Too Early for Feb Hatch-A-Long Thread??

[BluebirdHomestead]

Are these from your own eggs?

No, from a breeder called Gypsy Hen. She shows Marans and Ameraucanas but breeds some Olive Eggers too, because why not haha

 

[FortCluck]

No, from a breeder called Gypsy Hen. She shows Marans and Ameraucanas but breeds some Olive Eggers too, because why not haha

I miss the Oliver egger I had.

The free eggs that I got from that person were part olive egger. They were my olive eggers brothers. I don't know if I'll get any olive egger layers though because I don't know what hens were involved just the roosters since the roosters he has were mine.

 

[juliasflock]

Woke up to baby #7. A little F2 Olive egger. It doesn’t have a pea comb so I’m thinkig probably won’t lay Olive. Didn’t expect it to be light colored either! It’s going to be so interesting looking once it’s dry. So now 7/12 are hatched. Plus I have the 3 wild card eggs in there that I wasn’t sure about. We will see what today brings. No pips on any other eggs yet. About to start pulling the dry-ish chicks out.

I have 2 beautiful OE with big floppy combs! They are Legbar/Marans cross. So I wouldn’t be too worried with a straight comb on your OE!

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

I have 2 beautiful OE with big floppy combs! They are Legbar/Marans cross. So I wouldn’t be too worried with a straight comb on your OE!

I think in my case the blue egg gene is coming from Ameraucanas hence why I figured straight comb equals no olive eggs. But I feel like the olive eggers that don’t lay olive can put out some really interesting, bloomy browns so if it’s a hen I’ll probably keep her either way.

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

Sleepy fluff pile.

 

[FortCluck]

Sleepy fluff pile. View attachment 2019628

How long do you leave them in for?

The last hatch I had, I had the brooder plate so I took them out 15 minutes after they hatched and put them in the brooder under the plate. I'm in love with it! So isn't my husband.

 

[BluebirdHomestead]

How long do you leave them in for?

The last hatch I had, I had the brooder plate so I took them out 15 minutes after they hatched and put them in the brooder under the plate. I'm in love with it! So isn't my husband.

I have the brooder plate too! I didn’t intend to leave them in the incubator so long but they weren’t quite dry when I was about to go to bed and I was worried they wouldn’t stay under the heat plate to fully dry off or somethig and catch a chill while I was asleep.

 

[FortCluck]

I have the brooder plate too! I didn’t intend to leave them in the incubator so long but they weren’t quite dry when I was about to go to bed and I was worried they wouldn’t stay under the heat plate to fully dry off or somethig and catch a chill while I was asleep.

You probably will never see them once you put them under the plate just make sure to file their beaks in the water then put them under the plate. They'll be good.

Mine all go under the plate until they hear me open the door then you see all these cute faces popping out

 

[Stonewall Acres]

Omggggg baby is here!!!!View attachment 2019103

Oh so cute!

 

[CluckNDoodle]

I think in my case the blue egg gene is coming from Ameraucanas hence why I figured straight comb equals no olive eggs. But I feel like the olive eggers that don’t lay olive can put out some really interesting, bloomy browns so if it’s a hen I’ll probably keep her either way.

I have a not-so-olive egger that of course we named "Olive" and her eggs range in color from purple/pink to dusty brown and they're HUGE, the largest eggs I've ever gotten consistently from a hen. I made this listing because I was going to rehome her but then she went broody, so I had to keep her since she's my excuse to hatch more babies, lol!