The Olive-Egger thread!

[NellaBean]

My newest batch of olive egg babies.........

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[Wynette]

NellaBean, they are CUTIE PATTOOTIES! Congrats!

 

[cherylcohen]

check out the olive eggers I just hatched from Happy Chooks eggs! The blue without feathered shanks is from Paulsrarepoultry

http://gallery.me.com/cheryl3355#100392

 

[Happy Chooks]

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They are too cute Cheryl! I only see 7 though, didn't you hatch 8?

Wow, your's have more brown on the wing than mine do, that's cool! They look very happy! BTW.......all mine ended up pullets, so you should have a good number of girls there! Don't freak out if those combs turn pink early like I did.

 

[Happy Chooks]

Here's my blue olive egger - She's 10 weeks old. (taken with a flash as it was pretty dark at the time) ETA: The black one behind her is her sister, also an olive egger.

 

[cherylcohen]

yep all 100% of yours hatched, one was the feather footed blue in the album. Here she is though, check out those cheeks!!!

 

[Happy Chooks]

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Wow, she's light blue! Of course she'll have big cheeks, here's her daddy's cheeks:

 

[cherylcohen]

could be the flash, on the color... but yeah almost looks lavender!! so the feathered shank black one has the same dad? What is he?

 

[Happy Chooks]

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He's BCM and I think EE (or Ameraucana) from Ruth's stock. I'm thinking he carries more of the brown gene, so that's why I tried mating him to pure Ameraucana's. (and to get a normal pea comb back)

So we'll see what happens in 5-6 months. And yes, any you have with feathered shanks are from him. My welsummer and Ameraucana's are clean legged, as they should be.

 

[cherylcohen]

I love the brown on the blacks I have, how do you think they will feather in with the brown?