The Olive-Egger thread!

[ronott1]

I JUST found out today that one of my black australorp pullets is actually an easter-egger! (Like, slight pea comb - barely differentiable from a single comb - and BA all the way in all other aspects.) Her eggs are quite green (mint with white speckles), so I thought, let's google olive-egger and see what the difference/deal is.... Well, I've seen a couple posts about people creating olive eggers from BAs crossed with blue-gened, pea-combed breeds.... This thread is so huge right now that I haven't read past page 6... I could be here another year reading, lol!... So, my question is, if I breed my EE aka BA hen to a BA roo, will I get an olive-er egg out of the girl babies? Or will they get closer back to brown?

The brown is not dark enough with BAs. You would need to breed to a dark egg layer and hope the EE has two Blue egg shell genes.

Post a picture of your pullet. She does not sound like a BA at all.

 

[Phoenixxx]

She looks exactly like my other BA (heritage breed - not from the same seller) except a bit bigger, her feathers are greener and her comb is a bit different.

 

[Phoenixxx]

And, of course, there's the green egg thing (that makes her different).

 

[ronott1]

She looks exactly like my other BA (heritage breed - not from the same seller) except a bit bigger, her feathers are greener and her comb is a bit different.
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She is an Easter Egger and will lay either a brown, blue or light green egg. The Pea comb is associated with the blue shell gene so she has more than an 80% or so chance of have the blue shell. If she inherited a brown gene then there will be a green tint from the brown over coat to the blue shell.

It is common for Black chickens to be sold as Australorps. Hatchery chickens are often confused that way with Black Sexlinks and Black EEs being sold as Austaralorps.

If yours came from a Breeder then a black ameraucana must have made a midnight romantic visit to the Austaralorp pen.

 

[Phoenixxx]

Emerald didn't come from a breeder, my other australorps did.She's proving to be a most excellent layer so far, though - there was her first egg, one day off, then an egg a day since!

 

[ronott1]

Emerald didn't come from a breeder, my other australorps did.She's proving to be a most excellent layer so far, though - there was her first egg, one day off, then an egg a day since!

She is a very pretty girl.

 

[james hill]

These are a few of my OEs (Ameraucana roo x Marans hens). We had a 100% hatch! They were about 2 months old in this pic. In total, 2 splash, 2 blue, 2 black.

 

[buckabucka]

These are a few of my OEs (Ameraucana roo x Marans hens). We had a 100% hatch! They were about 2 months old in this pic. In total, 2 splash, 2 blue, 2 black.

Nice. Are they laying now, or is the photo fairly recent? I love the look of splash birds!

 

[james hill]

Nice. Are they laying now, or is the photo fairly recent?

I love the look of splash birds!

Not quite old enough to lay yet...and the wait is KILLING ME!!! The splash in the center of the pic is my son's favorite, and she's a hen. Yea!

 

[bugglesmommy]

Hi everyone. I am still waiting to get my first egg from my Olive Egger girl Annabelle!