The Olive-Egger thread!

[BeardedLadyFarm]

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Crossing her to a blue egg gene bird will give you a greater chance of getting mostly green eggs, but it will lighten the color, which you may want.

I think you should cross her to a really dark Marans, and then send me the eggs.

 

[cottagegarden]

If they are already dark than you dont need to improve that so I would vote blue gene to keep them greenish.
The F2 crosses can start having straight combs again and get you back into brown eggs, so if you stay with a peacomb male, at least you know it
the offspring should have an increase in being some shade of green.
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[cottagegarden]

Ha ha ha-let's flip for it (0:
Whatever you do the world needs more splash Oe. So try and find a blue baby daddy!

 

[cottagegarden]

more blue and black Olive Egger babies-
the blues

the group, barred sex link make to the left front

 

[alicefelldown]

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PICTURES???!?!?!?

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

I think this is an olive egger from Cottagegarden. Well, I know it's from her, but it may be an Ameraucana. One of the Olive Eggers got mixed in before I banded, so I'm still trying to figure that one one out.

Meanwhile Vanda, my 8 month old Olive Egger pullet finally started laying. It's a pretty putty-green color. Not too dark, but a nice addition to the egg carton.

 

[kathyinmo]

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PICTURES???!?!?!?

I posted them last week .... but I would love to post them again!

(copied and pasted...)

Darn, I can not get a good picture of the color. Believe me, it is nice and dark olive!

Miss Olive was hatched on Halloween (from one of Wynette's eggs), so she is 23 weeks old (and so beautiful!)

 

[kathyinmo]

double post!

 

[BLaBauve]

Can someone help me with colors? So these chicks from left to right in the SECOND picture would be; Blue, Black, Blue???

Thanks!

 

[Illia]

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Blue, Black, Splash . . . . Cuckoo. Interesting!!