The Olive-Egger thread!

[DMRippy]

DMrippy, Have you crossed BCM with Lavender Ameraucana, I have both and was wanting to see what the chicks will possibly look like.
Thanks Michele

I have not but they would be black since Lavender is recessive. They would look like a black am x BCM cross. But they would be splits and if breed to another Lavender or split you would get some Lavenders in the next gen.

 

[Arielle]

Quote: Sounds ike youhave some good cuckoos as the color is dark.

I like the color I have, cafe au late look; will add interest to the egg basket. Can't have EVERYONE lay a dark egg, that would be boring!

 

[Arielle]

Quote: I have 2 roosters that are black split for lav--they are black.

 

[Arielle]

Quote: Did I send you some SBEL? THey look like that. White with black flecks of feathers.
No SBEL here yet. I have looked at sites like Ideal and they have a white leghorn with black flecks. Maybe that is how the shicks look when dominant white is crossed with another body color like black/blue. My girls are definitely cream, not a perfect white, so red is lurking in there already; apparently is adds tint to all the feather colors starting from the head down; the black flecks are few 1-3 flecks and look black ( next to white even blue looks black!)

 

[seventreesfarm]

I have some lovely EEs just starting to lay, and a big beautiful BCM roo of unknown bloodlines. Naturally my thoughts turn to olive eggers. I haven't done home-grown chicks since my banty flocks when I was a kid. Can someone point me to a good basic thread about setting up a breeding operation?

This thread is amazing! I am still working through all 400+ pages

-Joanna
www.seventreesfarm.wordpress.com

 

[Arielle]

Come on over to the Incubator anonymous thread, we'll help you out!! HEEhee

Do you know which incubator you want to use, or make one?? Each manufacturer has a thread with pros and cons.

LG's are a little dificult and need close attention to learn how to use it. the Brinsea is a set and forget it type. Hop on over to IA and ask away!

You can do many combos with the birds you have--

 

[seventreesfarm]

I also have some up & coming cuckoo maran & welsummer pullets. Might be fun to cross a roo from my future BCMxEE chicks with them.

Thanks for the incubator anonymous thread tip. I am a blank slate interms of preference, so I'll head on over to join the fun

 

[Arielle]

It is all the egg colors that get me into trouble -- a few color yet to add. Dark olives and whites.

 

[CrazyCatNChickenLady]

No SBEL here yet. I have looked at sites like Ideal and they have a white leghorn with black flecks. Maybe that is how the shicks look when dominant white is crossed with another body color like black/blue. My girls are definitely cream, not a perfect white, so red is lurking in there already; apparently is adds tint to all the feather colors starting from the head down; the black flecks are few 1-3 flecks and look black ( next to white even blue looks black!)

I have some dominant white girls. Hatched about 50-60 chicks last year from my dominant white boy (with red leakage) over misc colored olive egger and EE's. The dominant white chicks were either white with black or blue flecks, or creamy orange chipmunk pattern.

Alfredo and one of his daughters. (she's 1/4 cochin, 3/4's olive egger)

The 2 in back are at POL. The girl up front is a year old. All carry the dominant white gene. All the girls I posted pics of are Alfredo's daughters.

I was told Alfredo was probably splash until I ended up with all those light colored chicks and I couldn't figure it out so I posted on byc to figure out his color and someone suggested dominant white(with about 3 others saying spalsh and they had to be from my one blue hen but I had separated them at hatch and marked who hatched from what egg and the light chicks were coming from all the hens). I think the only way to really tell is hatch hatch hatch!! ;D Then try a different rooster and hatch some more.. My hatch's were about 50% dominant white.

 

[CrazyCatNChickenLady]

I've been meaning to share a pic of this girl. She's a FBCMxBlue EE. I think I'm still a month or 2 away from eggs...

The little girl in the front is an Egyptian FayoumiXAraucana. She has a pea comb so hopefully I'll get blue eggs soon! (Icelandic in back.)