Welsummer or Olive Egger?

[WingItRanch]

Is the one that is laying an Olive Egger that looks like the pic you posted, or something else?

No, she's a Blue Australorp laying beautiful dark brown eggs. My others are Barred Rock, EEs, and an Ancona.

 

[LCsAChickenLover]

I have an OE that looks very much like yours, she’s about 3 years old now, lays a green egg that is sometimes on the blueish side. Coincidentally I got her from Meyer Hatchery, not the same Meyer as you, but they sure look similar!
Here is Becky:

 

[bill3607]

Ok thanks... so weird. I have 11 pullets that are all 24 weeks and only 1 is laying. I think they enjoy torturing me.

There was not a date on that picture. Actually, it is a screenshot from a video I had made. I knew I had posted it on BYC before. I checked and I posted in June 2023. They were hatched on Dec. 13th 2022. So, yes, that would be around 24 weeks old. I really thought she was beautiful posed like that.

I had 5 of them, but I gave 3 of them to a little girl down the road after they started laying. I still have 2 of them. They are very good layers. The eggs are not real big, medium size I would say.

 

[WingItRanch]

I have an OE that looks very much like yours, she’s about 3 years old now, lays a green egg that is sometimes on the blueish side. Coincidentally I got her from Meyer Hatchery, not the same Meyer as you, but they sure look similar!
Here is Becky:

Ah ha! This is what I've been searching everywhere for! Thank you! Yes, I believe my girls look just like yours except their combs haven't matured fully yet. Thank you! Does her eggs have speckles?

 

[LCsAChickenLover]

Ah ha! This is what I've been searching everywhere for! Thank you! Yes, I believe my girls look just like yours except their combs haven't matured fully yet. Thank you! Does her eggs have speckles?

Glad I could help!! No speckles, but she throws a heavy bloom every once in a while that gives the egg a gray, cement like color. Love it when she lays those! Fingers crossed your girls gives you some speckles!!!

 

[WingItRanch]

Here's updated photos. Hoping to get an egg soon to confirm breed!

 

[WingItRanch]

UPDATE: Mystery solved. They're Welsummers (just not SOP).

 

[Cluckin_in_Memphis]

I have 2 pullets, approximately 17 weeks old, that I purchased from a local poultry farm. I was looking to purchase Welsummers but the girl warned me that they recently had Olive Eggers that were almost indistinguishable from Welsummers. I didn't mind either way but I've been researching and for the life of me.. I can't figure it out. They look just like Welsummers but they don't have yellow legs. They don't have any visible traits of a blue egg layer gene. No puffy cheeks, no head tuff typical of a Cream Legbar.

Any ideas? If not, I'll just have to see what color the eggs turn out to be...

Hi, did your girls end up laying olive eggs? We got three pullets from My Pet Chicken and I couldn't definitively tell my Easter Egger and Olive Egger apart. We sadly lost one that was identical to yours (legs and all!) and our other one hasn't laid yet, so I was never sure. After soo much research, I'm pretty confident the one who passed is an OE.

 

[WingItRanch]

Hi, did your girls end up laying olive eggs? We got three pullets from My Pet Chicken and I couldn't definitively tell my Easter Egger and Olive Egger apart. We sadly lost one that was identical to yours (legs and all!) and our other one hasn't laid yet, so I was never sure. After soo much research, I'm pretty confident the one who passed is an OE.

Hi! No, they are actually both Welsummers!

This year I actually got an Olive Egger than looks identical with the correct yellow legs but she has pea comb and does lay green eggs.

 

[Cluckin_in_Memphis]

Hi! No, they are actually both Welsummers!

This year I actually got an Olive Egger than looks identical with the correct yellow legs but she has pea comb and does lay green eggs.

I didn’t see your post about the eggs from my computer but immediately saw it when I logged on with my phone but thank you for your answer about your OE! That’s enough confirmation that our Annie was an OE.