“As a pullet, Alice, our POE was my least favorite. She had the least interest in people of all of our chicks. She‚Äôs not so much afraid, as she is disdainful of people. You can‚Äôt feed her my hand because she‚Äôll peck your hand so hard it hurts, and she is a hen all the others are afraid of. She goes after the other hens as well, though nothing aggressive enough that anyone has had more than their ego bruised. She she started to lay, she has quickly improved her reputation! I did not expect it, but she lays a pretty green egg every single day. In her second week of laying they are not large yet, but they are markedly larger than her first. Would I want a lot of these girls in my flock? With personalities like hers? No. But one or two in a mixed flock of friendlier birds is great.”
“On May 13th, we welcomed several little red hens and a Partridge Olive Egger Rooster to our home! We have been eagerly watching the rooster and waiting for him to mature....he has just not ever been a leader and we have giggled that he just didn't have enough testosterone. Yesterday, we learned that is true! Our little red hens each provide us with a brown egg every single day.....but all of a sudden, there was an olive EGG in the chicken house! LOL!!!! We have a HEN - not a rooster! We are laughing because we have made so many comments hoping that "he" would soon lead his harem and be the king of the flock! I guess that is not going to happen!!!!!”
“This is my friendliest, most inquisitive and curious bird. She follows me around the yard and jumps up on my lap if I sit down. She's also quite beautiful, with lots of shimmery feathers in multiple shades of brown, beige, and white, a big bright red comb, and bright yellow legs. She'd follow me into the house if she could. A family favorite. If I'd known how her feathers would grow, I would have named her Mohawk.”
“We ordered five chicks of different varieties to get a varied egg basket. Our partridge olive egger has been skittish since day one despite being handled the same as all the other chicks. While the rest of our flock is friendly and docile, she does not like to be handled at all. We waited months for our eggs and I was disappointed to find that our partridge olive egger (that looks very much like a cream legbar X Penedesenca and looks like a homely roadrunner) lays medium tan eggs. All of our chickens are pets and we just let her be her crazy self, but I wouldn't order this breed again.”
“Coco is 22 weeks old and just started laying last week. Her eggs are a light green - not olive, but definitely green. She was the first to lay in this spring group. She‚Äôs not snuggly, but is by no means flighty. She is not afraid of the mean older chickens, and she has no problem getting under my feet or jumping on my shoulder to check if I have any treats, and loves a good head pat. She‚Äôs probably my ugliest chicken (I see why people say they look like road runners), but her giant floppy comb and confident personality make up for it. I don‚Äôt understand the negative reviews... I‚Äôm glad I ordered this chicken.”
“I was going to wait until Olive was bigger to write this review, but the negative reviews about this precious girl are so baffling that I had to tell about my experience. Olive is 18 weeks old now (no sign of egg laying yet). She looks like the picture except she does not have the big red comb yet, and the picture doesn‚Äôt show that she has very, very long legs. She is absolutely gorgeous and reminds me of a rainbow... and a road runner. Her mohawk is beyond cute, but I‚Äôm not sure if that will go away when her comb grows? She runs up to me for treats and doesn‚Äôt back away unless I try to pet her. None of my chickens - Brahma, Wyandotte, Hamburg, Cochin, Sussex, and Olive - care for being touched though, and I held/petted them since day one. Olive is slightly more upset by being touched than the others. She is very sweet and inquisitive and gentle. She is one of the larger chickens, just slightly smaller than huge Brahma, yet she is low on the pecking order, maybe because of how gentle she is? She often wanders off by herself, but not too far away, and I don‚Äôt worry much because she is physically so big, strong, and healthy. She does nothing wrong that would make her not be a favorite chicken. If your entire flock was Partridge Olive Eggers, and you wanted snuggly chickens, it would probably be disappointing, but one or two of these is a great choice! Olive was a substitute, and at first I was upset, because as a baby, she was definitely the one that liked me the least. As she has grown though, I have come to love her so much and would strongly recommend her as an addition to any varied flock. My flock of 6 is amazing and I would also recommend those breeds for good contrast, beauty, charm, and most of all entertainment! Mypetchicken sexed all 6 of my chickens correctly. They all arrived healthy and full of spunk. Customer service is beyond incredible.”
“Ordered one of this breed to get green eggs again after losing our still super-productive six year old Easter egger...but unfortunately her eggs are tiny and brown. Comical road-runner looking bird, but I will miss my colorful egg basket”
“My girl gave me large and pretty apple green eggs for about 8 months and then just stopped laying for no rhyme or reason. She's about 2.5 years now. She's not sick and hangs with the other girls, and eats well, but I would not get this partridge variety again. She is not very pretty, is very skittish, and without eggs is a big disappointment.”
