The Olive-Egger thread!

[poultrycrazy]

Ok so i have a white EE hen and a GL polish, a BBR OEGB, a MF duccle, Cuckoo frizzle polish, Black and Partridge silkie, and a BCM roos. What should i breed her to?????

 

[Illia]

Olive Eggers aren't just some random cross of colored on brown, they're specifically any green/blue layer crossed with any dark red/brpwn layer.

So an EE and a BCM are a perfect cross, or an Ameraucana and a BCM are a perfect cross to create Olive Eggers.

 

[poultrycrazy]

But i really want like cuckoo or BBS olive eggers.

Could i cross the White EE to the Cuckoo frizzle Bantam polsih roo then cross that to a BCM? Would they even be cuckoo?

 

[Wynette]

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If you're up for a bit of a drive, I have extras currently & would be happy to save you one. I'm in SE Michigan. I also have a brother that lives in Capron, IL, who works in my area monday through thursday; it's possible I could arrange a meet-up when he drives back home at some point. PM me if interested.

 

[poultrycrazy]

Anyone?

 

[Happy Chooks]

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I wouldn't. The polish would lighten the blue which is not what you want when making olive eggers. Patty (onthespot) has barred olive eggers. Not sure how she made them though.

 

[racuda]

If anyone is near me in Asheboro North Carolina and is interested in a BCM cockerel to make some olive eggers I have one you can have gratis. He is a poor specimen of his breed with too much copper/brown on him but he hatched from a very dark reddish egg, and would be great paired with an Ameraucana hen.
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[Bare bottom farm]

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Thank s everyone I will just keep looking.. Yes spring time would be great for some new colored egg layers..

 

[jeremy]

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There's a BYC member, onthespot, that has Barred/Cuckoo Olive Eggers. Her birds are nice!

 

[onthespot]

mine were made from a barred bearded green laying hen of unknown breeding that had been in a pen with a lot of marans when I bought her. I hatched out the eggs she laid when I got her home, and got my start from there. I used another marans roo, a blue cuckoo one for a short time. I crossed her son back with her, and then took an outcross son from the blue cuckoo roo and crossed that back on the flock. Right now I have a half dozen hens in with two roos, my original son one, and a son from the blue cuckoo roo. They seem to all be getting along well for now. If they end up not getting along, I will cage them and use them in rotation. I like both. I still get single combs occasionally from my flock, and the egg color varies quite a bit. Right now I'm working on type and trying to improve size and meatiness. None are laying right now, so I couldn't send eggs even if I wanted to, but anyhow, you can see a few pics on my site http://pattycarson.com/poultry.html