The Olive-Egger thread!

[Deb B]

Someone on the FB page just told me you get sex linked chicks when breeding a slate shanked ameraucana roo to a yellow legged welsummer hen. Pullet chicks will all have slate or willow green legs and cockerals will have yellow or white legs and gave a genetics reference: http://www.edelras.nl/chickengenetics/mutations2.html Knew some others had am roos and wel hens so thought I'd share.

Well, I'm new to hatching chicks, but it would be great if that were true. I hatched 5 Wheaten Am over Welsummer chicks a week ago. All were hatched with yellow legs. I sold two yesterday (without noting their leg color). But of the three I have left, two have developed green legs and one is still yellow. In a few more weeks I can tell you if that's true or not!

 

[hotlipshens]

You better keep those darn 3 chicks - I have to see what they turn out like!!!

 

[Manningjw]

Someone on the FB page just told me you get sex linked chicks when breeding a slate shanked ameraucana roo to a yellow legged welsummer hen. Pullet chicks will all have slate or willow green legs and cockerals will have yellow or white legs and gave a genetics reference: http://www.edelras.nl/chickengenetics/mutations2.html Knew some others had am roos and wel hens so thought I'd share.

My sample size was too small but my latest hatch seems to follow that pattern. The two boys from the hatch (slate leg mix Ameraucana x White Leghorn hen) have yellow or white legs. The two girls have green/slate legs. Both sets carry dominant white so I know it is not that.

 

[hotlipshens]

Neat - thanks for sharing!

 

[KendyF]

I have three of these birds, Black Copper Marans mixed with EEs, Olive layers, Soon!

 

[Deb B]

You better keep those darn 3 chicks - I have to see what they turn out like!!!

Those three I'm keeping for me. If we put together more hatch data (mine, Manningjw's, and anybody else whose doing these kind of crosses) we'll hopefully end up with a large enough sample size to draw some conclusions.

 

[hotlipshens]

I think there are 2 of us who will be using ameraucana roos over welsummers here in Pa. next year. All the boys have great slate to black shank color and the hens are closely related. Theirs is black and I;m keeping both a blue and a splash I have 2 more black cockerals going to the York swap on Saturday if you know anyone who might have a nice flock for them. Please keep posting pics!

 

[KendyF]

Question: I asked it before, but did not receive an answer, I bought chicks that were dark brown layers, crossed with Easter Eggers, as "Olive Layers". One of those chicks has turned out to be a Rooster. If he fertilizes eggs, will his breeding have an impact on the eggs his offspring will lay?

 

[Deb B]

Question: I asked it before, but did not receive an answer, I bought chicks that were dark brown layers, crossed with Easter Eggers, as "Olive Layers". One of those chicks has turned out to be a Rooster. If he fertilizes eggs, will his breeding have an impact on the eggs his offspring will lay?

Yes, but it would be hard to predict, because you won't know which egg color genes he inherited. Maybe he got a blue egg gene from his Easter Egger parent, maybe he didn't.

 

[ronott1]

Yes, but it would be hard to predict, because you won't know which egg color genes he inherited. Maybe he got a blue egg gene from his Easter Egger parent, maybe he didn't.

Question: I asked it before, but did not receive an answer, I bought chicks that were dark brown layers, crossed with Easter Eggers, as "Olive Layers". One of those chicks has turned out to be a Rooster. If he fertilizes eggs, will his breeding have an impact on the eggs his offspring will lay?

EEs are aracauna based, so the pea combs will help predict the blue egg shell gene. There is an association between pea combs and blue egg shells with EEs.