The Olive-Egger thread!

[Illia]

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People keep it going (lots of us have 2nd, 3rd, even 6th gen olive eggers) by crossing back to the Marans or Ameraucana. From there, keep bouncing around. Some do indeed breed Olive Egger x Olive Egger, but when you do that on the first generation, you'll get a good chance of plain 'ol brown egg layers too.

My advice is always to go like this -

Dark Brown x Blue/Green - Olive Egg

Olive Egg x Dark Brown - dark Olive Egg


The next step is your choice. . .


dark Olive Egg x Dark Brown - takes you right on to just dark brown or possibly brown.

dark Olive Egg x Olive Egg - not sure of but sounds like a really good mix

dark Olive Egg x blue/green - should take you right back to the more original type olive eggers


With me, a big importance is to get a good look on the Olive Egger too. I like my mutts to have as much a goal as a purebred.

For one example, I'm working on Buff Ameraucana x Black Copper Marans. The first gen will hopefully give me a 25% chance of dun colored brown-red looking birds, whom I will breed back to the Black Copper again, to get a 50% chance of dun-copper birds. With very focused breeding and successful dun genes being available, this will make for a bearded/muffed, feather shanked, chocolate colored dark olive egg layer with buff colored hackles/saddle.

A guided photo from the Chicken Calculator to show color:

 

[yazzymon]

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People keep it going (lots of us have 2nd, 3rd, even 6th gen olive eggers) by crossing back to the Marans or Ameraucana. From there, keep bouncing around. Some do indeed breed Olive Egger x Olive Egger, but when you do that on the first generation, you'll get a good chance of plain 'ol brown egg layers too.

My advice is always to go like this -

Dark Brown x Blue/Green - Olive Egg

Olive Egg x Dark Brown - dark Olive Egg


The next step is your choice. . .


dark Olive Egg x Dark Brown - takes you right on to just dark brown or possibly brown.

dark Olive Egg x Olive Egg - not sure of but sounds like a really good mix

dark Olive Egg x blue/green - should take you right back to the more original type olive eggers


With me, a big importance is to get a good look on the Olive Egger too. I like my mutts to have as much a goal as a purebred.

For one example, I'm working on Buff Ameraucana x Black Copper Marans. The first gen will hopefully give me a 25% chance of dun colored brown-red looking birds, whom I will breed back to the Black Copper again, to get a 50% chance of dun-copper birds. With very focused breeding and successful dun genes being available, this will make for a bearded/muffed, feather shanked, chocolate colored dark olive egg layer with buff colored hackles/saddle.

A guided photo from the Chicken Calculator to show color:

http://kippenjungle.nl/kipkiezer_bestanden/Fbruingoudberken.JPG

http://kippenjungle.nl/kipkiezer_bestanden/bruingoudberken.JPG

For one example, I'm working on Buff Ameraucana x Black Copper Marans. The first gen will hopefully give me a 25% chance of dun colored brown-red looking birds, whom I will breed back to the Black Copper again, to get a 50% chance of dun-copper birds. With very focused breeding and successful dun genes being available, this will make for a bearded/muffed, feather shanked, chocolate colored dark olive egg layer with buff colored hackles/saddle.



THIS IS ONE BIRD, I'd LIKE TO SEE!!!!!

 

[NeeleysAVLChicks]

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Illia!

Well, I just pulled up this thread specifically to inquire what you guys thought about combo as a breeding situation, hopefully someone will chime in.

Even if not, I have some test examples of that breeding situation peeping around in the brooder as we speak!

I had two little babies hatch this morning parented by two OEs from Wynette's stock. I'm anxious to see how they turn out and am curious if you guys have any predictions.

I'll post some pictures of the parents and new babies right after lunch (East Coast time) and see what you guys think.

 

[HHandbasket]

I don't think my olive egger is going to lay olive eggs. As she is maturing, she is developing a straight comb rather than a pea comb. I am sooooooo disappointed.

 

[NeeleysAVLChicks]

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Bummer! She likely won't, but I do have one little OE hen with a straight comb that lays olive eggs. I wouldn't of believed it but I watched her lay her first, I couldn't believe my eyes! So don't give up all hope.

I don't know what you're OE mix is but I've also been pleasantly surprised by my non-olive laying OEs (ie the rest of the single combed girls). They lay a very nice dark brown, so dark, its hard to tell the difference between my Marans and my brown-laying OEs. Not olive, but still a nice addition to the egg basket!

 

[Morgan7782]

Neeley! That is exactly what I am hoping for! Sorry I will be getting a pullet that is sisters with HHandBaskets Olive Egger girl. She also has a straight comb her picture is a few pages back. I am hoping if not a olive egg then I hope for a dark brown like the FBCM. The "sire" or dad was a FBCM and their mom was 1/2 P... Something long with a P, and 1/2 Blue Ameraucana. I would LOVE the dark brown eggs it would be like I have a FBCM with cheek puffies!

She looks just like a BCM but with the chipmunk puffies that Ameraucana's have. She is beautiful

Either way I am happy!

 

[draye]

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Could that have been Pendescenca? They are also a dark egg layer.

 

[HHandbasket]

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Bummer! She likely won't, but I do have one little OE hen with a straight comb that lays olive eggs. I wouldn't of believed it but I watched her lay her first, I couldn't believe my eyes! So don't give up all hope.

I don't know what you're OE mix is but I've also been pleasantly surprised by my non-olive laying OEs (ie the rest of the single combed girls). They lay a very nice dark brown, so dark, its hard to tell the difference between my Marans and my brown-laying OEs. Not olive, but still a nice addition to the egg basket!

I hope she lays soon! I'm supposed to get a BCM pullet in a few days from someone, but I don't want it if this one lays dark eggs! I can only have so many chickens, so I am wanting 1 of each color egg-layer. I have a barred rock who gives us a pretty pink egg every day, one EE (who I think is a real brown/red ameraucana) who lays a beautiful aqua blue egg, one EE who lays a light green egg, our brahma will eventually give us medium brown eggs, and we have an EE/american gamefowl mutt chicken who should start laying any time now and we have no idea what she'll give us, but she does have a total pea comb so we are expecting it'll be of a blue variety. If my OE doesn't lay olive green eggs, I'm going to have to find another one somewhere & I won't need a BCM if this one lays dark brown eggs.

Argh.

Oh, the parentage of these OEs is ameraucana x penedesenca, covered with a BCM roo. They were hatched from Wynette's eggs.

 

[Medicine Man]

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I'm working a true-breeding, Junglefowl-looking Olive Egger.

emphasis on the "ing" in working.

 

[Medicine Man]

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She probably wouldn't lay a dark brown egg, probably just brown. Mine lays one thats all chalky in texture and inconsistent in color. Not enough of the dark egg genes, not enough paint.