The Olive-Egger thread!

[jaboo81]

I lost my best olive egger this week, a dog got into the chicken run and killed a roo and my best hen. I will miss that beautiful blue bird!

 

[LaSombra]

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I'm sorry...

 

[ruth]

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I'm so sorry.

 

[Wynette]

Oh, jaboo! I'm so sorry! Darnit anyway!

Gosh, I just came in to say how excited I am that my two latest olive eggers' combs are beginning to turn red (they turned 24 weeks today) and saw your post.

 

[Newyorkrita]

OK, pictures of my two olive egger chicks. Two weeks old tomorrow. I am holding the black chick first. It has the largest comb, even larger than the real BCM in with them.

Now I am holding the blue olive egger. I has gotten so dark now that it has feathers. It's almost black. Not sure now if its going to be blue or black. I sure hope its a girl.

So do I have one boy and one girl? Also I am so ignorant that I don't even know what type of comb that first chick has. Please someone explain it to me. I know I want it to have a pea comb.

 

[ihvpower]

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WOW! Look at the comb on that baby! I would say that he is a boy! The little blue girl is lovely!

 

[ihvpower]

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Oh Jaboo...I am deeply sorry for your loss

 

[ihvpower]

I now have 5 pippers!!!!!

 

[desertdarlene]

What a neat thread! I used to get eggs from my step-dad's workplace. It was his job to collect them and the olive ones were usually huge! I can't remember what breeds they were, though.

I wonder why they don't sell those in the stores.

He doesn't work there anymore, so no more fresh, olive, brown or spotted eggs.

 

[ihvpower]

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I don't think they are that well known yet to be sold commercially.. I think the average customer would not like the color or the price of an Olive Egg.

I sure do though!