The Olive-Egger thread!

[catheygreer]

Weeeha!!!

Nice thread onthespot.

beautiful eggs

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Here are some of my eggs, with the very nice olive eggs from my OE in there. I just hatched nine OEs (4 Ameraucana x Marans and 5 Ameraucana x OE), because my Ameraucana rooster got killed - hope I get some pullets in the bunch!

 

[catheygreer]

What are the Grey eggs

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

What are the Grey eggs

There aren't any grey eggs - it might be the photo. Can you count from the bottom or top which one you mean?

 

[aart]

Quote: One at the bottom of exit chute, one at 8:00, and one tucked on bottom at 1:00.....look grayish to me.
Very difficult to get true colors in photos...and they can look different on everyone's screens.

Nice 'basket'....or 'rack'!

 

[tlzimmerman]

Ok this is one the list of things to do now, I love those deep olive eggs.

 

[Catandherchicks]

Here are some of my eggs, with the very nice olive eggs from my OE in there. I just hatched nine OEs (4 Ameraucana x Marans and 5 Ameraucana x OE), because my Ameraucana rooster got killed - hope I get some pullets in the bunch!

Very pretty egg collection!

 

[Fire Ant Farm]

Quote: One at the bottom of exit chute, one at 8:00, and one tucked on bottom at 1:00.....look grayish to me.
Very difficult to get true colors in photos...and they can look different on everyone's screens.

Nice 'basket'....or 'rack'!

Thanks! Those are deeply saturated blue green eggs, from some of my Cream Legbar pullets. (The lighter blue ones are from a different CL hen).

 

[Curnow]

I have read and read, and just want to make sure I have this right. Please excuse the long post.

One of my roosters "Wylie" is my own cross. His father is Appenzeller Spitzhauben (white egg gene). His mother is Easter Egger (light olive eggs). His 3 sisters from the same parents are laying medium blue eggs.

Am I correct that Wylie will carrying the blue egg gene like his sisters, and guaranteed this because his fathers white egg gene will be cancelled out by other colors, and his sibling hens have proven to carry blue?

I have several brown egg breeds of hens I would like to cross him with for Olive eggs.

Also, If he carries blue gene and I cross with F1 Oliver egger (Cuckoo Marans roo / Easter Egger hen) will those eggs be olive or revert to blue?

Hens I would like to cross with are
Buff Orpington
Cuckoo Marans
Light Brahma
Rhode Island Red
Red and Black Sex Link

Any input and opinions appreciated....Thanks

 

[pioneerchick816]

@tlzimmerman
You'll get hooked!! All the different colors I'm going to have I hope will be a selling point

I'm excited to get going