Can a olive egger lay colourful eggs?

The only purpose of breeding Olive Egger chickens is to produce eggs with olive coloured shells. The brown genes limit the number of eggs they can lay to no more than 200 each year. The colour of their eggs makes a striking addition to any egg basket. ... Varieties: None recognized, as this is not a standard breed.

1. What color egg does an olive Egger lay?
2. What's the difference between an Easter Egger and an olive Egger?
3. Can one chicken lay different colored eggs?
4. What chicken lays purple eggs?
5. Can an olive Egger lay blue eggs?
6. Can an Easter Egger be black?
7. What kind of chicken lays pink eggs?
8. What color eggs do sapphire gems lay?
9. What type of chickens are Easter Eggers?
10. Do Easter Eggers lay different colored eggs every day?
11. Can Easter Eggers lay brown eggs?
12. What color legs do Easter Eggers have?
13. What kind of chickens lay olive colored eggs?
14. What chicken breeds lay olive eggs?
15. Do Olive Eggers always lay green eggs?
16. At what age do Olive Egger chickens lay eggs?
17. Can you breed Easter Eggers?

What color egg does an olive Egger lay?

The Olive Egger chicken is created by crossing a dark brown egg laying breed with a blue egg laying breed.

What's the difference between an Easter Egger and an olive Egger?

An Olive Egger is a specific type of Easter Egger, that is produced by crossing any dark brown egg-laying breed (Barnevelder, Empordanesa, Marans, Pendesenca or Welsummers) with a blue egg-laying breed (Ameraucanas, Araucanas, Cream Legbars).

Can one chicken lay different colored eggs?

Popular breeds that lay colored eggs include Barred Rock, Rhode Island Red, Ameraucana and Welsummer chickens. ... Some of the most popular crosses are called Easter Egger or Olive Egger chickens. Easter Eggers can lay a variety of egg colors, from blue to green and sometimes even pink.

What chicken lays purple eggs?

Sadly, there is no chicken breed that lays truly purple eggs. If your eggs look purple, it's the bloom to blame. The bloom is a protective layer on the outside of the gg that helps prevent bacteria from entering the shell. It also helps the eggs stay fresh.

Can an olive Egger lay blue eggs?

The result of the cross breeding is that Olive Egger hens lay blue eggs with a brown pigment over the top, giving a shade of olive green. The darkness of the brown pigment determines the depth of the shade of olive.

Can an Easter Egger be black?

Our Easter Eggers each have different color legs (some have dark colored shanks and others have light colored – one even has blue). ... One Easter Egger rooster can look quite different from another. We've had some that are pure black, and some that are grey and copper with ear tufts and beards.

What kind of chicken lays pink eggs?

Chickens That Lay Pink Eggs:

Commonly, species such as Light Sussex, Barred Rock, Mottled Javas, Australorp, Buff Orpington, Silkie, and Faverolle that lay crème colored eggs might also have a genetic variation that tints them pink. This also occurs with the Easter Egger chicken, as mentioned before.

What color eggs do sapphire gems lay?

Because this breed is sometimes confused with the Sapphire chicken, some mistakenly think the Sapphire Gem produces blue eggs. However, unlike the small white Sapphire chicken, the Sapphire Gem hen produces brown eggs. With year round laying habits, this prolific bird will keep you busy collecting eggs in every season.

What type of chickens are Easter Eggers?

“Easter Eggers” are mixed-breed chickens that have been crossed at some point with Araucanas or Ameraucanas. This means that the body type, comb, and other features will often resemble those of one of these breeds, but the egg color and feather color/pattern can vary widely.

Do Easter Eggers lay different colored eggs every day?

Please note: While 95% of Easter Eggers do lay a green egg, the remaining 5% can lay pinkish or brown eggs. There is no guarantee as to what color egg your hatched hen will give. Each hen will give ONE egg color. The egg color will not change day by day.

Can Easter Eggers lay brown eggs?

Uses. Easter Eggers are one of the most popular hybrids in backyard flocks because of their egg color. However, 1/16 of the chickens resulting from crossing a brown-egg breed and a blue-egg breed will have a single comb and lay brown eggs, which is undesirable.

What color legs do Easter Eggers have?

Many Easter Eggers will have colored legs as well. Some hens will have green legs. This can range from a pea green to a willow green color. It's a different look from the traditional yellow or black legs seen in white or brown egg layers.

What kind of chickens lay olive colored eggs?

Olive Eggers (OE) are a variety of chicken that will lay an olive colored egg. These interesting chickens are created by crossing a bird hatched from a Dark Brown Egg (like Marans, Welsummers, Barnevelder, Empordanesa and Penedesenca) and a bird hatched from a Blue Egg (like Ameraucanas, Araucana and Easter Eggers).

What chicken breeds lay olive eggs?

Olive Egger chickens (half Marans chickens and half Ameraucana chickens) lay olive green eggs, while a new breed developed by My Pet Chicken, the Favaucana (half Faverolle and half Ameraucana), lays a pale sage green egg. Isbars also lay a range of greenish-colored eggs from mossy to mint green.

Do Olive Eggers always lay green eggs?

If you breed an olive egger rooster to an olive egger hen, the resulting offspring will not necessarily lay eggs with olive green shells. Instead, the chickens will lay eggs with a variety of shell colors, some of which may be olive.

At what age do Olive Egger chickens lay eggs?

Olive Eggers

This breeding combination produced predominantly blue hens that were strikingly similar to the blue Ameraucanas except they had yellow in their legs and disproportionate pea combs. At just 5 months of age these girls begin to lay their first eggs.

Can you breed Easter Eggers?

A: We don't breed our Easter Eggers with anything else, only Easter Eggers. Since you know Easter Eggers are not purebred birds, it's sort of a confusing thing to say, but keep in mind that the Easter Eggers were actually here first, before there were Araucana or Ameraucana breed standards at all.