what breed is the olive eggs

[FF]

What breed lays the olive eggs?

 

[anthonyjames]

Americauna or Easter Eggers

 

[Happy Chooks]

For the really dark olive eggs you can take a pure Ameraucana and cross with a Black copper marans or a welsummer rooster. Some people cross with EE's too, but they may not be as dark. I have a green laying EE and a welsummer rooster, so I'm going to try it when he's old enough to mate.

Here's the olive egger thread. Lots of cool info.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=131131

 

[FF]

Alright. I appreciat you all helping. Thanks alot. Will this littl epost still be on here in about a month or 2 ? I am am going to use it for future referances. Thanks for all of the help.

 

[Happy Chooks]

I'm sure it will, it keeps getting updated. You can subscribe to it (check box below the posts) and it will send you an email, or search for it later.

 

[jaboo81]

That is what we r trying to raise. We have 2 Welsummer roos and we just ordered some ee's, maybe next year we will have some dark olive egg !

 

[Wynette]

It's so much fun experimenting to see what egg color you'll get! It's really best to use a rooster that lays an extremely dark egg, such as a Marans. A Welsummer will work, but you may not get quite as dark of an olive shade as you would with a Marans from a very dark egg laying line. Have fun!

 

[txchickie]

I have 5 EE's that are in with my BCMarans roo and I can't WAIT for a broody to hatch me some little olive eggers

At least I hope they will be OE's!