The Olive-Egger thread!

[Goose and Fig]

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The only birds that take longer than Marans to lay are AMERAUCANAS! There are exceptions of course. I stopped counting with my Ameraucanas and my Olive Eggers. One OE was trying out a nest today, so I think she may FINALLY lay. Don't bother counting the weeks. You'll just get frustrated.

Yeah- I'm praying my lavenders don't hold out on me like my wheatens.

I only have one marans, and she lays when she feels like it. Wellies are much more predictable!

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

Well, 30 weeks later, my newest Olive Egger has started! She came from an egg from Maransguy, and had a BCM daddy, and a OE mama. A friend of mine hatched her. She's the sweetest bird too. I'm quite happy with the color.

Now if I can get the whole rainbow to lay at the same time, I'll be thrilled! I have a super dark BCM roo that I will cross her with, along with my F1 olive egger, some Ameraucanas, and maybe an EE.

 

[ihvpower]

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The only birds that take longer than Marans to lay are AMERAUCANAS! There are exceptions of course. I stopped counting with my Ameraucanas and my Olive Eggers. One OE was trying out a nest today, so I think she may FINALLY lay. Don't bother counting the weeks. You'll just get frustrated.

Yeah- I'm praying my lavenders don't hold out on me like my wheatens.

I only have one marans, and she lays when she feels like it. Wellies are much more predictable!

I have a FBCM who is just shy of 5 months old and she has NOT yet laid and egg! lol I am soooo excited to get her first egg but....Yikes!

 

[Illia]

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Gorgeous!!

Now imagine if you could get an egg that looks like this inside of that one. . .

 

[Firearia]

I have a barred plymouth rock and cuckoo maran cross... It was supposed to give me dark speckled eggs, but it turned out to be a boy. On the bright side, it means I can get olive eggers!... I think.

What eggs would I get with a Buff Orpington rooster over an EE hen? My EEs lay teal coloured eggs.

 

[Illia]

Green. A normal brown egg layer over a green or blue egg layer just gives a pale olive, khaki, or drab looking green color. They're still nice though, even I created myself a couple green egg laying Easter Eggers.

 

[Imagesoart]

Ok, I know this is about Olive eggers. Of which I have two, that just started to lay! One is a light Olive and the other is a really dark Olive.

Anyway, what color egg would you get if you crossed a White Leghorn and aa ameracuna? Would it be a really light teal blue?

Thanks!

 

[Happy Chooks]

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I believe it would be a really pale blue. ETA: Not positive on that though.

 

[SFIcelandics]

New to this thread...

My question is:

Do you make oliver eggers using:
1. Araucana
2. Americana
3. Easter Egger

Or can any of those birds be used?

Thanks so much!

 

[Goose and Fig]

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I've used all 3, but none of them are laying yet. I only had welsummer roosters, so I'm not expecting super dark eggs with this round, but should be interesting. They all look like bearded wellies- cute!