The Olive-Egger thread!

[my4ladies]

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.

I pm'd him a few days ago actually. I would LOVE some of his birds!! Hoping he answers me

I would think the same thing too...and if I could have roosters I would TOTALLY be trying to find out! But alas, I bought a house too close to town.

 

[Peach2u]

I get a range of color. I have blue/green laying EE's and I have the BCM. I mixed a splash maran roo over all my blue/green egg girls. I hatched them out. Their offspring All laid olive, I put a OE roo from that mix over everyone else. Their offspring threw out odd green's, spotted greens and med brown egg layers. By fall I should know what egg color I get from that mix. I'm hoping for more light green with brown spots. They look wild.

 

[my4ladies]

...Their offspring All laid olive, I put a OE roo from that mix over everyone else...

By "everyone else" do you mean the EE hens or the OE hens? I absolutely love those speckled ones!!!!

 

[GAFarmGirl87]

I get a range of color. I have blue/green laying EE's and I have the BCM. I mixed a splash maran roo over all my blue/green egg girls. I hatched them out. Their offspring All laid olive, I put a OE roo from that mix over everyone else. Their offspring threw out odd green's, spotted greens and med brown egg layers. By fall I should know what egg color I get from that mix. I'm hoping for more light green with brown spots. They look wild.

Beautiful eggs!!

 

[GAFarmGirl87]

I absolutely LOVE your avatar! Such a sweet picture!

 

[my4ladies]

I absolutely LOVE your avatar! Such a sweet picture!

Thank you! She's 6 now and the silkie is about 3. My daughter was smelling the chick...she has to smell EVERTHING!

 

[my4ladies]

Is anyone here (and lives in the North East) selling eggs from either an Ameraucana hen or OE hen that is being covered by a Welsummer roo that came from a speckled egg?

Or an OE hen covered by an OE roo?

Or if anyone has other project eggs they'd like help hatching out, pm me! I'll buy 'em. I just need some green shades in my basket!!

 

[Peach2u]

By "everyone else" do you mean the EE hens or the OE hens? I absolutely love those speckled ones!!!!

I put my OE rooster over all my hens. Which include bearded and non bearded EE's, BCM, and my 1 SL giant cochin. That is what my currant 2 broody hens are sitting on. All colors of eggs. The 4 earlier batches this year where all green eggs. OE X EE. The mixed batches are just to see if the OE X BCM throw out dark olive offspring. Odds are any hens I get out of the 5 BCM eggs will be chocolate. But I have a small chance and nothing better to do with my chickens ;-)

 

[Peach2u]

Is anyone here (and lives in the North East) selling eggs from either an Ameraucana hen or OE hen that is being covered by a Welsummer roo that came from a speckled egg?

Or an OE hen covered by an OE roo?

Or if anyone has other project eggs they'd like help hatching out, pm me! I'll buy 'em. I just need some green shades in my basket

I'm in Tennessee, so maybe too far away.

 

[my4ladies]

pming you...that doorbell is ringing awfully loud!