The Olive-Egger thread!

[Peach2u]

I posted this on the EE thread first. I thought I was on the OE page ;-P The rooster that made all these chicks is an Olive egger. so that makes them all OE regardless of whom the mom was. Just have brown eggs offspring with the BCM and cochin mixes.

I had a new hatch of 8 from my F1OE X blue eggers EE's
I'm running out of room for broody's! I olny have the 2 broody boxes and 1 chicken tractor for mama's with chicks. It's been a busy season..

Batch#1 April 26th Got these from a local guy. Green egg EE's and 2 welsummers. To mix up the gene pool. I have 12 of 13 left {Hawk}

Batch#2 May21 Broody Mammie the BCM, with her mixed chicks. Roo F1OE hens EE, OE & BCM {3 brown ones gone via cats 5 left} Cat problem solved!

Batch#3 June2nd Broody Buffy the BO with roo F1OE and green/blue egg laying EE hens {9 of 9 still running the yard}

Batch#4 June 27 Ducky the OE with F1OE roo over green/blue eggs {8 have hatched last night} 2 black,1 silver, 5 shades of chipmunk.

My next 2 girls I will have surprise chicks. I put all the eggs from the yard under them. Roo is F1OE hens are EE,OE,giant cochin and BCM. Chocolate,brown,tan,blue and shades of green.
July 13 Bluebell will hatch her first brood. She is a very large girl. I gave her 16 mixed eggs so we will see. Her first brood.
July 20th Onyx the BCM is sitting on 13 mixed eggs Also her first brood.
I only need about 8 more hens. I want to stay under 30. So I am sure I will have pullets to sell this fall.

 

[wescottwomen]

I have a wired question or mabey not so wired are all baby's born of a EE hen EE or olive if the roo is a brown egg roo or could that baby lay brown eggs ? I'm cross breeding my hens and Roos I have one EE roo and one silver lace roo in with my hens and both have been covering all the girls so my EE hens could be having EE baby's or crossbred baby's

 

[Peach2u]

I have a wired question or mabey not so wired are all baby's born of a EE hen EE or olive if the roo is a brown egg roo or could that baby lay brown eggs ? I'm cross breeding my hens and Roos I have one EE roo and one silver lace roo in with my hens and both have been covering all the girls so my EE hens could be having EE baby's or crossbred baby's

The first cross of a blue/green egg gene hen/rooster with a brown egg gene hen/rooster will always be Olive. That is called the F1 cross. The first crossing of blue/brown egg gene will always produce Olive or some shade of depending on the darkness of the brown and the blueness of the blue. Now the offspring of this cross will throw off brown egg layers. It is easier to find out on hens if they are olive carriers than the roos with the F2's F1xF1 will produce 50 olive 50% brown offspring. But the olive laying hen could still produce a brown egg offspring if bred back to an OE the F2xF1 cross has 2 out comes. if the F2 is an olive gene the F2O xF1 75%olive 25%browm If the OE is a brown carrier F2B xF1the it will be 75%brown 25% olive. Putting F2 xF2 gets harder to break down It all depends on if F2 is double brown, double green or 1 of each. I would have to draw it out on a chart. Hope it helps

 

[wescottwomen]

These are all pure bred 1st gen chickens I got from murry mcmurry as day old chicks

 

[Little Wing]

These are all pure bred 1st gen chickens I got from murry mcmurry as day old chicks

There is no such thing as a purebred EE.

 

[Peach2u]

There is no such thing as a purebred EE.

These are all pure bred 1st gen chickens I got from murry mcmurry as day old chicks

If you have McMurry EE's then you will not know if you have green,brown,tan,white or pink eggs. So, with that said. If you know which way you want to go breeding these guys. You say you want OE. Then you need to get a green/blue gene roo and work him over your EE's. Next year only hatch out the green/blue eggs. To get the olive color you need a blue/mint green layer or roo { Ameraucana's and green egger EE's} and cross it with a dark brown layer or roo. Barnevelders, Welsummers, Marans, Penedesenca, and Empordanesas

 

[wescottwomen]

If you have McMurry EE's then you will not know if you have green,brown,tan,white or pink eggs. So, with that said. If you know which way you want to go breeding these guys. You say you want OE. Then you need to get a green/blue gene roo and work him over your EE's. Next year only hatch out the green/blue eggs. To get the olive color you need a blue/mint green layer or roo { Ameraucana's and green egger EE's} and cross it with a dark brown layer or roo. Barnevelders, Welsummers, Marans, Penedesenca, and Empordanesas

My murry mcmurry chickens are 8 mo old I get a bright sky blue egg out of one EE hen and a gray green egg out of the other my other hens lay brown tan pink and kinda a lavender color so I get a spectrum of color I have both the silver lace roo and the EE roo covering all the girls my first chicks are in the incubator right now hatching as we speak thank you for the info ill check out those breeds and get on it

 

[wescottwomen]

There is no such thing as a purebred EE.

Yes I realize that I'm talking about the rest of the birds I have in this flock lol with 16 birds its easier to say it that way then to get into each breed

 

[my4ladies]

Hi everyone! Sorry to barge into the olive egger discussion, but I just know someone here has what I'm looking for...(and is in the North East)

I'd like to buy some hatching eggs that will produce olive eggers. I'm not sure what generation it needs to be, but I'd like them to lay a mossy green or bright olive/green.
I'm not a huge fan of the gray olives...or the yellowish olives. Unless it will have speckles (if you are able to breed for that??? I dunno)....then I'd be happy with any shade of green!

Please send a pm...thank you!!!

 

[Penny Hen]

Hi everyone! Sorry to barge into the olive egger discussion, but I just know someone here has what I'm looking for...(and is in the North East)

I'd like to buy some hatching eggs that will produce olive eggers. I'm not sure what generation it needs to be, but I'd like them to lay a mossy green or bright olive/green.
I'm not a huge fan of the gray olives...or the yellowish olives. Unless it will have speckles (if you are able to breed for that??? I dunno)....then I'd be happy with any shade of green!

Please send a pm...thank you!!!

I would think that a Wellsummer/Americana or EE cross could produce a spotted green egg. One of Yashar's rare South American breeds produce green eggs in several shades, much greener (less blue-green) than most EE's. I would have to go look it up for the right one.