Hybrid layer
Olive Egger
Olive Eggers are crossbred chickens made by mating blue-egg and dark-brown-egg breeds, so they lay olive-green eggs. Looks vary by hatchery and parent breeds. They are generally friendly, cold-hardy layers.
At a glance
150–200eggs a year
4–6eggs a week
18–26weeks to first egg
5–7 lbhen weight
6–8 lbrooster weight
Largeegg size
Traits
- Cold hardyhigh
- Heat tolerantmedium
- Goes broodymedium
- Fine in a small runhigh
- Egg colour
- olive green (shades vary)
- Temperament
- friendly, curious, calm
- Good with kids
- Usually, yes
- Origin
- United States (cross of blue-egg and dark-brown-egg breeds)
- Comb
- varies
- Bantam size
- No
- APA standard
- Not recognized
- Purpose
- eggs
Good for
- colored eggs
- beginners
- small runs
- cold climates
Watch out for
- egg shade and appearance vary
- not an APA breed
- needs extra shade and water in hot climates
Looks and feathers
Appearance varies with the parent breeds used (comb, muffs, beard, leg feathering vary).
Our drawing shows the most common US variety; colours vary.
Similar breeds
All breedsSources
- 1Olive Egger My Pet Chicken (breed page)My Pet Chicken
- 2Olive Egger Chicken (product/breed profile)Cackle Hatchery
- 3Olive Egger Day Old Chicks (product/breed profile)Meyer Hatchery
- 4Accepted Breeds & VarietiesAmerican Poultry Association
Hatcheries often disagree on eggs a year; ranges span every source we read. How we check the facts.