The Olive-Egger thread!

[Fire Ant Farm]

Finally! An olive egg! I'm so excited!

That plum colored one is also stunning! From which hen/breed did it come?

- Ant Farm

 

[StarMeKritten]

That plum colored one is also stunning! From which hen/breed did it come?

- Ant Farm

It's from my black copper marans hen. About half of her eggs have a heavier bloom on them and look purple. The OE is a cross between her and my EE rooster. I have a second pullet from the same cross that's about a week younger. I'm anxious to see what her eggs look like too, but she has a single comb so I suspect there will be brown eggs from her. I'm curious what shade of brown (or plum?) they will be.

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

It's from my black copper marans hen. About half of her eggs have a heavier bloom on them and look purple. The OE is a cross between her and my EE rooster. I have a second pullet from the same cross that's about a week younger. I'm anxious to see what her eggs look like too, but she has a single comb so I suspect there will be brown eggs from her. I'm curious what shade of brown (or plum?) they will be.

How lovely - I knew the plum color came from bloom, but keep hearing about Langshans for the plum bloom features. Nice to see it in a different breed...

So lovely! Keep us posted!

- Ant Farm

 

[gimmie birdies]

you don't wash an egg before setting it. I don't wash an egg until just before eating it and I enjoy the color to the end. all eggs change colors when washed, but only the eggs with the best colors they say, "oh it was the bloom. "

 

[gapey]

Here's a better photo of the first olive eggs from my marans x isbar crosses. As mentioned before one of them is laying light brown ugh. But the other is a nice olive/khaki color. The photo posted before was a quick phone pic but I got out my real camera, a light tent and my grey card for this one to show the accurate color of the eggs. So this is pretty much what they look like. I think there's still one that hasn't laid yet unless there are two laying the same color olive. Need to find out who's laying what.

 

[Catandherchicks]

Finally! An olive egg! I'm so excited!

Congratulations! Very nice - it looks like a pimento should be sticking out.

 

[Susieq2015]

Wow such gorgeous eggs on this thread! Gives me ideas for the future Grey, plum, the possibilities... Now does anyone know if i cross an EE roo hatched from a blue egg but has a white egg father with a BCM hen...will i get an olive egger or will that white grandad dilute the egg color? Thanks in advance!

 

[bbhorsefly]

Here are most of the colors I am getting! I don't have pictured my darkest olive or a pale pink tinted white, but these are the other colors!

 

[gimmie birdies]

6 babies hatched from eggs I bought from a road side stand. (I set 7, and 2 of mine. one was clear.)The black chick hatched out of the green egg. I named her Olive. She is very sweet.

 

[Catandherchicks]

Here are most of the colors I am getting! I don't have pictured my darkest olive or a pale pink tinted white, but these are the other colors!

Absolutely lovely collection!