The Olive-Egger thread!

[morbius18]

Oh I love those boys! They are real lookers. I just love roosters. I wish I had more property. If I did I would rescue them and just let them roam lol. They are just so gorgeous..

They did ok until the hormones really kicked in. They were constantly fighting, and harassing the hens. I have 3 separate runs about 1/4 acre total with one beeeding rooster per pen. I couldn't allow them to breed my hens.

 

[jenniferlamar70]

They did ok until the hormones really kicked in. They were constantly fighting, and harassing the hens. I have 3 separate runs about 1/4 acre total with one beeeding rooster per pen. I couldn't allow them to breed my hens.

Aww I'm sorry. My girlfriend has 40 acres and they free range a huge flock of chickens. They have about 10 roosters right now who all get along. I'm really impressed. I think that what I would like to aspire too lol.

 

[Neveralone]

Here's my 5week EE/BCM cross pullet, "Olive"

 

[oregonkat]

Here's my 5week EE/BCM cross pullet, "Olive"

Was she pale when she hatched??? My week old chick, from an EE (hen) and a BCM roo, is a pale yellow grey with very yellow wings?

 

[Neveralone]

No. She was black with a little white on her neck & she still has white tips on a couple of her wings.

 

[jenniferlamar70]

Geez I purchased 8 olive egger hatching eggs and got 6 roosters. All are 5 weeks now and already fighting each other. One was so bad I had to isolate him because he kept drawing blood from the others. They are in a rooster only pen. Hopefully I can find home soon!!!

 

[texasgal]

I have an EE roo (avatar) and several EE and non.EE and EE cross hens. I get a variety of egg colors, but my only olive-ish eggs are really pale, so I recently ordered 2 marans and 2 barnvelder pullets for next hears crosses for olive eggs. Anyone else use barnbelders?

 

[cupofJoelene]

Not here, but I'd LOVE to get ahold of some Barnies for our flock.

 

[angelikimarie]

Having a hard time finding an answer to my question...
If I have an Olive Egger rooster (Maran X EE)
What hen should I breed him with to keep the olive egg trait?
I have EE hens that hatched from green eggs I bought from someone (not sure what color they will lay)
I have a Black Australorp hen
And RIR hens

The roo

 

[jenniferlamar70]

Having a hard time finding an answer to my question...
If I have an Olive Egger rooster (Maran X EE)
What hen should I breed him with to keep the olive egg trait?
I have EE hens that hatched from green eggs I bought from someone (not sure what color they will lay)
I have a Black Australorp hen
And RIR hens

The roo

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