The Olive-Egger thread!

[JennyHeidewald]

"Do you think she's a pullet or too early to tell?"

"If the head triangle and eyeliner 'works', good chance of pullet. "

Yep, with Welsummers the darker and more defined the brown markings are the better chance of a pullet. My mom and I got two Welsummers, and we went for the darkest marked ones out of the straight run bin and they turned out to be pullets.

 

[cluckingGOODtime]

Does it have to be a brown gene rooster? Why can't I use a brown gene hen and blue gene hen?

 

[KernH]

You can. Kern

 

[JennyHeidewald]

Does it have to be a brown gene rooster? Why can't I use a brown gene hen and blue gene hen?

I had to read that a couple times.... I am assuming you'd meant blue gene rooster. They do that cross, too, I am trying it, I am hoping the EE/Hamburg the roo has the blue egg gene and not the white one.

 

[AusHen]

These are my new olive eggers I hatched a bit over a week ago. minus the Welsummer in top left

 

[aart]

These are my new olive eggers I hatched a bit over a week ago.

What's the cross?
From your own flock?

 

[JennyHeidewald]

What's the cross?
From your own flock?

This was what I was going to ask.

 

[AusHen]

Purchased from a breeder friend.
Top left is the Welsummer. middle are Welsummer over Welsummer/Araucana. Top right OE (marans x ara) over OE (mixture of Araucana, Marans and frizzle cochins)
Bottom left Marans over Marans/Araucana and bottom middle is a Welsummer over "super blue" which was made using Araucana and Leghorn. "Super" refers to the size and of course blue for the egg colour.
I better add our Araucana look a lot more like your Ameraucana except also crested so some are bearded

 

[AusHen]

First Olive egg laid from a chicken I raised. blue Marans over Araucana

 

[aart]

First Olive egg laid from a chicken I raised. blue Marans over Araucana

Nice egg......gorgeous bird!