The Olive-Egger thread!

[chickengr]

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.

I have never heard that the first egg can be 61 g, my chickens lay 1 funny shaped egg from time to time. especially if they catch a virus.

 

[gimmie birdies]

my Isbars lay big eggs for a small bird...right side is isbar/maran egg.

 

[Catandherchicks]

I love olive!

What a lovely egg collection!

 

[gimmie birdies]

Thanks.

 

[gapey]

my Isbars lay big eggs for a small bird...right side is isbar/maran egg.

Wow that is huge! Is that a typical egg? Were their first eggs bigger than normal too?

 

[gimmie birdies]

they are just big, my chick hatched out of one of these eggs, I was worried it wouldn't hatch because it is just so big. first one of this hen's eggs to hatch.

 

[morbius18]

Easter egger cross with golden cuckoo marans roo, one month old today. The marans are really easy to sex at a young age and seemed to bring that to these crosses too.

Pics of 2 of the boys:

Pic of the group. 3 possibly 4 boys out of 10.

 

[morbius18]

This is one of the cockerels below:

This is one of my golden cuckoo marans below abouy the same age:

He turned out like this:

So I'm hoping for some golden cuckoo olive eggers!

 

[gimmie birdies]

I hatched these chicks in Sept. the hen above and 2 roosters below, the hen has some CCM in her...

 

[gapey]

I'm pretty sure this one came from my olive egger pullet. It was only 45 grams. Well I have 2 more so hopefully at least one will actually lay an olive egg.