The Olive-Egger thread!

[Kadjec]

I guess I'm lucky...my 'olive egger', cross between amberlink and EE, lays in marathon cycles:

34 days after first egg, tho several softshells and many double yolkers.
5 days off.
10 days on.
Glitchy for a week. 5 eggs.
50 days on.
1 day off.
Now 17 days running...and finally over 56grams consistently.

Tho they aren't a real dark olive, they are a nice addition to my basket.

Great looking set of eggs!!

 

[Sill]

I guess I'm lucky...my 'olive egger', cross between amberlink and EE, lays in marathon cycles:

34 days after first egg, tho several softshells and many double yolkers.
5 days off.
10 days on.
Glitchy for a week. 5 eggs.
50 days on.
1 day off.
Now 17 days running...and finally over 56grams consistently.

Tho they aren't a real dark olive, they are a nice addition to my basket.

I would call that a sage green. Beautiful range of colors!

 

[aart]

I think my EE is an olive egger. She's hatchery so I don't know her parentage. She laid her first egg today and I was shocked to see this olive green, I was expecting blue. What do you all think?

Nice!

 

[ronott1]

I think my EE is an olive egger. She's hatchery so I don't know her parentage. She laid her first egg today and I was shocked to see this olive green, I was expecting blue. What do you all think?

Myer Hatchery sold OEs this year. Other hatcheries may be experimenting with them for next year.

Nice egg!

 

[FoxholeFarm]

Will any of you be selling(shipping or pickup near Berkeley, CA) fertile OE eggs in January/February?

I'm hoping my big EE roo (16wks as of last week) will be doing his roosterly duties by then, but right now he's still too scared of my LF hens to even share a coop so he's still in with his bantam hatch-mates in my banty coop. If he hasn't learned to strut his stuff and stand up to my bossy EE girls by then, I wont have any OEs next spring like I had hoped. :[

 

[ochochicas]

Will any of you be selling(shipping or pickup near Berkeley, CA) fertile OE eggs in January/February?

I'm hoping my big EE roo (16wks as of last week) will be doing his roosterly duties by then, but right now he's still too scared of my LF hens to even share a coop so he's still in with his bantam hatch-mates in my banty coop. If he hasn't learned to strut his stuff and stand up to my bossy EE girls by then, I wont have any OEs next spring like I had hoped. :[

My roo was very timid around the hens at 16 weeks. However, shortly after he became more competent and was fertilizing egg. I think you'll have some fertile eggs by January with a bit of luck.

 

[vpatt]

My roo just began crowing. He practiced all day the day before Thanksgiving and I haven't heard a crow since.

 

[Euarto Gullible]

Slim Shady, OE roo.

 

[estamets]

Slim Shady, OE roo.

He's so handsome!!!! What's his heritage?

 

[LisaLouHoo]

Slim Shady, OE roo.

. I agree, a gorgeous Roo. Beautiful colors, too.