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Show You've been dying for olive eggers, and they're finally here! My Pet Chicken offers two different exclusive crosses, producing an assortment of beautiful olive egg layers. (We're keeping some of our breeding secrets under wraps, but we can say we've crossed Legbars by Marans for one variety, and Ameraucanas by Marans for another variety.) There is no guarantee which of the two breeding programs your chicks will originate from, but you will be delighted by the varied color patterns of these chicks. Though they may all look different, each of them will lay an olive egg ranging in shade from light olive to a dark army green. Best of all, the parent stock are friendly, easy-going breeds, so your Olive Egger is likely to be a family favorite!  Origins/History: Not recognized Egg Facts: Good (3/wk) Fancy Features: Single Comb Suitability to Backyard Life: Hardy in winter Related ProductsProduct List:
Current Availability:Description:You've been dying for olive eggs in your egg basket, and they're finally here! This new designer breed is producing an assortment of beautiful olive egg layers. (We're keeping some of our breeding secrets under wraps, but we can say we are using Marans, Legbars, Welsummers, and Ameraucanas in the mix, both F1 and F2!) There is no guarantee which of the breeding programs your chicks will originate from, but you will be delighted by the varied color patterns of these chicks. Your chicks may have that adorable chipmunk pattern, or be black with yellow and white spots, or be all blue. Best of all, the parent stock are friendly, easy-going breeds, so your Olive Egger is likely to be a family favorite! Though the plumage on this cross varies, 95% of our Olive Eggers will lay an olive-shade egg, varying from lighter olive to very dark "army green." For genetics lovers, the reason for that is our flock is a combination of F1s and F2s. F1s have a 1/16th chance of laying a brown egg instead of an olive egg, and F2s have nearly a 100% chance of laying olive eggs. This is one of the rare breed chicken breeds Martha Stewart asked us to deliver to her in 2017 for her own flock! * The minimum order of day-old chicks shipped to Rhode Island is 12 due to Rhode Island state law. Baby Chicks: Behind the Scenes Product Features:* We can ship as few as three baby chicks! Our minimums are based on your zip code, and how long the USPS tells us it will take for your order to arrive at your post office. The longer they tell us it will take, the higher your minimum. Find out your minimum chick order * Any order of 15+ chicks ships via USPS Priority Mail service, and 3-14 chicks ship via USPS Express
Mail. * We offer Marek's vaccinations on all chicks, and you'll have the opportunity to select that during the checkout process. * Baby chicks have special needs including heat of about 95* the first week of life! Read more, here * Breed photos may not be representative of the parent breeding stock.In some cases our photos are of winning exhibition lines of poultry. Unless noted otherwise, we do not source from exhibition lines, nor do we select for exhibition. Related Items:How do you tell if a chicken is an olive Egger?Usually, Olive Egger hens that lay blue eggs have brown pigment over the top, giving us the shade of olive green. If your bird is laying blue eggs, that's not surprising at all because Olive Eggers have genes from blue and green egg layers, and they may have retained the blue.
What will my olive Egger look like?As these breeds are generally on the darker side, Olive Eggers will often hatch with a black or gray plumage. Olive Eggers are not exceptionally large chickens and are around the average size for a non-Bantam chicken, with hens weighing in around 6-7lbs and roosters around 7-8lbs.
What two chickens make an olive Egger?Origin: Olive Egger chickens are not a breed, per se, but a cross of two breeds — usually a blue egg layer and a dark brown egg layer. For example, when an Ameraucana hen's egg is fertilized by a Marans rooster, the resulting chick will be an Olive Egger who will lay olive green eggs.
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).
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