The Olive-Egger thread!

[aart]

I think the dad is a brama,

He could have some Dark Brahma in him......with that hackle cape...feathered feet?

 

[gimmie birdies]

he is a nice gentle giant, doesn't crow much, quiet when he does, big looking feet, shorter tail.

 

[aart]

I had a dark brahma mix for my first cockbird, got him at 18 months old...he was a sweetie....gave him back when I got a different sire, he was too nice to butcher. I learned a lot from having him.

One of his first lessons, first day he was here he showed the girls where to lay.


This was shortly before he left.

 

[bbhorsefly]

Got my first olive egg! At least I think it's olive. On the one week anniversary of our very first egg, we got two different colored eggs in the nest box! The light green eggs were laid by a buff and gray Easter Egger. The dark army green is from the one I was told was "not an olive Egger" earlier on this thread. She's solid green black with black/slate legs and the bottom of her feet are yellow. I was told by the lady that bred her that she was her last Ameri/aucana(?) Marans cross.

So is it "olive" enough? It looks pretty olive to me regardless of the color of the pullets feet.

 

[aart]

Got my first olive egg! At least I think it's olive. On the one week anniversary of our very first egg, we got two different colored eggs in the nest box! The light green eggs were laid by a buff and gray Easter Egger. The dark army green is from the one I was told was "not an olive Egger" earlier on this thread. She's solid green black with black/slate legs and the bottom of her feet are yellow. I was told by the lady that bred her that she was her last Ameri/aucana(?) Marans cross.



So is it "olive" enough? It looks pretty olive to me regardless of the color of the pullets feet.

Very nice olive, IMO...not sure feet color matters.

 

[trailrider330]

Got my first olive egg! At least I think it's olive. On the one week anniversary of our very first egg, we got two different colored eggs in the nest box! The light green eggs were laid by a buff and gray Easter Egger. The dark army green is from the one I was told was "not an olive Egger" earlier on this thread. She's solid green black with black/slate legs and the bottom of her feet are yellow. I was told by the lady that bred her that she was her last Ameri/aucana(?) Marans cross.



So is it "olive" enough? It looks pretty olive to me regardless of the color of the pullets feet.

I would love a hen that laid an olive egg that pretty! Since there is no standard for OEs, I do not think feet color matters as much as parentage. If you breed a blue egg layer (true Ameraucana) to a dark brown egg layer (Marans), you should always get an OE. Perhaps I am wrong, but isn't physical appearance, such as comb type, more closely linked with olive eggers when you are working with F2s or F3s?

 

[chickengr]

I had a dark brahma mix for my first cockbird, got him at 18 months old...he was a sweetie....gave him back when I got a different sire, he was too nice to butcher. I learned a lot from having him.

One of his first lessons, first day he was here he showed the girls where to lay.


This was shortly before he left.

my brahma mix is like that!

 

[chickengr]

Got my first olive egg! At least I think it's olive. On the one week anniversary of our very first egg, we got two different colored eggs in the nest box! The light green eggs were laid by a buff and gray Easter Egger. The dark army green is from the one I was told was "not an olive Egger" earlier on this thread. She's solid green black with black/slate legs and the bottom of her feet are yellow. I was told by the lady that bred her that she was her last Ameri/aucana(?) Marans cross.



So is it "olive" enough? It looks pretty olive to me regardless of the color of the pullets feet.

beautiful eggs!

 

[bbhorsefly]

I would love a hen that laid an olive egg that pretty!  Since there is no standard for OEs, I do not think feet color matters as much as parentage.  If you breed a blue egg layer (true Ameraucana) to a dark brown egg layer (Marans), you should always get an OE.  Perhaps I am wrong, but isn't physical appearance, such as comb type, more closely linked with olive eggers when you are working with F2s or F3s?

That's why I was perplexed when people were insisting that she wasn't what the breeder said she was. Oh well! My imposter Olive Egger actually lays olive eggs so I guess it doesn't matter. Haha

 

[ChickChuck22]

Just put these in incubator.

Those eggs are beautiful, you're so lucky to have Isbars, I have been unable to find any in the UK, so now looking overseas for someone willing to ship me eggs!