The Olive-Egger thread!

[gimmie birdies]

The dry and the wet...


What I find interesting, is they say "gray" is only the bloom... then
why is dark brown on a marans egg not the bloom because I can wash it and the dark washes away, but nobody expects people with maran eggs to do that. I don't wash my eggs before setting them and I only wash an egg before eating it. I enjoy the color as is.

 

[gimmie birdies]

Here is a nice balloon, but it won't look the same if you poke a pin in it.

 

[chickengr]

today my bcm pullet escaped to another run where I have a rumpless araucana cockerel. I don't know if they mated. in case they did would I be able to distinguish pure bcm chicks?

this is a cockerel:

 

[ronott1]

today my bcm pullet escaped to another run where I have a rumpless araucana cockerel. I don't know if they mated. in case they did would I be able to distinguish pure bcm chicks?

this is a cockerel:

Yes, by a lot of things.

I hope you get green eggs from the pullets that hatch!

 

[volschicken]

I bought the black chickens when they were chicks one is a roo and the other is a hen...I bought them as Olive Eggers...can anyone help me confirm that they are Olive Eggers? Also what is my Lavender? Thanks

 

[cupofJoelene]

Brought home 13 OE chicks today and they are JUST. THE. CUTEST!

 

[morbius18]

My olive eggers are now 7 weeks old, and are starting to gold up on their necks;

Pullet:

Cockeral:

They should end up like this:

 

[gapey]

Brought home 13 OE chicks today and they are JUST. THE. CUTEST!

Oh my they are the cutest things. What is the cross?

 

[chickengr]

I bought the black chickens when they were chicks one is a roo and the other is a hen...I bought them as Olive Eggers...can anyone help me confirm that they are Olive Eggers? Also what is my Lavender? Thanks

OE are not a breed. if they lay olive eggs they are OE.

 

[cupofJoelene]

Oh my they are the cutest things. What is the cross?

From what I can remember, she had a BCM roo over her EEs. She also had an EE roo over brown layers (not sure of the exact color of brown, so these may not end up as olive as we love). Excited to see what kind of eggs we end up with and see if we get any bonafide OLIVE eggers in the batch! We have lots and lots of blues with some blacks and a few yellows and that one chipmunk who is ABSOLUTELY the prettiest little thing!

Edited to add: I think true Ameraucana was also mentioned in the flock. Not 100% sure.