The Olive-Egger thread!

[Flowerbh]

Okay, I have a Chocolate Orpington that has extra "side shoots" on his comb and is a medium sized rooster. Not breeding material for my Orpingtons. Too big for bantam, too small for large fowl. Problem is, he is my favorite bird. I love the guy. Can't use him with my bantam Orpington project at all. Can't really justify keeping a rooster as a "pet" only. He needs to earn his feed, at least.

If I put him in a pen with Isbars or Olive Egger hens, will I get olive egger babies? Just light green, since Orpington eggs are generally light brown? I think that would be very pretty, myself.

I have a splash Isbar cockerel I plan to keep. He will be in a pen with Easter Egger hens and one Olive Egger hen. Can I market the resulting offspring as possible blues/greens/olives?

hahahha, was just going over some info I read on the olive egger thread a minute ago. Someone just posted some good info. You might want to take a look. Remember, there are only two egg shell colors....,blue and white. Your brown eggs are actually white egg shells with a coating put on them as they are being laid. (yeah, my kids call it butt juice....ecky way of thinking about it). Your Isbar is a green egg layer, so has a blue shell with brown coating. Oh, just skip over to the olive egger thread and read back a few pages. Good luck.

 

[mymilliefleur]

No time to play with chickens today. Renters left at 10:30 (with a deposit to return next New Years!) and new renters come in at 3! Have to wash/dry 13 sets of sheets and 40+ towels, wash clothes, dish towels, etc. Then clean whole house, refrig, microwave, toaster, stove, bathrooms, windows, floors, etc, etc etc! Ugh! But the commute to work can't be beat! hahahhaha! Anyone want to come and help??

Sounds like you have a load of work to do!

 

[Flowerbh]

Sounds like you have a load of work to do!

I like your use of 'load' as in loads of laundry! hahaha It's only crazy hectic when we have renters coming the same day as some leave. But, as Bear Ridge is my home, I would rather be doing this than anything else! Love my home!

Face time us! Bear Ridge Lodge in Dawsonville, GA. or go to http://bearridgelodge.com/

 

[Flowerbh]

hahahha, was just going over some info I read on the olive egger thread a minute ago. Someone just posted some good info. You might want to take a look. Remember, there are only two egg shell colors....,blue and white. Your brown eggs are actually white egg shells with a coating put on them as they are being laid. (yeah, my kids call it butt juice....ecky way of thinking about it). Your Isbar is a green egg layer, so has a blue shell with brown coating. Oh, just skip over to the olive egger thread and read back a few pages. Good luck.

Here is a fun chart for olive eggers and other eggers

 

[mymilliefleur]

Here is a fun chart for olive eggers and other eggers

I always love charts like this!

 

[Ihilani Coffee]

Okay, I have a Chocolate Orpington that has extra "side shoots" on his comb and is a medium sized rooster. Not breeding material for my Orpingtons. Too big for bantam, too small for large fowl. Problem is, he is my favorite bird. I love the guy. Can't use him with my bantam Orpington project at all. Can't really justify keeping a rooster as a "pet" only. He needs to earn his feed, at least.

If I put him in a pen with Isbars or Olive Egger hens, will I get olive egger babies? Just light green, since Orpington eggs are generally light brown? I think that would be very pretty, myself.

I have a splash Isbar cockerel I plan to keep. He will be in a pen with Easter Egger hens and one Olive Egger hen. Can I market the resulting offspring as possible blues/greens/olives?

I'm thinking you will pretty much be making only EE with these crosses, all more in the pastel range rather than olive or blue.

 

[MisfitMarie]

So, I have decided to breed my Olive Eggers...to make Easter Egger babies. I hope to hear back on your opinion of my choice of rooster: a Blue Ameraucana.

Side note: I woke up this morning to find my OE pullets had escaped their brooder in the garage (coop is almost finished, and it has been freezing cold outside) and claimed a little roosting spot on top of an old tote:



I figured that I had to breed them to a blue-egg-gene male. Since they have a pure Ameraucana father and brown-laying mothers, they should both carry a blue and brown egg gene... which would give their offspring a chance of laying brown eggs if I were to breed them to a non-blue-egg-gene male... right?

If I use a Blue Ameraucana, that should mean that the offspring should lay GREEN OR BLUE eggs....correct?

I also chose the blue Ameraucana, because I was curious about how the coloring would end up with the babies, any ideas? And also because I find the blue Ameraucana to be very pretty.

Any suggestions would be welcome. Also, my pullets have pea combs..if that's important, at all.

 

[Olive Oil]

Just wanted to share egg pics! I love the varying shades of green. Some are gray green, some dark olive, some more of a bright green. Very fun experimenting!

 

[somadlyinlove]

Beautiful Olive oil!! I love the super dark eggs especially are the BCM? And where is La Grange, Ca? I am about an hour from Sacramento.

 

[ronott1]

So, I have decided to breed my Olive Eggers...to make Easter Egger babies. I hope to hear back on your opinion of my choice of rooster: a Blue Ameraucana.

Side note: I woke up this morning to find my OE pullets had escaped their brooder in the garage (coop is almost finished, and it has been freezing cold outside) and claimed a little roosting spot on top of an old tote:



I figured that I had to breed them to a blue-egg-gene male. Since they have a pure Ameraucana father and brown-laying mothers, they should both carry a blue and brown egg gene... which would give their offspring a chance of laying brown eggs if I were to breed them to a non-blue-egg-gene male... right?

If I use a Blue Ameraucana, that should mean that the offspring should lay GREEN OR BLUE eggs....correct?

I also chose the blue Ameraucana, because I was curious about how the coloring would end up with the babies, any ideas? And also because I find the blue Ameraucana to be very pretty.

Any suggestions would be welcome. Also, my pullets have pea combs..if that's important, at all.

Use the blue ameraucana.

Both blue and brown are dominant so you should get mostly some color of green eggs and some blue.