This item could include any level of backcrossed olives so long as the egg has a bloom. You could create your own line of pink/purple from this backcross if it lays a brown egg with a bloom. Please note we do not work with pink/purples from a hybrid so we can't tell or show you what future offspring from that breeding would produce.
Limit: 2 per pre-order
Breed: Frosted Back Crossed Olive Egger
APA: No
Egg Color: You will receive varying shades of speckled and solid Olive Eggs covered in a bloom.
Plumage Color: Most of the birds that hatch from this line will have the body type and color of Black Copper Marans. We are transitioning this line over to blue and splash colored plumage so there could be some pop up with that coloring. It is also possible they could have the body type of an Ameraucana with black plumage.
Egg Production: 3/week
Breed Facts: The back cross olive egger is a multi-generation project designed to create speckled and solid olive eggs with a heavy bloom. There is a 50/50 chance the hens will lay brown or olive with a heavy bloom.
We feed our girls only the best chemical free certified organic feed.
Frosted Olive Egger Hatching Eggs
Shipping on Hatching Eggs
We ship hatching eggs Monday through Wednesday, depending on when the hens lay and the weather. We strive to ship within 24 hours of the egg being laid. Eggs that are older than 48 hours go in the incubator, to the farmers market or the food bank. We don’t have the ability to store and keep eggs.
Hatching Eggs are shipped via UPS unless directed otherwise. The option is available for expedited at an additional charge. UPS does not have x-ray equipment so there is no possibility your eggs will be exposed during transit.
It is highly advised that west coast customers take the optional upgrade to UPS 2-Day Shipping, especially during the high heat summer months.
They have arrived!
Once your eggs arrive let them “rest” inside in a carton with the pointy end down largest end up. Do not put cold eggs into an incubator they will crack.Eggs ship from Alabama, where it is extremely humid, eggs are collected throughout the day and transfered to a climate controlled room (with 40% relative humidity) where they are either packed and shipped or set to hatch. Even with this limited time before leaving it is possible your eggs will have a smaller air cell than eggs produced in more arid climates. You should adjust your incubating settings accordingly for your method of incubation. We utilize the dry hatching method.