ChelsisChooks
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- May 31, 2019
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I have an Olive Egger hen that was born to a Black Copper Marans x Ameraucana.
If I breed her to a BCM the resulting chicks will be 50% Olive Eggers and 50% brown egg layers, correct? Because this olive egger hen only carries one blue egg laying gene and will pass it on approx 50% of the time.
But if I cross her on an Ameraucana rooster will the resulting chicks all be olive eggers?
Basically does an Olive Egger always pass on the genes to make a brown egg? I assume if this is true it is because there are multiple genes are work that make a hen lay brown and it is very unlikely she would not pass on any one? So is it just unlikely or is it impossible for an olive egger to fail to pass on the brown laying genes in this cross and thus produce only a blue egg?
If I breed her to a BCM the resulting chicks will be 50% Olive Eggers and 50% brown egg layers, correct? Because this olive egger hen only carries one blue egg laying gene and will pass it on approx 50% of the time.
But if I cross her on an Ameraucana rooster will the resulting chicks all be olive eggers?
Basically does an Olive Egger always pass on the genes to make a brown egg? I assume if this is true it is because there are multiple genes are work that make a hen lay brown and it is very unlikely she would not pass on any one? So is it just unlikely or is it impossible for an olive egger to fail to pass on the brown laying genes in this cross and thus produce only a blue egg?