I didn't know if they would really get into it but they did! They were in pairs and each had an egg between them that they measured and candled. It was my first time hatching, I had 12 out of 17 hatch.

Carrie

 

[otakalhasas]

Thanks! It was really fun, they are sixth graders so I didn't know if they would really get into it but they did! They were in pairs and each had an egg between them that they measured and candled. It was my first time hatching, I had 12 out of 17 hatch.

Carrie

Wow, wish I had a teacher like you when I was in the 6th grade!!!!!! GOOD JOB!!!!!

 

[chickengr]

Thanks! It was really fun, they are sixth graders so I didn't know if they would really get into it but they did! They were in pairs and each had an egg between them that they measured and candled. It was my first time hatching, I had 12 out of 17 hatch.

Carrie

I am fascinated by you who hatch eggs at school. in my part of the world people ask me why I who was born and grew up as a city girl decided to keep chickens. I guess most people in the south of europe are ashamed of their country origins. they don't understand the beauty of living with the nature. I wish I grew up in the country. I have learned more things about life in my vegetable garden and with my chickens then I did at school (I have got master's degree).

 

[otakalhasas]

I am fascinated by you who hatch eggs at school. in my part of the world people ask me why I who was born and grew up as a city girl decided to keep chickens. I guess most people in the south of europe are ashamed of their country origins. they don't understand the beauty of living with the nature. I wish I grew up in the country. I have learned more things about life in my vegetable garden and with my chickens then I did at school (I have got master's degree).

Amen to that! And that's from a mere Bachelor's holder...

 

[Spinning Carrie]

I am fascinated by you who hatch eggs at school. in my part of the world people ask me why I who was born and grew up as a city girl decided to keep chickens. I guess most people in the south of europe are ashamed of their country origins. they don't understand the beauty of living with the nature. I wish I grew up in the country. I have learned more things about life in my vegetable garden and with my chickens then I did at school (I have got master's degree).

I try to give my students as many different experiences as I can. They are mostly from affluent families and if I were to guess I would say the majority of them have never wanted for anything. They also live in a digital world, making life less tangible. I was thrilled beyond words when we candled for the first time and they could see the veining and circulatory system working. When the eggs were hatching the children were mesmerized, cheering every time the chick pecked at the shell from the inside. I guess I hope it helped them to value life and nature more.

Wow, wish I had a teacher like you when I was in the 6th grade!!!!!! GOOD JOB!!!!!

Oh, thanks! It is hard, but I try to squeeze in more than what the state says is important. Yesterday we made bread in my classroom, and next week we will do cheese curds and spin wool. I just wish there wasn't so much emphasis on high stakes testing.