The Olive-Egger thread!

[Resolution]

Black Quechua and genuine Quetero sometimes have eggs like you're describing. Coturnix quail and bustards do- some sort of rare matrix of pigments- -crypsis related
I've heard from Renee Caldwell that there's a breed called Croad Langshan I think that produces lilac eggs but evidently they are next to impossible to get your hands on and we can besure they don't want people using them to cross breed- same goes for quechua or quetero but sometimes there are composites- out there- it's hit or miss though - really looking for pink egg layers to put on my South American blue egg layers. If there can be beautiful green eggs there should be some way to produce lilac readily as well.

I need a pink egg layer to increase the purple hue of the pebble grey egg above. There is also some pink involved in the wasabi egg on the bottom of the page.

 

[Lark Rise]

Really? Wow!

Black Quechua and genuine Quetero sometimes have eggs like you're describing. Coturnix quail and bustards do- some sort of rare matrix of pigments- -crypsis related
I've heard from Renee Caldwell that there's a breed called Croad Langshan I think that produces lilac eggs but evidently they are next to impossible to get your hands on and we can besure they don't want people using them to cross breed- same goes for quechua or quetero but sometimes there are composites- out there- it's hit or miss though - really looking for pink egg layers to put on my South American blue egg layers. If there can be beautiful green eggs there should be some way to produce lilac readily as well.

I need a pink egg layer to increase the purple hue of the pebble grey egg above. There is also some pink involved in the wasabi egg on the bottom of the page.

 

[DMRippy]

i would like to know where my hen gets the purple dots come from and put them on a blue or green egg.
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Is that from a blue rock? I have a Splash rock that lays a spotted egg... bigger spots but they are kinda purple. Do you think the grayer looking spots are bloom?

 

[DMRippy]

While I am at it...Got a good pic of my eggs I'm using for OE crosses right now:

I need more olive eggers

I can't seem to hatch any of mine! Different roos now.... maybe this batch will hatch. I have some AM x Marans eggs coming next week so maybe soon I will have more than the two..... If my pullets will start laying regular size eggs in my other Olive Egger pen I can start hatching some that are Sex Linked.

 

[jeremy]

Black Quechua and genuine Quetero sometimes have eggs like you're describing. Coturnix quail and bustards do- some sort of rare matrix of pigments- -crypsis related
I've heard from Renee Caldwell that there's a breed called Croad Langshan I think that produces lilac eggs but evidently they are next to impossible to get your hands on and we can besure they don't want people using them to cross breed- same goes for quechua or quetero but sometimes there are composites- out there- it's hit or miss though - really looking for pink egg layers to put on my South American blue egg layers. If there can be beautiful green eggs there should be some way to produce lilac readily as well.

I need a pink egg layer to increase the purple hue of the pebble grey egg above. There is also some pink involved in the wasabi egg on the bottom of the page.

That gray egg is stunning! I have an Olive Egger that lays a coppery green egg sometimes with bloom, it tends to look gray when it's completely covered in bloom it's really cool.



The same egg, but wet.

 

[Resolution]

Dm Rippey has it going on- what a blessing. She's got a proper cornucopia of colours there. If you're having trouble with hatching drop any feed with soy. If they're your breeders trade it out for a nutritious scratch diet, with small supplementation of dried chick peas and twice a week open a can of canned mackerel and mix it with cooked rice and overripe fruit, veggies- greens- whatever you have- but eliminate soy. To increase egg pigmentation of blue pigments- quinoa, iris root and cooked sweet potato work for me. To increase the hues of reds and browns high garlic, fresh ginger grated, day lily (all parts) and cinnamon supplementation may help. The difference is generally expressed in the daughters of the hens fed supplementation only slight difference in the hens themselves.
- Dark blue egg hen with a quetero x JF X JF x quetero x JF rooster
egg that's almost purple but mostly unsightly poo coloured. If proper pink were bred in I think maybe that could deposit another layer that might bring out purple?

The Wasabi green egg above is not from my bird that's Japanese breeding from Indonesian and South American stock with some pink laying hens involved too- likely Paco "crested Mapuche" some of those hens produce a fine pink egg but none of mine do- just sort of rosy with brown- nothing to write home about.
I think there is Tosa-Kukin and Mikawa in the Wasabi green egg chickens together with one of the dark blue egg producing South Americans- could be one of the Rapa Nui bred with Colloncas as that tends to produce dramatic difference of eggs sometimes.

 

[Christie Rhae]

Dm Rippey has it going on- what a blessing. She's got a proper cornucopia of colours there. If you're having trouble with hatching drop any feed with soy. If they're your breeders trade it out for a nutritious scratch diet, with small supplementation of dried chick peas and twice a week open a can of canned mackerel and mix it with cooked rice and overripe fruit, veggies- greens- whatever you have- but eliminate soy. To increase egg pigmentation of blue pigments- quinoa, iris root and cooked sweet potato work for me. To increase the hues of reds and browns high garlic, fresh ginger grated, day lily (all parts) and cinnamon supplementation may help. The difference is generally expressed in the daughters of the hens fed supplementation only slight difference in the hens themselves.
- Dark blue egg hen with a quetero x JF X JF x quetero x JF rooster
egg that's almost purple but mostly unsightly poo coloured. If proper pink were bred in I think maybe that could deposit another layer that might bring out purple?

The Wasabi green egg above is not from my bird that's Japanese breeding from Indonesian and South American stock with some pink laying hens involved too- likely Paco "crested Mapuche" some of those hens produce a fine pink egg but none of mine do- just sort of rosy with brown- nothing to write home about.
I think there is Tosa-Kukin and Mikawa in the Wasabi green egg chickens together with one of the dark blue egg producing South Americans- could be one of the Rapa Nui bred with Colloncas as that tends to produce dramatic difference of eggs sometimes.

*#@sputtersputtercopypasteprint!!! Great info!!

 

[Resolution]

Oh my- that egg is so awesome! Have you got a photo of the hen? What is she? Is she a product of your own selective breeding? How did you arrive at this>?

 

[Lark Rise]

Resolution, my husband grew up in the 4 corners area, Silverton, Durango, Mancos, We lived in Mancos when we were first married. It's such a beautiful area. Ouray is especially stunning. I miss the mountains. It is so cold and snowy there. I remember one early July, we still had snow on one side of our house, days when we could not get out of our back door because the snow packed us in. My husband tells a story of skiing out of their second floor door to get to school when they lived in Silverton. How do chickens survive that cold and snow?

 

[DMRippy]

I don't think that was my egg basket you saw. I am not really having a problem breeding, it is just these two girls eggs for some reason. I have had some technical problems with some hatches. But I think it may have been the roo, maybe not... they do develop, jut don't hatch. I feed a pork based feed and some high quality feed with soy AND high protein spent grains cut with a little bit of scratch. They are probably getting 20-22% protein. I have them with new roos... so maybe now. The eggs are so dark and thick I can't see in the eggs.... I need to do eggtopsies.