The Olive-Egger thread!

[maryhysong]

I going to say not from the same bird. Looks like 3 different birds.

I think they might be from two different girls; the olive one is a little bit smaller than the other two. While the tan one from the third is the same color but a little bigger than the one from the second.

 

[spunkychickenmomma]

Here are some pics of my olive eggers that I am anxiously waiting on to lay. Probably be another 4 to 6 weeks. They are an Isbar/FBCM cross. My Isbar roo died suddenly a few months back. I went out and collected eggs for the next 3 days after he died and incubated all I collected. I got 3 blue pullets, 2 black pullets and 1 black roo. They are so friendly and curious. They are in their own special pen and are spoiled rotten

This was their daddy

 

[ronott1]

Here are some pics of my olive eggers that I am anxiously waiting on to lay. Probably be another 4 to 6 weeks. They are an Isbar/FBCM cross. My Isbar roo died suddenly a few months back. I went out and collected eggs for the next 3 days after he died and incubated all I collected. I got 3 blue pullets, 2 black pullets and 1 black roo. They are so friendly and curious. They are in their own special pen and are spoiled rotten

This was their daddy

I hope they start laying before low daylight hours make them stop!

 

[mommameg]

I have an EE roo, and RIR hens. Will their chicks be olive eggers? I am so excited to think they may be! My kids will love going out and collecting brown, blue AND green eggs!

 

[jeremy]

They'll be green, or potentially brown- but not olive.

To get olive colored eggs you need to breed a blue or green egg laying bird to a bird that lays dark (chocolate) brown eggs.

Marans, Welsummers, Penedesencas bred with Ameraucanas, Araucanas, EEs, Cream Legbards, etc. are what most Olive Eggers are created from.

 

[flgardengirl]

I have an Olive Egger hen that was sitting on about 20 eggs. Some belonged to a few of the other OE hens. I really didn't think she would hatch out so many of them so just kinda let her have them. She was quite nasty and determined to keep them all. Well, joke on me! One morning, I went out to her coop and she had 16 babies

running around with her waiting to be let out. I kept thinking, she must be feeling like the character in the nursery rhyme, The Old Woman Who Lived in a Shoe -who had so many children she didn't know what to do lol. Ummm NO, she is proving herself to be a super momma and is keeping track of each and every one of them. I also ended up giving her 2 other chicks (had no other broodies available) from a black marans hen that was not watching her babies at all and they were getting into some scary predicaments. The OE super mom took them right in with the others. All the OE babies are barred and the other 2 are black. SO, now she has 18 babies total !! They are around a week and a half old now. I guess I am just more used to our muscovies having large broods more than the chickens lol.

 

[mstricer]

Good for her. I find my oe and EE hens to be the best moms. Everyone else leaves the chicks early

 

[Bleenie]

I am thinking of selling my Olive Eggers and was just wondering what everyone thought would be a good price. They are a little over a year old. I have one rooster( very handsome) and three hens. What does everyone think??

 

[McApillo]

Hi everybody!

I´m new at backyardchickens, I´m posting from central Spain to show you mi 3 months Olive Egger chickens. I did the following crosses:

BCM Roo (chocolate gen) X Partridge bearded EE Hen

Gold Araucana Roo (Rumpless) x BCM Hen (really dark egg layer)

The result is so heterogeneous: some chicks are rumpless (or not), peacombed (or simple), feathered legged (or not), with earings (or not)...

What do you think I should expect about the eggs they´ll lay? I read something about the error of crossing male blue-egg rooster and dark brown egg layers.














Here you are the pics I took yesterday, waiting for your reviews.

Best regards from Spain

 

[ronott1]

Hi everybody!

I´m new at backyardchickens, I´m posting from central Spain to show you mi 3 months Olive Egger chickens. I did the following crosses:

BCM Roo (chocolate gen) X Partridge bearded EE Hen

Gold Araucana Roo (Rumpless) x BCM Hen (really dark egg layer)

The result is so heterogeneous: some chicks are rumpless (or not), peacombed (or simple), feathered legged (or not), with earings (or not)...

What do you think I should expect about the eggs they´ll lay? I read something about the error of crossing male blue-egg rooster and dark brown egg layers.















Here you are the pics I took yesterday, waiting for your reviews.

Best regards from Spain

Those are amazing chickens!