The Olive-Egger thread!

[gimmie birdies]

The dad was a blue frizzle... I have 4 now, more peeping in egg.

 

[cgmaster]

I am hatching some jerey giant eggs, if I then crossed the jersey giants with my ameraucana rooster how dark of a green would the eggs be?

 

[ronott1]

I am hatching some jerey giant eggs, if I then crossed the jersey giants with my ameraucana rooster how dark of a green would the eggs be?

You would expect blue to light green.

They will be EEs.

 

[cgmaster]

The ameraucanas egg color isn't the best (the breeder selected for type over everything else)

 

[cgmaster]

You would expect blue to light green.

They will be EEs.

The ameraucanas egg color isn't the best (the breeder selected for type over everything else)

2 of the ameraucana eggs

And a jersey giant egg next to a white leghorn egg

 

[gimmie birdies]

All 7 chicks hatched, I gave the mom back the 2 biggest ones these are bantams and I have to clean the paste off their butts so they are going to be in house.
below are the youngest.

 

[mullys]

Our new OE pullet laid us an enormous egg today. When I cracked it open the yolk was also olive colour. It was a little gross. We only picked her up monday. This is her second egg, the first she laid while we were there.
Does this seem normal. Could it have been fertile? Are all yolks varying shades of yellow? Thanks.

 

[ronott1]

Our new OE pullet laid us an enormous egg today. When I cracked it open the yolk was also olive colour. It was a little gross. We only picked her up monday. This is her second egg, the first she laid while we were there.
Does this seem normal. Could it have been fertile? Are all yolks varying shades of yellow? Thanks.

The color of the egg does not indicate fertility. The ovum will be bigger than normal and look like a bulls eye or a doughnut.

The green color usually is from eating something that they should not eat. Cottonseed meal, or something called gossypol. It is not good for them to eat stuff like that so hopefully you are not letting the chooks eat bad for them things, like acorns?

Quote:http://animals.mom.me/effects-cottonseed-meal-laying-hens-6895.html Make sure they are not eating feed that has cottonseed meal in it. It sounds like either the breeder or at your place they were fed the wrong stuff.

 

[mullys]

An update to the enormous pullet egg with the gross green yolk. I got the egg out of the kitchen composter and had a better look.(really, I'm not usually so squeamish!) Well the green yolk was a second inner shell. Has anyone heard or seen this? I'm worried about eggbinding. I've emailled the breeder who sold her to ask. Both shells were the normal hardness and thickness.

At least I can stop thinking about that grey-green yolk!LOL

 

[trailrider330]

Sounds like you have a double shelled egg. They are not super common, but they do happen. You can check here for a little more information if you like: https://www.backyardchickens.com/t/261842/double-shelled-eggs