The Olive-Egger thread!

[draye]

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Yes that is what I'm saying, but then again I am not really sure as I personally do not breed for the olive egg, I'm trying for a blue(er) egg from my Easter Eggers. You may try PM'ing Illia, she does the olive egg thing tough.

 

[Muggsmagee]

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That is a GORGEOUS green! Seriously gorgeous!

 

[Dray67]

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I just hatched 2 chicks that are Wheaten Marans roo over Wheaten Ameraucana hens. The eggs were nice and blue and both chicks have feather legs. Im just hopeing at least one is a HEN!
Dave

 

[cook_kaka_ook]

I wondering which pair produces a hen which will lay a darker shade of olive egg?
Pair #1- Ameraucana Rooster X FBCM hen or
Pair #2- FBCM Rooster X Ameraucana hen

Something like this?

 

[happytxchick]

No worries. I totally understood that this is a test & I am happy to participate! It's just a little fun on the side!
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It should be noted that only 50% (statistically) of the peeps from this crossing will carry the blue egg gene. Some of these amateur Olive Egg breeders are really upsetting people when their expectations are not met, that's all.

All of mine should carry the blue gene as both roosters were crossed to pure Ameraucana hens. The unknown is because I have a multiple generation olive egger rooster from Ruth's stock, so I chose to cross him to pure Ameraucana's to make sure the blue egg gene was in the offspring. (and I suspect he carries more of the brown gene as he doesn't have the typical pea comb)

Also, I did not sell these eggs. I offered them free as a test hatch to see what the offspring will lay. I made no guarantees of olive eggs with this cross. (the welsummer/ameraucaua crosses will lay some sort of olive egg, just not sure of the depth of color) I have 5 females that I hatched myself (kept 3 sent 2 to a friend) and they are now almost 18 weeks old, so they should start laying soon hopefully. (and they all have the perfect pea comb)

Once mine (and the pullets from the 5 other test hatchers) begin laying, then I'll have a better idea of what colors the offspring lay, then I will make the decision whether to sell or not sell their eggs. (the Ameraucana girls aren't laying right now anyway) I am an honest person and would not intentionally mislead people.

 

[happytxchick]

It should be noted also, that all breeders were amateurs when they first began. Practice (and lots of reading) makes perfect!

We all deserve a fair chance to practice and learn without harsh criticism, but rather WITH encouragement from those who have more experience.

 

[Medicine Man]

there's nothing wrong with being an amateur, but if you're SELLING hatching eggs, then it's completely unethical to be making statements like, "I've never hatched one that didn't carry the blue egg gene" when any high school freshman can do a Punnet Square and figure out how wrong that is. That's all I'm sayin'. Have fun, y'all.

 

[onthespot]

I used my splash ameracuana roo last year over marans hens and i too never had a non-peacombed, non-green laying offspring from that pen. If the pea combed parents are homozygous, then all the offspring will have pea combs. If they are homozygous for beards, they will all have beards too.

 

[jeremy]

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I still haven't seen a Penedesenca egg. I think they are sorely neglected in the OE department. Anyone have pictures? I have Welsummers and have another project I'm working on with them.

Sorely neglected are Araucanas

Wynette's Olive Eggers have Penedesenca in them and there are about three other users here who I've seen use Penedesenca in their OE's. (not counting people who use Wynette's stock)

I plan on doing some Wheaten Penedesenca X BW Ameraucana crossings this year, in hopes of BW OEs.

 

[Medicine Man]

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backcross them to Marans and see what happens.

I'm not referring to F1 crosses and that should be obvious.