Hybrid layer · Olive-green eggs

Olive Egger

The olive-green showpiece of the egg basket.

A hardy hybrid bred for one glorious thing: deep olive eggs. Easygoing, curious, and a natural forager — a standout in any mixed flock.

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Field notes

The essentials.

Egg color
Olive green
Eggs / year
~150–200, medium to large
Temperament
Friendly · hardy · great forager
Origin
Hybrid cross (blue-layer × dark-brown-layer)
Recognition
Hybrid — not an APA breed
Size
Medium (hen ~6–7 lb)
Best for
Colorful egg baskets
About the breed

Know the Olive Egger.

The Olive Egger isn’t a breed so much as a beautiful piece of genetics. Cross a blue-egg layer with a dark-brown-egg layer and the brown pigment washes over the blue shell — and the eye reads the result as deep olive green.

Because the cross can be made so many ways, no two Olive Eggers look quite alike, and the shade ranges from bright moss to soft khaki. Ours are bred for a rich, consistent olive and a calm, curious disposition: medium-sized, genuinely hardy, and some of the best foragers in the flock.

Expect roughly 150–200 medium-to-large eggs a year, with the color deepening as a pullet settles into lay.

Good to know

Before you bring them home.

01

A hybrid, not a pure breed — each bird’s look and exact egg shade is one of a kind.

02

Hardy in heat and cold, and an outstanding free-range forager.

03

Egg color deepens as your pullets mature into lay.