The Olive-Egger thread!

[winnscollision]

My Olive Egger Mixed Ameracauna Rooster over French Black Copper Marans Hen.

Her Tri-Color Egg:

 

[Lark Rise]

My Olive Egger Mixed Ameracauna Rooster over French Black Copper Marans Hen.

Her Tri-Color Egg:

Love the tri-color egg!!!

Olive eggers are awesome!

 

[dfdesigns]

My Olive Egger Mixed Ameracauna Rooster over French Black Copper Marans Hen.

Her Tri-Color Egg:

That is a cool egg! I think you'd have a very tough time convincing a non-chicken person that it wasn't a dye job...

 

[clfromok]

Oh wow! Now that I'm getting blue- I want a tri-colored!
I have a French cuckoo maran. If I mate her with an Americana could I get a tri-color?

 

[winnscollision]

think this was one of her first that may have slipped back into her overduct and got double and tripple coverage of the dark "spray" before she could get it out of her. But yes its possible, but not gonna be a normal egg they will lay.

 

[Jenikate]

Hi everyone...I am new to this forum as I have just hatched out my first Olive eggers 2 weeks ago. WOndering if anyone can shed some light for me about the coloring of the chicks. I have 2 that are somewhat unexpected as far as their feathering color!
I hatched 2 F2's (from Olive eggs)and as chicks, they basically look like Marans, which is what I am familiar with.
Hatched 2 others.... (F1 I guess ?) from Dark Marans eggs from a Bev Davis Marans hen , and Blue Wheaton Ameraucana Roo .
Here is what those chicks look like now at 2 weeks....Top view ...with feathers starting to replace down...coming in white with black splotches.



Side view...very pale legs, white/cream feathers on leg and outer toe


I guess Im not sure what I expected from this combo but not this LOL! And yes, I am very certain the hen and roo are the parents..
What coloring do you think this will be as they age?
Thank you for any input! Happy to be here now...love these little guys!

 

[unkadan]

splash,,,,my guess

 

[Jenikate]

splash,,,,my guess

Mine too, but the black is really dark....the splashes I have seen are more of a silver/grey splash? Trust me, I dont pretend to know what I am talking about But I want to learn and hope to better predict the outcomes!. I guess I need to brush up a LOT on the genetics. A pure FBCM with a pure Blue Wheaton Ameraucana can yield a splash?
If someone has the time or can share a link on splash genetics for dummies I would appreciate it. If not I will search away as well. Hope to learn more while Im here.
Thanks for your time unkadan

 

[dfdesigns]

Quote:
A French Black Copper Marans x Blue Ameraucana could not possibly yield a splash chick... splash requires two dilution genes, and one would have to come from each parent. Genetically that mix should only give you blacks and blues.

Black + zero dilution = black
Black + one dilution = blue
Blue + one dilution = splash

Black + Splash will always give you blue.

Black + Blue should yield 50% blue and 50% black.

Blue + Splash should yield 50% blue and 50% splash.

Clear as mud?

What could be happening in your chick is a hidden gene, a sport. This can be some sort of recessive mutation that was sitting in the background, just waiting for the perfect situation. It will be really interesting to see this chick grow up!

 

[unkadan]

ha,,I said it was a guess