The Olive-Egger thread!

[aart]

IdealPoultry.com. So by 2 blue egg genes do you mean that mother and father were both Ameraucana, instead of a mix?

Yes...Ideals Ameraucana are most likely Easter Eggers.....a cross between Ameraucana's and other breeds.
Which means even if you do get blue eggs, they won't have 2 blue egg genes......which cuts in half the chances for olive eggers under your Wellie cockbird.

 

[chickengr]

IdealPoultry.com. So by 2 blue egg genes do you mean that mother and father were both Ameraucana, instead of a mix?

I went to their website and pulled this statement from their Ameracauna page.

"Our poultry is purebred and represent the breed and variety; however, we do not guarantee or represent that they are show quality."

their eggs should be blue inside as well. when you crack them check for colour. if they are white inside than they have only 1 blue egg gene.

 

[BertandMary]

Should it be a FBCM over Blue Ameraucanas or Blue Ameraucana over FBCMs? We can also get Cream Legbars or Welsummers. Currently the FBCM and Blue Ameraucanas are in the bator. We are trying to raise our own stock to produce Olive Eggers and have a varriety of egg colors. We have Plymouth Barred Rock, EE, FBCM, and Orpington hens already.

 

[PoultryArk]

My 1st gen Marans x Isbar just hatched out 11 olive eggers (plus a polish frizzle and a white legger x olive egger which will probably lay more white eggs.) The eggs that hatched are one grey and copper topped EExOE (these all turned out to be OE hens last time, and most were olive with little brown specks, which I just love.) 2 Wheaten Marans x OE, 2 (Ameracuana x Black English Orpington)x OE and the rest are all brown egg laying heritage poultry crossed with my olive egger roo. (Dominique, RIR, SLW, Brahma) They all have light to darker chipmunk patterns, so I think they all got a blue gene. Last batch all lay olive shades, so I feel confident this round. I can't wait to see them grow out. I plan to raise some, give some to a friend, and maybe sell some. This may be the year I actually make money on my hobby farming endeavors!

Here is a picture of my chicks on their first outing into the pasture with mamma!

If you are obsessed with interested in chickens, there are more pictures and videos posted at www.facebook.com/LollysEggs

 

[aart]

IdealPoultry.com. So by 2 blue egg genes do you mean that mother and father were both Ameraucana, instead of a mix?

I went to their website and pulled this statement from their Ameracauna page.

"Our poultry is purebred and represent the breed and variety; however, we do not guarantee or represent that they are show quality."

But read all the text.......there are disclaimers......and untruths.

 

[annabellaknits]

What exactly is that, and how would I know?

So each bird has two genes for there egg shell color. Blue is dominant so a bird could have one brown and one blue gene (aka will lay blue eggs because the gene is dominant)
But when you breed some of those babies may get the brown gene from those parents. Let's say you have a roo and a hen both have one blue and one brown egg gene. You would get babies that have 2 blue, 2 brown or one of each genes. The only way to know is to breed and it could take many breeding as and a lot of time to figure out if a bird carries two blue genes. And with all the mixing that has happened there is almost no chance that a hatchery bird carries two blue genes and still unlikely with good breeders. So what I do is just breed and what ever they lay they lay? I have a few green and good blue layers that I then will breed again and hope for the best.

 

[PoultryArk]

I have had wonderful luck with Ideal Poultry Ameracaunas! They all have the proper muffs and other characteristics, and have all lay big blue eggs for me thus far. I love them. The only EE in my flock came from a local person.

One of my Ideal Ameracaunas crossed with my English Black Orpington and their baby now lays blue eggs. That is the only one that did not turn out to be an olive egger. There is a slight possibility she was sired by another Ameracuana roo, but I am pretty sure she is an orp based on her giant legs and fluff.

I hope you find this useful!

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[allanb]

I guess colored eggs are in these days and my wife thought green and blue would be neat, which is when i started thinking about crossing our Welsummer and Ameraucanas. So, what it sounds like to me is even if mine are pure bred getting a green egg layer is still a toss up. This brings on another queation. How can people sell olive eggers if your not sure what color it will lay? We had thought about buying more chicks, but now I'm not so sure.

 

[allanb]

I have had wonderful luck with Ideal Poultry Ameracaunas! They all have the proper muffs and other characteristics, and have all lay big blue eggs for me thus far. I love them. The only EE in my flock came from a local person.

One of my Ideal Ameracaunas crossed with my English Black Orpington and their baby now lays blue eggs. That is the only one that did not turn out to be an olive egger. There is a slight possibility she was sired by another Ameracuana roo, but I am pretty sure she is an orp based on her giant legs and fluff.    

I hope you find this useful! 

I'm very happy with Ideal Poultry. We bought 8 hens, one turned out to be a rooster, but I think 7 out of 8 is pretty good. I was able to give away the extra roosters.

 

[aart]

Quote: There are only blue and white egg shells....the brown coating genes are another thing altogether and much more complex as there are many more of them.

I have had wonderful luck with Ideal Poultry Ameracaunas! They all have the proper muffs and other characteristics, and have all lay big blue eggs for me thus far.

Muffs and blue eggs are only part of the equation.....what color are their legs? Does their plumage pattern match the SOP for Ameraucanas?

I guess colored eggs are in these days and my wife thought green and blue would be neat, which is when i started thinking about crossing our Welsummer and Ameraucanas. So, what it sounds like to me is even if mine are pure bred getting a green egg layer is still a toss up. This brings on another queation. How can people sell olive eggers if your not sure what color it will lay? We had thought about buying more chicks, but now I'm not so sure.

Same way the hatcheries sell Ameraucanas that are not Ameraucanas...they use the terms that sell best, rather than the truth.

Sorry, pet peeve....I love my EE's but I call them what they are, not what the hatchery and my dealer calls them.....I call them AmerauKindas Hahaha!