The Olive-Egger thread!

[S5apiotrowski]

Greetings!

I am working on making an Olive Egger... I have an egg basket of multiple colors - but missing the green!

I currently have 4 Americaunas. I have 3 roos. A light brahma, Barnvelder, and Russian Orloff. My first batch of hatched blue eggs came from an easter egger, not an Americana - and one of the pullets was killed by the neighbors dog. I have another pullet from the Easter Egger, but I cannot tell if she is laying tan or green eggs. I have one very faint green egg - just a tiny bit more green than blue that I think still may be coming from an Americana - its not truly an "Olive" color.

I have two 16-18 week pullets that are Brahma/Americauna crosses with puffy cheeks and then couple more chicks that are 4 weeks old. Looking to sell the Brahma - dominant bird with a dominant white color to try to let my Barnvelder be king -- should help with the olive color.

But I'm not a true breeder - more of a backyard enthusiast. I let me birds free-range together all day and I'm not ready to break them apart and isolate the americaunas with the barnvelder...

 

[morbius18]

here is a Crele olive egger i have been working with she is a third cross hen back to Crele Penedesenca . I lost a few of my original girls and need to try and hatch some more

Here is some of mine that I suspect will be golden cuckoo or really close to crele. The rooster is a golden cuckoo marans the hens are easter eggers. Im pretty sure the Penedesenca was used to develop the golden cuckoo marans. The chicks have the barred look with golden head spots. For reference, this is the color the rooster throws:

 

[gimmie birdies]

my latest, nine are due the 16th, the rest the 20th. everyone is doing fine, I cannot see into the extra dark ones and not sure if a blue is clear.

 

[country lovin]

Looking to buy me olive egger chicks or eggs, or some dark brown layers as I have an abundance of olive egger roos now. I am south of Spokane or Coeur d'Alene

 

[gimmie birdies]

There is a gal who might sell to you in Spokane, her BYC name is Saris. if you look a few pgs back you can find her...

 

[country lovin]

There is a gal who might sell to you in Spokane, her BYC name is Saris. if you look a few pgs back you can find her...

Thank you it has been quite the egg hunt. Lol

 

[gimmie birdies]

I went to Spokane, on the way home stopped by Creston, got some eggs,


I added them to some I am hatching below...from my coop.

 

[Saris]

Looking to buy me olive egger chicks or eggs, or some dark brown layers as I have an abundance of olive egger roos now. I am south of Spokane or Coeur d'Alene

That's me! though my chicks are about 50/50 on being olive eggers. Dad carries one blue gene to pass on. I have my new hatched chicks for sale and I will have more around the middle of February, I can meet in Rathdrum or Spokane.

 

[gimmie birdies]

When did yours hatch, Saris?

 

[Saris]

When did yours hatch, Saris?

The last one hatched at 5am today.