The Olive-Egger thread!

[Hangtown Farms]

I have a hen that is a cross between an Isbar and a Marans. Her egg is green/olive but not dark. She came from a mix of hatching eggs I purchased, so I don't really know what a regular Isbar egg looks like to compare it too.
Her egg looks like this (center):


And the hen looks like this:

that is a great olive color. from what I have seen Isbar lay a true green egg from what I can tell.

 

[Ihilani Coffee]

It has happened accidentally when people have had their Cream Legbar get in with their Rhoderbars on the sly.

Ihliani I notice that you have Isbars. Have you ever crossed one of them with a dark egg breed or with a blue to see how it affected the shade of green they have?

Just getting started with the Isbars, they are about half grown. I got some Rhodebar eggs shipped and they threw in a CCL, so if it's a pullet I'll let you know how that works out...in about a year!

I know folks who have made OE by crossing BCM with Isbars, very pretty eggs. But after F1 it's a crapshoot because you don't have the peacomb as indicator of who may be OE.

 

[Ihilani Coffee]

And the hen looks like this:

NICEbar! I have a couple splashes too.

 

[Ihilani Coffee]

Shipped Isbar eggs in the back. I don't care for the brownish tones in some of them so would not breed the birds producing them. Go to the Isbar thread to see dfdesigns' eggs..THOSE are lovely minty green. These did not come from her.

 

[buckabucka]

I have a hen that is a cross between an Isbar and a Marans. Her egg is green/olive but not dark. She came from a mix of hatching eggs I purchased, so I don't really know what a regular Isbar egg looks like to compare it too. Her egg looks like this (center): And the hen looks like this:

she is so pretty! I love her face!

Thanks. I love splash patterns and would love to have more hens like her. It is really difficult to capture colors accurately (especially just using this IPad). The egg is not quite as it appears in the photo. I'm trying again with natural light. Maybe her egg would still be considered olive, but it is not a dark olive. Her egg is the one directly opposite the only Ameraucana egg in the carton. If she is fertile (there are way too many hens in there), I would like to cross her with my OE rooster this spring.

 

[JFreeman]

Yes, I noticed that they don't have a picture of their mature OEs...pretty expensive.

They are, but if they all looked about the same, I think it's worth it. The one my friend has is a cross between a Legbar and something. If the second one that I'm supposed to have looked like this, I would LOVE it.

 

[Kalalyn21]

My first olive eggers I have hatched. Crossed them with a blue/wheaten ameracauna with one of either my blue, black or black tailed buff marans boys. Can't wait for them to grow out. Crossing my fingers for at least one pullet

 

[Hangtown Farms]

My first olive eggers I have hatched. Crossed them with a blue/wheaten ameracauna with one of either my blue, black or black tailed buff marans boys. Can't wait for them to grow out. Crossing my fingers for at least one pullet

Can you post pics of your black tail buff Marans?

 

[Kalalyn21]

He is my profile pic

 

[Naturalway]

My first olive eggers I have hatched. Crossed them with a blue/wheaten ameracauna with one of either my blue, black or black tailed buff marans boys. Can't wait for them to grow out. Crossing my fingers for at least one pullet

I absolutely love hatching chicks!!! Congrats on yours! I hope they are all pullets for you...okay, maybe one roo.