The Olive-Egger thread!

[thechickonthehill]

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Well, just to make things interesting for you, some of them can have unfeathered legs and still be Ford's babies.

Some of my crossbred chicks do and some don't and the only rooster that I have in with the hens is a Faverolles (feathered legs).

Interesting, I thought feathered shanks were dominant.

Anyhow, with Ford being blue, any blue chicks will definitely be his. It doesn't really matter, they all will be olive eggers. I plan to separate Ford later with his own ladies (when my coop is done), and hatch some babies that I know will be from him. This is just a test run for my first broody to see how she does. Any pullets that I don't want to keep, a friend of ours will be happy to take.

I was just sitting here mentally tallying all the different breeds of hens that I have crossed my Fav roo with . . . and realized that the only hen that was not also a feather legged breed was an EE. I have two chicks (pullets now) of hers and neither of them has feathered legs although one has one little teeny pin poking out as if she would like to grow a feather. Maybe the gene is passed along but not well expressed in some non-feather legged breeds?

I am still very new to chickens and certainly have only the tiniest bit of knowledge of chicken (or any) genetics. I thought the gene for feathered legs was dominant also but then I had these two flukes.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Well they are very pretty Flukes. Maybe your roo has a recessive clean shanked trait in him.

I see the front one got the 5 toes.

I guess I'll see when these babies pop out!

 

[Wynette]

Yup, feathered shanks are a dominant gene, but the roo can definitely have a recessive clean-shank gene. PRETTY girls, chickonthehill!

 

[CuddleBug Ranch]

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I have two chickens that are about 20 weeks old now that look just like the picture of this one. However, one has what appear to be tail feathers that a rooster would have. I see no waddles nor spurs on this chicken. Do you suppose it is a rooster? It's funny as when I got them, the smaller one was thought to be the rooster and it doesn't have the "rooster" tail feathers. I was told they are a cross of cuckoo maran, Mille Fleur d'Uncle, and Black Australorp for the olive eggs.

 

[Happy Chooks]

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I have two chickens that are about 20 weeks old now that look just like the picture of this one. However, one has what appear to be tail feathers that a rooster would have. I see no waddles nor spurs on this chicken. Do you suppose it is a rooster? It's funny as when I got them, the smaller one was thought to be the rooster and it doesn't have the "rooster" tail feathers. I was told they are a cross of cuckoo maran, Mille Fleur d'Uncle, and Black Australorp for the olive eggs.

Post pics and we can tell you if you have a rooster or not.

 

[jeremy]

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Wow, these birds are gorgeous! I'm working on a Wheaten/BW Olive Egger line, it's cool to see something in pictures that I've kept mulling over in my head for so long. You mentioned they're part Fav, do they lay a dark egg?

I can't wait to start hatching babies now.

 

[hipeatall]

Faverolles usually lay a tinted or cream colored egg...

 

[kipepeo]

i guess I can join this now one of my 3 new EE's is laying an olive egg here are all 3 eE eggs with a white egg

 

[Wynette]

Pretty eggs, kipepeo!

 

[BLaBauve]

Hi everyone. I'm quite the lurker on here. Here is a picture of a few of my teenagers, the blue one is an Olive Egger from Onthespot. I also have some olive egger eggs in the bator from Wynette - day 10.

Thanks for sharing these unique birds, and as soon as I have her first egg I'll be posting again.

Beth