The Olive-Egger thread!

[abserbean]

Is there any way to tell if your OE pullet is going to lay olive eggs, or do you just have to wait and see? My 8 week old pullet has a pea comb, so hopefully that improves my chances! Here is her updated pic, does anyone have one that looks like her? She is a BCM roo over F1 OE, she did hatch from an olive egg.

 

[Naturalway]

Okay so here's the thing...this F2 Oliver hatched March 2 and since the 'V' was not defined like a pullet's should be I thought roo, right? Well...at 16 weeks old and no comb to speak of I'm thinking maybe pullet. Any thoughts on this?
He/she is such a sweetie. Also, I noticed white ear patches on her/him.

 

[abserbean]

Looks like a pullet to me!

 

[ronott1]

Okay so here's the thing...this F2 Oliver hatched March 2 and since the 'V' was not defined like a pullet's should be I thought roo, right? Well...at 16 weeks old and no comb to speak of I'm thinking

maybe pullet. Any thoughts on this?
He/she is such a sweetie. Also, I noticed white ear patches on her/him.

The Breeds use were not auto sexing breeds were they? The chipmunk pattern only works with certain breeds.

Looks like a pullet so far.

 

[Naturalway]

Father and mother were F1 crosses using EE, BCM, and wellies.

 

[ronott1]

Father and mother were F1 crosses using EE, BCM, and wellies.

She is very Pretty!

I hope she lays an Olive colored egg

 

[Naturalway]

She is very Pretty!

I hope she lays an Olive colored egg 

COOL!! So glad I waited on the comb before making any decision!!

 

[chrissyr]

Olive egger pullet: blue copper Marans over white EE (supposed to be am, from hatchery)
And a black OE pullet: penedesenca x UofA blue. Which was sex linked from Ronott1

 

[Naturalway]

This is Maleficent...he/she is another F2 Oliver. I thought pullet earlier but now with the comb I'm may have to revise that to roo. She/he was a feather picker so I put her/him in with the big girls for 3 days....that cured the bad habit and made her/him into the absolute sweetest bird!! Hence the name. He/she is 9 weeks old. I wish she were a she but that honkin' pea comb worries me.

 

[seventreesfarm]

This is Maleficent...he/she is another F2 Oliver. I thought pullet earlier but now with the comb I'm may have to revise that to roo. She/he was a feather picker so I put her/him in with the big girls for 3 days....that cured the bad habit and made her/him into the absolute sweetest bird!! Hence the name. He/she is 9 weeks old. I wish she were a she but that honkin' pea comb worries me.

Yeah, looks rooish to me. You can sometimes verify by looking for the new saddle feathers coming in. They will be shiny and pointy on a roo. Pullets will just have rounded body feathers there. Ams and Am crosses (esp black ones) can be tougher to tell based on saddle feathers since they take longer to grow out definitively.