The Olive-Egger thread!

[LisaLouHoo]

I have an interesting story about this pullet. She is from an EE hen x blue marans roo. I knew with the EE parentage, she had only a 50/50 chance of getting the blue egg gene for a chance at an olive egger. Well, she started laying right at 20 weeks and the eggs are cream colored! I thought they would at least be brown.

 

[bbhorsefly]

Here's our Olive Egger! She's supposed to be a AmeraucanaxMaran. I can't wait until we can know for sure. She's about 12 weeks old right now.

 

[deserteggs22]

This is my little girl. Her dad is a blue copper marans, and her dad is a hatchery "Ameraucana".

 

[suncatcher]

Nice looking OE's!!!!!!

 

[Manningjw]

I have an interesting story about this pullet. She is from an EE hen x blue marans roo. I knew with the EE parentage, she had only a 50/50 chance of getting the blue egg gene for a chance at an olive egger. Well, she started laying right at 20 weeks and the eggs are cream colored! I thought they would at least be brown.

Kind of goes to show you how much (or little) brown is actually needed to make the egg 'olive' colored. I use Red Star hens that lay darker than other breed eggs for my OE and have enjoyed the color produced and the productivity of the hens. I love the feather coloring on that bird! Always been a big fan of blue with red leakage.

 

[LisaLouHoo]

Kind of goes to show you how much (or little) brown is actually needed to make the egg 'olive' colored.  I use Red Star hens that lay darker than other breed eggs for my OE and have enjoyed the color produced and the productivity of the hens.  I love the feather coloring on that bird!  Always been a big fan of blue with red leakage.

Thanks. Yes, she is a beautiful girl. I hatched 7 and only kept this one out of 4 girls because she was so pretty and I was hoping she'd be an OE. Obviously, I should have kept one of the plain black girls, whose mother was an OE.

 

[jctid]

I bought hatching eggs from a local woman...they are BCM roo over wheaten ameraucana hens. I had 8 eggs, 5 hatched. They are 11½ weeks old. I feel like they might all be pullets, but I just can't imagine the odds/luck!!??

Can you all please weigh in- I have not hatched my own OE's before, so the cross is throwing me off on the traits. And shouldn't they all lay the olive eggs, if they are first generation?



#1- this is the ONLY one I halfway suspect as a roo, only because it feathered out a bit later


#2

#3(no beard)

#4(beard) and the two in the back are #2 again and #5. (#5 is very camera shy)

Thanks!

 

[bbhorsefly]

I bought hatching eggs from a local woman...they are BCM roo over wheaten ameraucana hens. I had 8 eggs, 5 hatched. They are 11½ weeks old. I feel like they might all be pullets, but I just can't imagine the odds/luck!!?? Can you all please weigh in- I have not hatched my own OE's before, so the cross is throwing me off on the traits. And shouldn't they all lay the olive eggs, if they are first generation? #1- this is the ONLY one I halfway suspect as a roo, only because it feathered out a bit later #2

#3(no beard)

#4(beard) and the two in the back are #2 again and #5. (#5 is very camera shy)

Thanks!

They all look like pullets to me!

 

[ronott1]

Number 5 looks like a boy.

They are cute!

 

[aart]

I bought hatching eggs from a local woman...they are BCM roo over wheaten ameraucana hens. I had 8 eggs, 5 hatched. They are 11½ weeks old. I feel like they might all be pullets, but I just can't imagine the odds/luck!!??

Can you all please weigh in- I have not hatched my own OE's before, so the cross is throwing me off on the traits. And shouldn't they all lay the olive eggs, if they are first generation?


#4(beard) and the two in the back are #2 again and #5. (#5 is very camera shy)

Thanks!

#4 (the one in front?) is a probably a male.....triple pea comb, tho not much color to it.