Western Canada Poultry Swap
Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.
Western Canada Poultry Swap

Forum dedicated to the buying and selling of quality heritage poultry in Western Canada.


You are not connected. Please login or register

Making Olive Eggers

2 posters

Go down  Message [Page 1 of 1]

1Making Olive Eggers Empty Making Olive Eggers Sat May 30, 2015 7:14 am

DCChick

DCChick
Full Time Member
Full Time Member

I love the olive green eggs, so I want to experiment. I have hens laying some nice big olive eggs. What will I get if I breed them with an Olive egger rooster? Will I get consistent olive coloured eggs or is it a toss up?

2Making Olive Eggers Empty Re: Making Olive Eggers Mon Jun 01, 2015 9:14 pm

Derbyshire

Derbyshire
Active Member
Active Member

Egg shell colour genetics can be complicated, particularly the brown colour, but because olive is actually a combination of brown and blue, your crosses could have blue, brown, or green eggs. DC Chick it also  depends on the genetic background of your hen and rooster. The only way to be sure is to cross them and see.
The  way to get olive eggers usually is to cross a blue egg layer breed with a very dark brown egg layer breed and then breed that F1 green egg layer to a dark brown egg layer breed again. the F2 cross should lay dark olive eggs.

Back to top  Message [Page 1 of 1]

Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum