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pink egg laying EE?

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If an EE reliably lays a pink egg, is there any way to try to replicate that in offspring?  Is there anyone who "breeds and sells" pink egg laying EE?

post #2 of 32

No.  When breeding EE's you are rolling the dice as to what kind of egg you will get from their progeny.

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R. E. Van Blaricome  (Breed & Show true WBS Ameraucanas, Barnevelders, Buckeyes, and Welsummers)
Seek Ye first the Kingdom of God, and all His Righteousness
- then these things shall be added unto you (Matt. 6:33)
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post #3 of 32

when you got EE's do they lay the same color egg everytime or does it go blue, green, blue, pink, ?

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post #4 of 32

A hen always lays the same colour of egg--it will get lighter in shade as she progresses through a laying cycle, but after a broody spell or molt it will start as dark as it ever was.

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Breeder & Exhibitor of fine silkies in Black, Blue, Splash, Grey, Partridge & Lavender.  Working on Dun, Mottled, Partridge dilutions, Paint, Porcelain & other exciting new colours
adult and started pairs occasionally available;
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post #5 of 32

oh yeah if you breed a blue laying EE w/ Ro from a  Blue laying EE do you get a blue laying EE. What about a Ro from a blue egg does that have any bearing on progeny. Anybody tried just hatching chicks from one color egg and crossing those w/ others hatched from the same color egg.

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I'm not old, I'm Vintage.

 

A friend loveth at all times - Prov 17:17   

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post #6 of 32

Why hasn't anyone answered my question?

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A friend loveth at all times - Prov 17:17   

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I'm not old, I'm Vintage.

 

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post #7 of 32

I may be wrong, but I think a "pink" egg is simply a light brown egg, it is all in the tint/shade of the egg.

If you breed a rooster that came from a blue egg to a hen that lays blue eggs, you "should" get blue eggs from the resulting pullet.

If I am not right, some one please correct me.....

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Offering Rainbow Egg layers - Olive, Blue, Green and shades of brown.  Hatching eggs $15/doz+, free shipping; $5/doz picked up.  Chickens of all ages for sale.  I ship fully feathered  birds only.   Getting ready for the new hatching season now.   Green eggs & ham are great !  New this year - Fancy Mice !!  Pictures coming soon !
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post #8 of 32

I was looking at my pink EE egg and I wonder if "pink" is a hen carrying one gene of brown, therefore making a lighter brown egg.

post #9 of 32

I thought you could get pink from certain production reds "Cherry Eggers".  I thought all the EE were blues/greens and maybe a lavender.

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post #10 of 32

Cherry eggers are just a RIR/Leghorn cross, and they lay a light brown egg.  That is where the nick name cherry egger comes from.

Offering Rainbow Egg layers - Olive, Blue, Green and shades of brown.  Hatching eggs $15/doz+, free shipping; $5/doz picked up.  Chickens of all ages for sale.  I ship fully feathered  birds only.   Getting ready for the new hatching season now.   Green eggs & ham are great !  New this year - Fancy Mice !!  Pictures coming soon !
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Offering Rainbow Egg layers - Olive, Blue, Green and shades of brown.  Hatching eggs $15/doz+, free shipping; $5/doz picked up.  Chickens of all ages for sale.  I ship fully feathered  birds only.   Getting ready for the new hatching season now.   Green eggs & ham are great !  New this year - Fancy Mice !!  Pictures coming soon !
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