The Olive-Egger thread!

[Shadow722]

Do I breed my F1 roo to my dark layer or F1 hens to dark layer to get F2?

I'm not a professional breeder, but the way I understand it you'd use the Marans Roo and the F1 to get a F2. Logically thinking a F1 roo and F1 hen would be another F1, but again I'm not a professional breeder and I'm just having fun with chickens. One may come along and say different.

 

[Allie3513]

Yes I mean should I breed my F1 roo to a Maran hen or a Maran roo to F1 hen to get F2.
Does it matter?

 

[aart]

Usually F1 to F1 = F2

 

[Allie3513]

I have a chart and it says F1 + F1 (or F2) could be 1 of 9 colors.

 

[Allie3513]

My phone won't let me upload the photo but it looks like this
https://www.backyardchickens.com/content/type/61/id/6300186/

 

[aart]

Here's typical genetics for Parents. F1, F2, and BC1:



If you want a serious chart of crossing Olive Eggers go to the Facebook group,
there's chart at the top of the page that is very detailed:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1541575112755530/

 

[gimmie birdies]

The hen to the right is my Isbar/maran cross, she is the mom to the blonde chick from a dark olive egg. Her mate was also dark...

 

[chickengr]

Yes I mean should I breed my F1 roo to a Maran hen or a Maran roo to F1 hen to get F2.
Does it matter?

maybe this helps:

 

[otakalhasas]

maybe this helps:

That's a cool chart - thanks for sharing!

 

[sweetbeak]

Help please, i have a black olive egger, well she hatched from an olive egg and want to know what everyone thinks, hen or rooster. I'm praying for rooster as she's very pretty, she's about 11 weeks old. In Australia we don't have much information about olive eggers so any help would be appreciated.

Thank you.

Below is a picture of her mother whom I think looks very similar less the golden flecks on her