To Make An Olive Egger......Legbar?????

[SouthernCalBeachChick]

I just hatched 7 F3 olive eggers. Dark olive laying hens crossed with Cream Legbar roo. The chicks are all black or blue and barred (white spot on head). Looking forward to see what they lay...

 

[nicalandia]

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I would bet, less intense olive eggers as you would introducing more of the white egg shell gene and brown egg shell inhibitors, crossing those F3 with Marans or Welsummers would encrease the dark egg shell trait

 

[SouthernCalBeachChick]

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I would bet, less intense olive eggers as you would introducing more of the white egg shell gene and brown egg shell inhibitors, crossing those F3 with Marans or Welsummers would encrease the dark egg shell trait

Since the shells on my F2s are very dark olive green, I was breeding back to blue.

 

[nicalandia]

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so Darker is not always better?

 

[SouthernCalBeachChick]

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so Darker is not always better?

I like the variety of shades in olive eggers. I don't think darker is always better. My favorite olive shade is medium olive green with speckles. I'm trying different pairing for my F3s. This first batch I bred to a cream Legbar roo. Next batch I'll breed to a Marans roo.

 

[nicalandia]

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thats good then

 

[PalmHen]

Here are my results so far. Lower right is an Ameraucana egg, middle is a pullet Ameraucana/Welsummer cross. Notice the speckles. The dull green one is from an Ameraucana/BCMs F1. I'm making progress. Hatching eggs today tomorrow and Monday from my own Ameraucana/Welsummer rooster and assorted hens which include C. Legbar, BCMs, Ameraucana, RIR, Barnevelder, Welsummer/Ameraucana cross, Jersey Giant...oh several other brown egg layers!

 

[nicalandia]

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very interesting that you got a dull grey color out of the Ameraucana/BCM F1s...

 

[Sparkway]

This is from my cream legbar x New Hampshire

Not sure if this is considered olive

 

[nicalandia]

This is from my cream legbar x New Hampshire

Not sure if this is considered olive

No, just green, to get an olive you need very dark egg layers like welsumers, marans, penedesenca