The Olive-Egger thread!

[morbius18]

Only way I know how to do that is to cross to a single comb white or brown egg layer and confirm each resulting hen lays blue or green eggs in the F1 generation.  Would be a bit harder with a flock of hens though, easier to do with a rooster. 

That's exactly what i did. I had 3 easter eggers. 1 dominant white (all babies were white), 1 with muffs/beard, 1 clean faced. The whites were mixed blue and brown eggs. She got sold. Thankfully the other 2 were ok. I can ID the clean faced ones to the clean faced hens and the muffed ones to the muffed hen.

 

[ronott1]

That's exactly what i did. I had 3 easter eggers. 1 dominant white (all babies were white), 1 with muffs/beard, 1 clean faced. The whites were mixed blue and brown eggs. She got sold. Thankfully the other 2 were ok. I can ID the clean faced ones to the clean faced hens and the muffed ones to the muffed hen.

the blue egg shell gene is associated with a pea comb in EEs, not the beards and muffs.

 

[morbius18]

the blue egg shell gene is associated with a pea comb in EEs, not the beards and muffs.

I know, but IDing the chicks to a parent is hard, but they pass the muffs and beards to the chicks. I know which group of chicks belong to which hen. Clean ones to the clean hen, muffed ones to the muffed. If the muffed turn out green and brown layers, i know my muffed hen only carries 1 copy of blue eggs. Im using nature to 'mark' my chicks for me.

 

[ronott1]

I know, but IDing the chicks to a parent is hard, but they pass the muffs and beards to the chicks. I know which group of chicks belong to which hen. Clean ones to the clean hen, muffed ones to the muffed. If the muffed turn out green and brown layers, i know my muffed hen only carries 1 copy of blue eggs. Im using nature to 'mark' my chicks for me.

Do they all have pea combs?

 

[morbius18]

Do they all have pea combs?

This is when my current group was younger, they have pea combs that are bigger now.

 

[morbius18]

Do they all have pea combs?

Here's a pic of one of the clean faced cockerals from my latest batch.

 

[ronott1]

Here's a pic of one of the clean faced cockerals from my latest batch.

This one has a combination comb--similar to a rose type of comb.

There is a good chance that the blue gene is missing.

 

[morbius18]

This one has a combination comb--similar to a rose type of comb.

There is a good chance that the blue gene is missing.

This is a close up when they were about 3 weeks old. They all have this comb.

 

[morbius18]

The guy pictured earlier might be him: If so he has an inverted rear comb appearing as a strawberry:

 

[annabellaknits]

I know, but IDing the chicks to a parent is hard, but they pass the muffs and beards to the chicks. I know which group of chicks belong to which hen. Clean ones to the clean hen, muffed ones to the muffed. If the muffed turn out green and brown layers, i know my muffed hen only carries 1 copy of blue eggs. Im using nature to 'mark' my chicks for me.

When I cross beards and muffs to a non beard and muff I get mixed chicks