The Olive-Egger thread!

[wescottwomen]

Quick question do olive and EE layers always have greenish grey legs or can they have black or yellow legs because if they are always greenish grey it will be easy to know what chicks are going to lay those eggs I want so bad

 

[ronott1]

Quick question do olive and EE layers always have greenish grey legs or can they have black or yellow legs because if they are always greenish grey it will be easy to know what chicks are going to lay those eggs I want so bad

That is a good question.

The Marans X EEs do not always have green legs. Most often the Pea comb is used for that cross to predict that the blue egg gene has been passed on. Of course we are now getting into OEs based off of Cream Legbars--They have Yellow to white legs when crossed with Penedesencas and of course a straight comb.

 

[wescottwomen]

That is a good question.

The Marans X EEs do not always have green legs. Most often the Pea comb is used for that cross to predict that the blue egg gene has been passed on. Of course we are now getting into OEs based off of Cream Legbars--They have Yellow to white legs when crossed with Penedesencas and of course a straight comb.

I have :
Black star
EE
SLW
Bar rock
NHR

 

[ronott1]

I have :
Black star
EE
SLW
Bar rock
NHR

You could have many leg colors!

 

[Bleenie]

One of my girls has Yellow legs and lays green eggs. she also has a rose comb too but I have heard(and read) many times that the pea combed birds give you the best chance for colored eggs.

 

[sol2go]

Yes, I like black ones too!

My two black ones seem to have feather quality issues though.

what kind of feather quality issues?

 

[ronott1]

what kind of feather quality issues?

One of them has patches coming off. Someone may be pecking her but she and her sister are the only ones looking like that.

 

[chicken pickin]

One of them has patches coming off. Someone may be pecking her but she and her sister are the only ones looking like that.

Where are the patches? Could it be possible they have mites? I only ask because when my chickens got mites they picked out their own feathers. At the neck area, base of the tail and the vent area. I noticed once my rooster had a missing patch kind of on his side.

 

[ronott1]

Where are the patches? Could it be possible they have mites? I only ask because when my chickens got mites they picked out their own feathers. At the neck area, base of the tail and the vent area. I noticed once my rooster had a missing patch kind of on his side.

I treated them all for mites and have mite strips up in the coop. It is weird that this one has the missing feathers-In a lot of places too.

They are great and I am hoping it is a weird molt thing.

 

[AVintageLife]

Im new to this thread and have a lot to read through. I have a bcm rooster and cross him with my blue and green egg laying EE. I have been hatching my own OE chicks for about 5 months now. but the chicks always go so quickly I havent seen any of my own chicks to point of lay. I decided that is a no good way to sell OE chicks, to not be aware of the egg color so I have held on to 2 chicks one of which I am almost postive is a pullet at 8 weeks old an the other just hatched and is almost 2 weeks old(hoping pullet also) Im done hatching for the year, my last batch of eggs are due to hatch tomorrow(Cream Legar X SLCochin). I will take pics today of my 2 OE chicks.

Has anyone else encountered all their OE chicks hatching out just one color. All my chicks hatch out solid black, everyone of them. The only way to tell them apart from the Marans is that the OEs are clean legged and some are puffy cheeked.


This is Violet at about 8 weeks old


This is my almost 2 week old OE chick unnamed

Hopefully both pullets

One of the LF OE chicks that hatched from the eggs I got from you looks different from Violet (the others all look just like her). It has dark feathering on the head, wings and back but the chest is speckled. Very pretty bird, I think it's a roo, not certain yet. Will try to post a pic next week when I have time, can't get the darn thing to stand still for me, lol.