The Olive-Egger thread!

[dolfi]

That sounds so cool.

 

[gimmie birdies]

I love olive!

 

[gapey]

My dark brown, olive egg is Maran and Blue Isbar.

Where'd you get your Isbar? I have some Marans x Isbar olive eggers due to start laying any day now. I got a weird shaped brown egg the other day but thought it couldn't possibly have come from the olive eggers. Now I'm thinking maybe it could have... I hope not.

 

[gimmie birdies]

I got mine from a gal who got them from Green fire farms, but when they first started getting Isbars, this was before people got unhappy with them.

 

[gapey]

I got mine from a gal who got them from Green fire farms, but when they first started getting Isbars, this was before people got unhappy with them.

Yeah Greenfire is where the Isbars from my olive eggers came from too. Not sure which generation. I know they had a couple different imports. I'll ask.

 

[gimmie birdies]

she kept them separate. She gave me this roo. If you are happy with your Isbars that is what counts.

 

[Peep_Show]

After a looong sabbatical, Pat the Olive Egger is back in production!

She's just a plain black hen with some leg feathering and my worst layer (she makes up for her shortcomings in personality), but her eggs are SO worth it!



She is 3/4 FBCM and 1/4 Ameraucana.

 

[aart]

After a looong sabbatical, Pat the Olive Egger is back in production!

She's just a plain black hen with some leg feathering and my worst layer (she makes up for her shortcomings in personality), but her eggs are SO worth it!



She is 3/4 FBCM and 1/4 Ameraucana.

Blue shell?

 

[Peep_Show]

Inside, yes.

 

[gapey]

Here's the egg I got the other day that I think may be from my Isbar x marans pullet. They are due to start laying any day now. None of my other laying hens lay this shape of egg. It's a lot shorter and fatter. It seems a little large for a first egg though so I'm not sure. It's 61g. Could this be a first egg? A little disappointed it's not olive. I hope the other two don't lay brown.

ps. I got confirmation that her Isbars were from GFF's first imports too. She has done Marans roo x Isbar hen crosses before and always got olive eggs. For some reason on the ones I got from her they were Isbar roo x Marans hen. At least she has multiple Isbar roos and I know they don't all have the same dad because I ended up with one black and two blues. So will have to wait and see I guess.