The Olive-Egger thread!

[gladahmae]

If legbars are being used in the cross instead of ameraucanas then the point about pea comb/no pea comb doesn't apply.

 

[dekel18042]

Is there any sure way to sex a 7 day old OE chick? Is feather sexing an accurate thing for this breed? Any advice would be so appreciated!

Olive eggers aren't really a breed. They're created when a blue egg layer is bred to a dark egg layer so there are many ways to create them. That said however, I have found that using welsummers which are an autosexing breed to create olive eggers, I can usually sex the olive eggers the same way I can the welsummers. The girls look like they're wearing eye liner and have a dark unbroken line back from the eye. The boys have no eyeliner and the line from the eye is much paler and often broken.
When I've used marans or even mixes for my dark egg layer it takes a while.

 

[MamaSteen3]

I have six babies that I hatched total-five are black and one is yellow. They are products of FBCM and BAs, if that helps.

I checked that eyeliner out and that's a no go Their eyes are circled in yellow with black splashes, no distinct liner.

 

[MamaSteen3]

If legbars are being used in the cross instead of ameraucanas then the point about pea comb/no pea comb doesn't apply.

 

[MamaSteen3]

Nope, they're from BAs and FBCMs. Anything I can look for now that I specified that? I should have in the original post :/ Sorry!

 

[BackyardMarana]

I hatched out chicks there father is a faucaucana and there moms are ameraucanas .easter eggers.orpington.and many diffrent ones there eggs that they hatched out from where blye,green,and brown the dad carries the blue egg geneand has a pea comb .What color of egg would the chicks lay and what if they have a straight comb ?
Thanks for any help you guys can give

 

[aart]

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Chick one was from one of my red based Dellie-Wellie Roos and likely a splashed Olive-Egger Hen
Chick two was from one of my white based Dellie-Wellie Roos and likely a blue with red bleed Olive-Egger Hen
Chick three was from my main Welsummer Roo and likely a lavender Olive-Egger Hen

WaitWhat?!!? You hatched the chicks.... or some other lady?
With those mixed genetics. who knows what you'll get for eggs......I would certainly not guarantee olive eggs from those crosses.

 

[WhittHavenFarm]

If I put my Red Sexlink hen in the breeding pen with my Creaml Legbars (one roo and 3 hens) would that cross produce Olive Eggers)?

 

[cupofJoelene]

If I put my Red Sexlink hen in the breeding pen with my Creaml Legbars (one roo and 3 hens) would that cross produce Olive Eggers)?

Not sure the red sexlink eggs would be dark enough to get the deep olive color, but some shades of green!

 

[WhittHavenFarm]

Not sure the red sexlink eggs would be dark enough to get the deep olive color, but some shades of green!