The Olive-Egger thread!

[Wynette]

onthespot - are yours F1 or F2? If F2, would you please post egg pics? I think I might need a barred olive egger some day!

 

[Freckle Face Farm]

These are my girls I am waiting for my first Olive Eggers from

They are just starting to get beards..

Both have coppering

These 2 white Ameraucana pullets will go with my new Cuckoo roo picked up 2 more white chicks Hoping for barred olive eggers

Here's the roo I have a long way to go..

Wynette CONGRATS!!!

on the egg BEAUTIFUL!!!

 

[Wynette]

Thanks, 3chickens! Your girls are SO cute! That little barred boy is adorable, too! Love how he's looking right into the camera, posing for you!

 

[hipeatall]

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Yea yea yea!!!

 

[hipeatall]

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I'm curious... what are F1 and F2?

 

[Happy Chooks]

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I'm curious... what are F1 and F2?

F1 is 1st generation, F2 is 2nd generation and so on....

 

[hipeatall]

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I'm curious... what are F1 and F2?

F1 is 1st generation, F2 is 2nd generation and so on....

Thank you! I've still got soooo much to learn!

 

[daps2000]

is it a big deal which is which ... I have an Americana Rooster ... and Welsummer hens ... with that work?

 

[onthespot]

either way the cross will work. Doesn't matter who carries blue, or who carries brown.

 

[Lensters]

I'm curious as to what people are finding on the F2 and later crosses. Because the F1 cross is carrying one blue shell gene and one brown shell gene the eggs are green. Since these genes are at different loci (ie. are separate genes) , crossing a pair of F1s will result in:

6.25% having two of each gene
12.5% having two blue genes and one brown gene
6.25% having two blue genes and no brown gene (ie. blue eggs)
12.5% having one blue genes and two brown gene
25% having one of each gene
12.5% having one blue genes and no brown gene (ie. blue eggs)
6.25% having no blue genes and two brown genes (ie. brown eggs)
12.5% having no blue genes and one brown gene (ie. brown eggs)
6.25% having neither gene (ie. white eggs)

In summary:

18.75% with blue eggs
18.75% with brown eggs
6.25% with white eggs
56.25% with some shade of green eggs

For now, I'm sticking to F1 crosses to make sure I know what I'm getting. However, I would love to see eggs from a hen that has two of both genes.

Edited for grammar & cut-n-paste error.