The Olive-Egger thread!

[Little Wing]

the issue is, that Unlike Rosecomb which is completely dominant gene(meaning you cant distinguish a R/r+ from a R/R) pea comb is NOT completely dominant and you can clearly see(when adults) if they are heterozygous for the pea comb(P/p+)

I have a Lav Ameraucana roo/Gold Laced Wyandotte with a rose comb. Since rose comb is dominant, is there still a chance it carries the blue egg gene but has a rose comb?

The shape of the comb.

A bird with 2 copies will have a small, tight comb. You can also test breed to see whether or not your birds are carrying 1 or 2 copies of the gene, simply breed them to a single combed bird. If your Ameraucanas have 2 copies their offspring will have what some call a "modified" pea comb where the combs basically look like a ugly mix of the two types, sorta like a lump of bubble gum on the birds head. If any offspring are born with a single comb then your Ameraucanas are only carrying 1 copy of the gene.

There is no connection between the blue egg gene and muffs/beards.

So you won't get any birds with a pea comb from this cross? I'm confused.

 

[maryhysong]

Woot! Set a total of 74 eggs tonight! 47 chicken and 27 duck.

All the white eggs are duck. The 5 dark speckled eggs at the top are from my Welsummer pullet and all the other brown eggs are Welsummer or Wellie crosses. All of these are bred to my red roo which happens to have some great egg laying body type, wide pelvis so he stands with his legs far apart; I can put 2 fingers between his pelvic bones! Hoping he widens up some of these EE girls, they mostly seem to be pinched in the tail. Anyway, looking forward to some olive eggs this fall!

 

[Chickengirl1304]

I have EEs and a FBCM. I want to make olive eggers, so if I breed them will their chicks be olive eggers? Thanks I know this is a dumb question but I figure this is where to ask it

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I have EEs and a FBCM. I want to make olive eggers, so if I breed them will their chicks be olive eggers? Thanks I know this is a dumb question but I figure this is where to ask it

most likely the ones with the pea combs

 

[Chickengirl1304]

most likely the ones with the pea combs

The chicks that hatch with pea combs? Or only breed the EEs hens with peacombs?

 

[Hangtown Farms]

The chicks that hatch with pea combs? Or only breed the EEs hens with peacombs?

your best bet is ith peacomb birds from this cross. breed your pea combed easter eggers to your marans. the chicksd that hatch from them with the pea comb stand the best chance to lay olive colored eggs

 

[Chickengirl1304]

your best bet is ith peacomb birds from this cross. breed your pea combed easter eggers to your marans. the chicksd that hatch from them with the pea comb stand the best chance to lay olive colored eggs

Ok I see. Thank you

 

[LeslieDJoyce]

So this discussion of combs and genetics has me thinking this is a good point to introduce my question:

We have this EE rooster (hatchery Araucana/Ameraucana, but who are they fooling?) with a big ugly comb. He has pretty color feathers and a nice streaming tail, so Nelson adores him. The Easter Egger roos seem to be jerks, and this guy is top jerky jerk of the bunch ... not only is he jerky with the other roosters, but when he mounts the hens he is rough. He gives the hens extra head pecks and seems to scratch around a lot on their wings and backs (compared to the other roos).

I'm campaigning for excluding him from the flock, but also would like to see if we can get some olive eggers by working in both directions (Cuckoo Marans roo over EE hens, and this EE roo over the CM hen). We've only got two Cuckoo Marans hens, and one of those probably isn't fit for breeding because she seems to have issues, though she is looking a LOT better as she matures (not quite a year old). We've got one Cuckoo Marnas roo waiting to be integrated, and several EE hens that lay various shades of blue/green eggs, some of the eggs are pretty dark green already.

We've hatched some mutts previously, and the ones from the green EE eggs (either Buff Orpington, Black Australorp or Brown Leghorn roo ... and a couple bantam cochin-like things) have Bubble Gum combs ... one of them is so floppy it blocks one eye, the poor guy. I'm not sure what that says about the EE hens (most of this talk about genetics makes my head swim because it is all new to me), but we weren't really selecting the eggs for anything more than being near the broody hens when they went broody. None of the hatchlings was female.

This one particular EE roo is the only EE roo we are thinking of keeping, but I'm thinking with the general jerkiness or the roos in this "breed" and the big ugly comb on this guy he isn't going to be much use in getting "pretty" eggs and probably isn't going to be that great for the hens in the long run. He hasn't been integrated for very long, and is maybe slightly more gentle with the hens than he was on day one, but not by much. He seems to be upsetting the other roos and keeping the flock stirred up more than I like to see.

What would you guys contribute to the debate? Do you need more info? I'm really keen to get pretty eggs, but ...

Would photos help?

 

[ronott1]

So this discussion of combs and genetics has me thinking this is a good point to introduce my question:

We have this EE rooster (hatchery Araucana/Ameraucana, but who are they fooling?) with a big ugly comb. He has pretty color feathers and a nice streaming tail, so Nelson adores him. The Easter Egger roos seem to be jerks, and this guy is top jerky jerk of the bunch ... not only is he jerky with the other roosters, but when he mounts the hens he is rough. He gives the hens extra head pecks and seems to scratch around a lot on their wings and backs (compared to the other roos).

I'm campaigning for excluding him from the flock, but also would like to see if we can get some olive eggers by working in both directions (Cuckoo Marans roo over EE hens, and this EE roo over the CM hen). We've only got two Cuckoo Marans hens, and one of those probably isn't fit for breeding because she seems to have issues, though she is looking a LOT better as she matures (not quite a year old). We've got one Cuckoo Marnas roo waiting to be integrated, and several EE hens that lay various shades of blue/green eggs, some of the eggs are pretty dark green already.

We've hatched some mutts previously, and the ones from the green EE eggs (either Buff Orpington, Black Australorp or Brown Leghorn roo ... and a couple bantam cochin-like things) have Bubble Gum combs ... one of them is so floppy it blocks one eye, the poor guy. I'm not sure what that says about the EE hens (most of this talk about genetics makes my head swim because it is all new to me), but we weren't really selecting the eggs for anything more than being near the broody hens when they went broody. None of the hatchlings was female.

This one particular EE roo is the only EE roo we are thinking of keeping, but I'm thinking with the general jerkiness or the roos in this "breed" and the big ugly comb on this guy he isn't going to be much use in getting "pretty" eggs and probably isn't going to be that great for the hens in the long run. He hasn't been integrated for very long, and is maybe slightly more gentle with the hens than he was on day one, but not by much. He seems to be upsetting the other roos and keeping the flock stirred up more than I like to see.

What would you guys contribute to the debate? Do you need more info? I'm really keen to get pretty eggs, but ...

Would photos help?

Photos always help!

 

[daquilajmd]

I have several Ameraucanas and one of them is bluish/gray and she lays olive colored eggs! She's one of my nicest, friendliest hens, always comes up on the porch right away to see if there are any treats. She came in a bunch of pullets I purchased last spring. Her name is Miss Jean and she's quite a character!