The Olive-Egger thread!

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I've been reading this thread for a little while. May I join in? My first olive egger has hatched. I hope it's an olive egger, anyway!

 

[Arielle]

Quote: Gorgeous color!!!

 

[DMRippy]

I've been reading this thread for a little while. May I join in? My first olive egger has hatched. I hope it's an olive egger, anyway!

We don't bite! come on in!

 

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My chick's paternal grandfather comes from a light-coloured egg line, his grandmother a dark brown line, so his father hatched from a nice dark brown egg. He is a barnevelder, so nowhere near as dark as a marans, but it was a lovely coffee colour. This is why I'm not sure the chick will produce nice eggs or not, as that light-colour line might have an impact.
His mother is an araucana, but she doesn't lay perfect sky-blue eggs, so I'm hoping that will help towards the green.

After all this, it'll be a cockerel! I only really popped the egg in the incubator as a test to see if my white hen is dominant white, but it looks like I picked the wrong egg as it's from my black-red. Doh!

 

[Arielle]

Isn't that the way of it!!! Good idea to test for dom white.

 

[seventreesfarm]

Ok, I have my 'bator set up for a test run.

Been saving a few of my prettiest BCM/EE eggs, plus a few BCM/barred rocks for variety. We'll see how many I have when the dozen OE eggs arrive from DMRippy

Sooooo excited!!

 

[DMRippy]

Ok, I have my 'bator set up for a test run.

Been saving a few of my prettiest BCM/EE eggs, plus a few BCM/barred rocks for variety. We'll see how many I have when the dozen OE eggs arrive from DMRippy

Sooooo excited!!

The rocks and Marans make GREAT meat birds. I saw one and that roos breasts were HUGE..... she had never seen a meat bird any better. She said he was all meat too. I hope they pick up the laying. That Tropical storm has everyone slacking off.

I will let you know Friday what I have and if I am short you can pick anything you want to fill the order.

 

[lizanne]

Just got my first egg today!! From Cinnamon (my 24 week old Ameraucana and Barnevelder cross), It's small, but so pretty!! Now If only the other girls would start laying....

 

[Arielle]

Just got my first egg today!! From Cinnamon (my 24 week old Ameraucana and Barnevelder cross), It's small, but so pretty!! Now If only the other girls would start laying....

Lovely leaf green!!

 

[Hangtown Farms]

Just got my first egg today!! From Cinnamon (my 24 week old Ameraucana and Barnevelder cross), It's small, but so pretty!! Now If only the other girls would start laying....

congrat's