The Olive-Egger thread!

[hyzenthlay]

Does anyone have olive eggers that are the result of one olive Egger parent and either a dark egg layer or blue egg layer? What do their eggs look like? Do you have pics?

I have seen the color charts that show what the eggs are supposed to look like from these crosses, but I haven't seen very many actual egg pics. I'd love to see more.

My main reason for asking is that I got an Olive Egger chick that was supposed to be a pullet but now I'm 99% sure it's a boy. It is 7 weeks old now, a welsummer x Legbar cross from Meyer Hatchery--and looks exactly like a CCL cockerel at this stage. I'm not supposed to have roosters where I live, but if he stays nice and quiet I'm toying with the idea of keeping him awhile to cross with either my ameraucana, Easter Egger, or Marans. I'd really like to work towards some of those forest green type eggs I see on the chart, or the other interesting colors past straight olive, but I can't tell how realistic that is or how many generations it takes in practice (rather than in ideal/theory, which I think is what the chart represents).

 

[pennyJo1960]

Does anyone have olive eggers that are the result of one olive Egger parent and either a dark egg layer or blue egg layer? What do their eggs look like? Do you have pics?

I have seen the color charts that show what the eggs are supposed to look like from these crosses, but I haven't seen very many actual egg pics. I'd love to see more.

My main reason for asking is that I got an Olive Egger chick that was supposed to be a pullet but now I'm 99% sure it's a boy. It is 7 weeks old now, a welsummer x Legbar cross from Meyer Hatchery--and looks exactly like a CCL cockerel at this stage. I'm not supposed to have roosters where I live, but if he stays nice and quiet I'm toying with the idea of keeping him awhile to cross with either my ameraucana, Easter Egger, or Marans. I'd really like to work towards some of those forest green type eggs I see on the chart, or the other interesting colors past straight olive, but I can't tell how realistic that is or how many generations it takes in practice (rather than in ideal/theory, which I think is what the chart represents).

I am not certain either but I have a beautiful Blue cockerel that is a f1 olive egger
and I am taking him to easter egger and barred rock pullet and hens
the chart should be from geneticists such as I was testing hatching and fact

 

[morbius18]

Does anyone have olive eggers that are the result of one olive Egger parent and either a dark egg layer or blue egg layer? What do their eggs look like? Do you have pics?

I have seen the color charts that show what the eggs are supposed to look like from these crosses, but I haven't seen very many actual egg pics. I'd love to see more.

My main reason for asking is that I got an Olive Egger chick that was supposed to be a pullet but now I'm 99% sure it's a boy. It is 7 weeks old now, a welsummer x Legbar cross from Meyer Hatchery--and looks exactly like a CCL cockerel at this stage. I'm not supposed to have roosters where I live, but if he stays nice and quiet I'm toying with the idea of keeping him awhile to cross with either my ameraucana, Easter Egger, or Marans. I'd really like to work towards some of those forest green type eggs I see on the chart, or the other interesting colors past straight olive, but I can't tell how realistic that is or how many generations it takes in practice (rather than in ideal/theory, which I think is what the chart represents).

Here are some of my eggs. The blue egg is the mother of the lighter green egg layer. The darker green on is an f3. Crossed back to Marans for 3 generations. The 4th generation had 50% chicks that lost the pea comb and look like marans, the others haven't stated laying yet.

Eggs pictured on top from left to right are: easter egger, blue copper marans (really dark), Golden cuckoo marans.

Eggs pictured on the bottom from left to right are: f1 olive egger, f3 olive egger and buff orpington.

 

[Catandherchicks]

Here are some of my eggs. The blue egg is the mother of the lighter green egg layer. The darker green on is an f3. Crossed back to Marans for 3 generations. The 4th generation had 50% chicks that lost the pea comb and look like marans, the others haven't stated laying yet.

Eggs pictured on top from left to right are: easter egger, blue copper marans (really dark), Golden cuckoo marans.

Eggs pictured on the bottom from left to right are: f1 olive egger, f3 olive egger and buff orpington.

What an excellent collection you have!

 

[pennyJo1960]

Thank you both very much I do have the color chart hanging on my wall
I look forward to hatching out a few of my own

 

[aart]

Here are some of my eggs. The blue egg is the mother of the lighter green egg layer. The darker green on is an f3. Crossed back to Marans for 3 generations. The 4th generation had 50% chicks that lost the pea comb and look like marans, the others haven't stated laying yet.


Eggs pictured on top from left to right are: easter egger, blue copper marans (really dark), Golden cuckoo marans.

Eggs pictured on the bottom from left to right are: f1 olive egger, f3 olive egger and buff orpington.

Whoa what a BCM!!
I've got one like bottom center.....call it Khaki.....out of a Wellie over an unrelated F1.

 

[percoco13]

So if I cross my Olive egger roo (pea combed and a wellsummerx whiting true blue cross) with a blue ameracauna..... what egg color gene is passed? Is there a chart- im interested to see what my unusual olive egger crosses are going to produce- since I don't have the typical copper marans and ameracauna cross it's hard to find info. How does the basic genetics break down. Green egg x blue egg ?? Thanks!

 

[pennyJo1960]

hey my first try at incubating eggs from easter egger and F-1 blue cockerel
due in the next two days these are all green or blue eggs

 

[morbius18]

So if I cross my Olive egger roo (pea combed and a wellsummerx whiting true blue cross) with a blue ameracauna..... what egg color gene is passed? Is there a chart- im interested to see what my unusual olive egger crosses are going to produce- since I don't have the typical copper marans and ameracauna cross it's hard to find info. How does the basic genetics break down. Green egg x blue egg ?? Thanks!

Generally green egg to brown egg will get darker and darker khaki. Green egg to blue egg will get lighter and lighter approaching the blue color.


Whiting true blues are called a 'breed' and say they breed true, but they can come in any color, have single or rose combs and have different leg colors. Sounds like an easter egger to me.

 

[aart]

hey my first try at incubating eggs from easter egger and F-1 blue cockerel
due in the next two days these are all green or blue eggs

How exciting!
Now you just have 5-6 more weeks to discern males from females,
then another 6 months to see what egg colors you get.......
.......uhg, it's a long wait, then wait, some more when 'making' olive eggers.

I'm at the waiting for eggs stage, 1 pullet has laid a decent medium olive....only 5 more to wait for..haha!!