1. Jan 23, 2012 #1
   

   wbruder17 Chillin' With My Peeps

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   Between an Olive Egger and an Easter Egger.... besides the color of egg they lay, of course. I've been getting some very olive colored eggs and I don't know which on lays them. I know all the hens are at least EEs. Is there really a difference or are they both basically mutts? What combo would make an olive colored egg?

    
3. Jan 24, 2012 #2
   

   teach1rusl Love My Chickens

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   My experience with EEs is limited, but you're basically correct - it's just another mix to give you olive eggs. I think most mix EEs (or possibly Ameraucanas) with some breed known to lay a really dark egg (like marans) to ultimately get a bird that will lay nice olive eggs. At least that's my understanding of how it works. So they would be "mutts."

    

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