Pearl White Leghorns

[R2elk]

I just meant that the tint of the egg is a mix between the color of the paternal grandmother’s egg (the one the father hatched from) and the mother’s egg.

That isn't how it works.

The White Leghorn hens each have two white or as some people say not blue egg color genes. Each offspring will get one of those white egg color genes. The Cream Legbar rooster (if pure) has two blue egg color genes. Each of his offspring will get one of those blue egg color genes.

All of the offspring from the White Leghorn hens bred by a Cream Legbar rooster will each have one white egg color gene and one blue egg color gene.

The egg shell color is typically a lighter blue because the hens only have one blue egg color gene.

Female birds are ZW for their sex chromosomes while roosters are ZZ.

 

[deandraB]

That isn't how it works.

The White Leghorn hens each have two white or as some people say not blue egg color genes. Each offspring will get one of those white egg color genes. The Cream Legbar rooster (if pure) has two blue egg color genes. Each of his offspring will get one of those blue egg color genes.

All of the offspring from the White Leghorn hens bred by a Cream Legbar rooster will each have one white egg color gene and one blue egg color gene.

The egg shell color is typically a lighter blue because the hens only have one blue egg color gene.

Female birds are ZW for their sex chromosomes while roosters are ZZ.

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