Sapphire Olive Eggers from Hoover's Hatchery

[ChickChick2121]

I'm making this thread to post information specifically about the Sapphire Olive Eggers from Hoover's Hatchery. They are a new breed for them and I can't find very much information on the anywhere. (NOT A SAPPHIRE GEM - THEY LAY BROWN EGGS) These lay olive eggs.

I contacted the hatchery and then said they do not disclose what breeds they used to get this mix. And they do not have a picture of the rooster.

If you have any of these please post pictures and the age the picture was taken. Also any information you can share on them. Thank you much

 

[ChickChick2121]

Dusty -Sapphire Olive Egger 2 1/2 weeks Hoover's Hatchery, purchased at Runnings

 

[ChickChick2121]

Dusty 5 weeks. Suspected cockerel. First one to check things out. Very curious about everything. Tends to the other chicks.

 

[ChickChick2121]

Stormy (suspected pullet) in front. Dusty in back 5 weeks. Stormy is getting nthe little tuft on her head. Dusty no tuft yet.

 

[BlessedChaosHomestead]

It's kind of stupid for a hatchery to hide the genetic make up of a chicken.
My opinion.
There may be reasons they have, but in the end it's all just to control that "line" to make it theirs.
Like the Mystic Black Onyx. Smh.

 

[ChickChick2121]

Agreed. Although I think there has to be a cream legbar in there somewhere with that head tuft. Lol. Maybe cream legbar and Sapphire Gem?

It's kind of stupid for a hatchery to hide the genetic make up of a chicken.
My opinion.
There may be reasons they have, but in the end it's all just to control that "line" to make it theirs.
Like the Mystic Black Onyx. Smh.

 

[ChickChick2121]

Stormy posing for her beauty shot. Lol. 6 weeks.

 

[Andrea0128a]

mine at 1 day from being 5 weeks

 

[Andrea0128a]

2 at almost 2 weeks old

 

[Kwoka]

Ok, so these actually look almost exactly like Dominant Greenshell GS107- Link to Dominant.cz breed page, and I’m inclined to believe they are, because many hatcheries in the US have been importing Dominant’s lines (Sapphire Gems, Pearl Star Leghorns, etc) because they are good layers, hardy, and their lines are easily sexed at hatch (sex-linked colors or feather sexed)

I could be wrong, but I have 5 of these from a hatchery here in Poland who gets eggs or has breeding flocks directly from Dominant CZ. I ordered them as sexed pullets, but they’re feather-sexed so a boy slipped through. I’m not mad about it lol

They’re 7 weeks old, varying shades of blue. They’re very flighty, unfortunately. I can’t get within a meter of the cockerel, he’s as bad as my Isabella Leghorns.

I attached a pic of a grown rooster from Dominant here as well