The Olive-Egger thread!

[mstricer]

Quote: I bet they are a darker green then they look here huh. I have the hardest time getting the olive to show.

 

[naturespace]

I love the multi colored pants those are my favorite. What is your Olive Egger mix with?

She is from "ruth" I believe 2nd or 3rd generation EO. Originally Blue Copper Marans and Amerucana (not sure).

 

[buckabucka]

My OE now is laying pretty consistent, but the color is different everyday. I love the variety.

The two on the left are stunning! Nice eggs!

 

[buckabucka]

I love the multi colored pants those are my favorite. What is your Olive Egger mix with?

She is from "ruth" I believe 2nd or 3rd generation EO. Originally Blue Copper Marans and Amerucana (not sure).

Ha! I bet you mean OE. It gets confusing taking part in both the OE and the EO threads!

 

[DMRippy]

If I breed an OE to an OE will I still get OE's???

You will get SOME Olive Eggers (OE is Old English.... I think). The genes are there to make blue egg layers, green egg layers, brown egg layers and Olive Eggers. They will not breed true.... it would take several generations to breed true.

 

[DMRippy]

Quote: My Marans do that too. She is just learning how to paint the eggs.

 

[DMRippy]

I was thinking, since my new Olive Egger laid me another egg today, my Olive Eggers are some of my best layers. Anybody else find that? The lay earlier than Marans or Ams and lay regularly and don't take as long to molt and they are good size eggs too. Her egg was not as gray today, more a perfect army green

 

[buckabucka]

I was thinking, since my new Olive Egger laid me another egg today, my Olive Eggers are some of my best layers.  Anybody else find that?  The lay earlier than Marans or Ams and lay regularly and don't take as long to molt and they are good size eggs too.  Her egg was not as gray today, more a perfect army green

 

I have noticed that. Mostly because my Ameraucanas and Marans are so darn broody!

 

[mstricer]

I was thinking, since my new Olive Egger laid me another egg today, my Olive Eggers are some of my best layers. Anybody else find that? The lay earlier than Marans or Ams and lay regularly and don't take as long to molt and they are good size eggs too. Her egg was not as gray today, more a perfect army green

At what age are yours laying? My 1st generation (2nd hatch) are at 18 weeks, I don't think they will lay until Nov or Dec. I'm not expecting an egg until at least 24 weeks, more likely since the day light is shortening, 30 weeks

 

[DMRippy]

They are probably 20-24 weeks, I didn't mean they lay early, but they lay earlier than Am or Marans for some reason. I don't think I have had one go broody yet.... odd to be such a good cross to improve on what the parents are like. Interesting.... very interesting.