The Olive-Egger thread!

[leedyfeathers]

What breed is this roo?

golden cuckoo marans

 

[JFreeman]

Only half of all offspring are pullets at best and only half the pullets will carry the blue egg gene even from an F1 EE so 1/4 of an EEs offspring might produce colorful eggs Mixed breeds are always a crap shoot...some great - others not so much. EEs created from one Ameraucana parent will have a pea comb (or modified pea) which is linked to the blue egg gene but Ameraucanas aren't the only purebred bird to have 2 blue egg genes or used to create the mix known as an EE...just the one used most often and the one with a dominant pea comb. OE is just another name for an EE bred with the hope that pullet offspring would produce a darker version of the green EE egg. Most often a Marans (dark brown egger) is mixed with an Ameraucana (blue egger) to make an OE. Clear as mud?

I can see clearly now the rain is gone. I have to admit, I was very confused.

Thank you for clearing it up for me.

 

[JFreeman]

I have seen some wonderful Olive eggs pictured in this thread from crosses with SLW which surprised me. My little project F1 cross produces what many here have labeled Olive colored eggs and the hen was a Red Star. Obviously I would be more likely to bet on an Olive Egg coming from a cross with a dark shell maran egg or Welsummer, but I have seen eggs from those breeds that are lighter in color than our Red Star eggs have been. I would love to see what a white egg layer and Maran cross shell color would turn out to be, I imagine it is a pretty light colored brown.

I have some Leghorn x Maran eggs under a broody due to hatch today. Hopefully I'll be able to quench your curiosity in the next 20+ weeks.

 

[ochochicas]

I have seen some wonderful Olive eggs pictured in this thread from crosses with SLW which surprised me. My little project F1 cross produces what many here have labeled Olive colored eggs and the hen was a Red Star. Obviously I would be more likely to bet on an Olive Egg coming from a cross with a dark shell maran egg or Welsummer, but I have seen eggs from those breeds that are lighter in color than our Red Star eggs have been. I would love to see what a white egg layer and Maran cross shell color would turn out to be, I imagine it is a pretty light colored brown.

I guess it all depends on the genetics of the hens involved. Some lay much darker eggs than others. I have an australorp that lays nice brown eggs, and another australorp that lays eggs that are nearly white.

Hopefully I'll be able to answer the shell color question in the future. Currently I have some mixed pullets that will hopefully be laying in the spring. There is a favorelles/Marans cross as well as Welsummer/Favorelles crosses. The Favorelles don't lay true white eggs, but some of them are pretty close.

 

[hotlipshens]

I can see clearly now the rain is gone. I have to admit, I was very confused.

Thank you for clearing it up for me.

YVW! This is such a fun hobby with some beautiful benefits Some of us are waiting for our welsummer pullets to grow up and try crossing them with our ameraucana roosters b/c wellie eggs are fairly dark and speckled! If you'd like an ameraucana roo, just let me know - I think I have half a dozen extra :-(

 

[JFreeman]

YVW! This is such a fun hobby with some beautiful benefits Some of us are waiting for our welsummer pullets to grow up and try crossing them with our ameraucana roosters b/c wellie eggs are fairly dark and speckled! If you'd like an ameraucana roo, just let me know - I think I have half a dozen extra :-(

If you were closer, I'd take you up on that offer. I have a laying Welsummer pullet and a Marans pullet that should lay in another few weeks.

 

[hotlipshens]

FBCM are still on my wish list - ah, when there's more space

 

[JFreeman]

I have 30 chickens. Out of those thirty, I probably have about 20 different breeds. I bought several to find what I like best. The worst part, I haven't narrowed it down. What can I say? I'm chicken crazy!

 

[aart]

Olive eggs coming more green....
consistent with brown eggs going lighter as cycle progresses or just not an optimal cross or both?
Days 1, 2, 3 and 12-15 from an Amberlink EE cross.


Other eggs are first 3 Welsummer eggs(day skipped between 2 & 3), again not a quality bird.

 

[Sill]

I have some Leghorn x Maran eggs under a broody due to hatch today. Hopefully I'll be able to quench your curiosity in the next 20+ weeks.

I had a hen with that mix, she laid lots of white eggs.