The Olive-Egger thread!

[nicalandia]

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seems like lower water intake can cause more specks..

 

[farmhand]

seems like lower water intake can cause more specks..

That explains why 50 years ago when our coach said we couldn't drink water during practice because it made us stronger we saw spots.

 

[nicalandia]

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Not funny... Edit. some nice info

I found the following research on environmental, bird health, laying cycle & dietary effects to brown egg shell colour: Dietary Bacillus subtilis C-3102 Spores for Laying Hens: Egg Shell Quality and Brown Egg Color Score. PUBLICATION DATE: 30/08/2007 AUTHOR: Danny M. Hooge - Hooge Consulting Service, Inc. http://en.engormix.com/MA-poultry-industry/articles/dietary-bacillus-subtilis-c3102_792.htm Brown Egg Shell Color

Within the past 3 years, scientists discovered that B.s. C-3102 spores supplemented to laying hen diets can improve brown egg color of brown-egg strains usually within a matter of days. Typically, the initial darker brown colors of eggs produced by pullets gradually fade so that egg colors become lighter brown as hens age (Odabaşi et al., 2007). However, brown egg color may also drop due to stressors such as high stocking density, handling, or loud noise (i.e., epinephrine release), to chemotherapeutic agents such as sulfonamides or nicarbazin, or to certain diseases such as Newcastle and infectious bronchitis (Butcher and Miles, 2003). Therefore, a simple and economical intervention strategy involving dietary aerobic B.s. C-3102 spores (which vegetate, consume oxygen, and induce more favorable anaerobic conditions in digesta) to increase native Lactobacillus proliferation, decrease pathogens, and enhance egg shell quality and color would be welcome.

From the same research paper:

Brown Color Pigments The mode of action by which B.s. C-3102 improves brown egg shell color is not known; however, the brown pigment involved originates from hemoglobin in red blood cells. Evanhoe (2006) reported that the brown pigment in egg shells is protoporphyrin whereas the blue pigment (e.g., in Araucana egg shells) or green pigment is oocyanin. Butcher and Miles (2003) stated that during the last 3 or 4 hours of shell formation, epithelial cells lining the surface of the shell gland (uterus) synthesize and accumulate pigments for brown egg colour, mainly protoporphyrin-IX from the breakdown of hemoglobin in blood (Reucroft and Swain, 2006), along with some biliverdin-IX and its zinc chelate. During the last 90 minutes or so of shell formation, the pigments are transferred to the protein-rich, viscous fluid secretion that becomes the cuticle. Cuticle with brown pigment can be removed with vinegar or sandpaper.

Brown Egg Color Field Trial (China 2006) A preliminary field trial conducted at an egg farm in Asia in 2005 showed that B.s. C-3102 spores at the regular recommended dose (300,000 CFU/g feed) improved brown egg shell color within two weeks, as judged by Ghen Corporation brown color fan scores (1=light to 10=dark brown).

 

[scottcaddy]

This thread is for posting photos of the birds you are using to produce olive eggers, the eggs you are getting, your theories on what results different crosses will produce or have already produced, photos of your birds, your eggs, buy/sell/give/trade/barter/beg eggs and birds from each other.

I think as chickens get more and more mainstream there will be an increased demand for a pleasing variety of egg colors in the basket every day from the small flock holder in backyard chicken land, and olive just looks so GOOD next to brown.

Saying HI! here to mark/keep my spot.
Scott

 

[quailtrail]

Finally!!!! My first olive egg!!!!

 

[nicalandia]

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it does not look green at all from my end.. could you post more pics,

 

[ronott1]

Finally!!!! My first olive egg!!!!

Get a picture of it wet--looks like the boom is messing up the color.

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[quailtrail]

Is this one better???

 

[spunkychickenmomma]

Finally!!!! My first olive egg!!!!

Congrats!

 

[Naturalway]

Okay, our silkie finally has gone broody! Saturday we put 5 eggs under her, 3 blues of varying shades an olive and a khaki. All from our supposed olive eggers and the roo (Mr. Crowley) is a hatch mate. He, however has a straight comb and white ear lobes so we will see what if anything he's bringing to the mix.
I love hatching eggs!! I just hope he's been doin' his job.
. 19 days and counting......