I'm wanting to breed our EE's. We only have one hen right now and she lays pretty green eggs. I've read that if a chick hatches from a brown egg, the blue gene has been lost and for best results, if going for green/blue eggs, to not use a chick. If I'm remembering/understanding that correctly, then I wouldn't want to use an EE rooster that has been hatched from a brown egg.
Since all of our EE roosters are from a hatchery, I don't know what color of egg they came from. My theory is to use a CL over our EE pullets/hens to keep the blue egg gene strong.
Am I on the right track? Since EE are considered 'mutts', would I still list the offspring of the CL x EE as EE's when selling them?
The first 2 pictures are of our 6 week old EE pullets (Cackle) and the 3rd picture is our bantam EE hen (Privett) and then last picture shows green eggs from our hen. (we only wash when we're getting ready to use them)
Since all of our EE roosters are from a hatchery, I don't know what color of egg they came from. My theory is to use a CL over our EE pullets/hens to keep the blue egg gene strong.
Am I on the right track? Since EE are considered 'mutts', would I still list the offspring of the CL x EE as EE's when selling them?
The first 2 pictures are of our 6 week old EE pullets (Cackle) and the 3rd picture is our bantam EE hen (Privett) and then last picture shows green eggs from our hen. (we only wash when we're getting ready to use them)