The Olive-Egger thread!

[chickengr]

I have ee rooster and cuckoo maran hens..would that still produce olive egger

only if he has a blue egg gene and passes it to the chicks.

 

[BackyardMarana]

How dark would f1 be ?

 

[morbius18]

My Golden Cuckoo Marans crosses are looking good. Should be Golden cuckoo olive eggers.

 

[otakalhasas]

My Golden Cuckoo Marans crosses are looking good. Should be Golden cuckoo olive eggers.

Very pretty! What were they crossed with (I probably missed that post)?

 

[morbius18]

Very pretty!  What were they crossed with (I probably missed that post)?

Golden Cuckoo Marans Rooster and 2 easter egger hens that showed gold.

 

[aart]

Quote: Blue egg layers I presume?

 

[morbius18]

Blue egg layers I presume?

Yes, verified with test matings to carry 2 copies of blue egg genes

 

[aart]

Quote: How do you do that?

 

[Manningjw]

How do you do that?

Only way I know how to do that is to cross to a single comb white or brown egg layer and confirm each resulting hen lays blue or green eggs in the F1 generation. Would be a bit harder with a flock of hens though, easier to do with a rooster.

 

[aart]

Quote: So what breed cockbird did you use over the EE...and were all resulting pullets blue shelled layers?