The Olive-Egger thread!

[MrEnix]

I have three Easter eggers and two lay blue greens.

 

[mymilliefleur]

I have four Easter Egger X Wheaten Maran (parents pictured below) eggs ready to go into the 'bator on monday. Can't wait to see what I get!!


Party boy ^ EE


Elsie ^ WM

 

[kloverdarling]

My chicks are coming up on a week old on Monday so I've got some time before I can experiment. But I'm looking forward to seeing what different shades I could get from crossing.

 

[LisaLouHoo]

I don't know if I just got lucky last year when I feather-sexed 3 mixed breed baby chicks using the technique of looking at the wing tip between days 1 and 5 and if there are two uneven rows of feathers, it is a girl and if it is one even row, then a boy. I reached into a big pool of chicks and chose 3 cute ones that had the two uneven rows. Well, all 3 ended up pullets. So today I feather-sexed my 7 OE chicks that hatched on Wed. It appears that 4 are girls, 2 are boys and one is still an iffy. I'm anxious to see if it works again.

Has anyone tried this technique successfully with this breed? I know some breeds don't work with this technique.

 

[jeremy]

I have four Easter Egger X Wheaten Maran (parents pictured below) eggs ready to go into the 'bator on monday. Can't wait to see what I get!!


Party boy ^ EE


Elsie ^ WM

Great looking birds!

 

[mymilliefleur]

Great looking birds!

Thanks! Nice looking orpington hen you have there!

 

[bamadude]

Great looking birds! 

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I like the name "Party Boy" too

 

[vpatt]

I have four Easter Egger X Wheaten Maran (parents pictured below) eggs ready to go into the 'bator on monday. Can't wait to see what I get!! Party boy ^ EE Elsie ^ WM

Very pretty!

 

[mymilliefleur]

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I like the name "Party Boy" too

Very pretty!

Thanks!

 

[Dianne88]

Can OE's be wing sexed? It's a BCM/EE mix