The Olive-Egger thread!

[cmitchell]

If I breed a BCM roo with an f1 olive Egger hen will that result in darker olive colored eggs?

 

[dfdesigns]

If I breed a BCM roo with an f1 olive Egger hen will that result in darker olive colored eggs?

It's a 50/50 chance, but yes. You will be taking the chance that your F-1 hen passes on her single blue gene; if she does, you'll have a very dark olive layer. (And if she doesn't, you'll have a brown layer.)

 

[Peach2u]

My new 1st,2nd &3rd gen OE's. Roo is a 1st year OE{splash Maran X Ameraucana}
I ended up with a few new chick colors this year. A yellow, tan and red one.
The 1st 2 years of crossing blue and black copper marans over mint green laying hens made all blue and black chicks.
So I am excited to see what the tan, yellow and red one grow out to be.

 

[chics]

@acemario. Thank you! She is pretty

 

[FromChictoChick]

Someone please help me, is this f2 olive egger a pullet or a cockerel. I was sure it was a she, but now I'm wondering. Pictured at 13 weeks. Mom was olive egger, dad fbcm

 

[Stef82]

Alright i checked for color in their wings. Looks like I have 5 boys and 4 girls. Does a few red/brown spots in the wings matter as well?

 

[SeattleLeah]

Someone please help me, is this f2 olive egger a pullet or a cockerel. I was sure it was a she, but now I'm wondering. Pictured at 13 weeks. Mom was olive egger, dad fbcm

Looks like a pullet. Seems to have a single comb though which makes it less likely she will lay olive eggs.

 

[5moore]

If I breed my f1 that lay brown eggs back to a cream leg bar roo what color of eggs will be possible?

 

[seventreesfarm]

I didn't get many Pullets from my last hatch, and only one Oliver. She has a funny combo-comb, sort of rosé/pea/straight. I put 3 of her eggs in the bator this time, and this weekend is hatch time. Both her and the roo are bcm/ameraucana crosses, so it will be interesting to see what hatches.

 

[wescottwomen]

I'm just starting my project and was wondering what Marian's lay the really dark chocolate looking eggs and what chickens lay the really red brown eggs I have a flock of 8 mo olds.a EE roo 2 EE hens a silver lace roo and 3 silver lace hens and about 17 brown egg layers from murry.now I want to get dark olives and striking feather color and patterns