Potential egg color from new rooster

[Lornbugg]

Hello!

I recently acquired a cockerel who’s mom is a black copper Marans and dad is an ameracauna. I am wondering if he breeds with my EE if the chicks could be olive eggers or if they will carry the blue egg gene.

 

[nicalandia]

Hello!

I recently acquired a cockerel who’s mom is a black copper Marans and dad is an ameracauna. I am wondering if he breeds with my EE if the chicks could be olive eggers or if they will carry the blue egg gene.

Statistically speaking only 50% of his offspring are expected to lay green eggs, because you can't always count that the EEs will pass their blue/green shell genetics

 

[Lornbugg]

Statistically speaking only 50% of his offspring are expected to lay green eggs, because you can't always count that the EEs will pass their blue/green shell genetics

Thanks for responding! So is it accurate to say that the other 50% of his offspring would likely lay brown eggs, maybe even dark brown like the Marans?

 

[nicalandia]

Thanks for responding! So is it accurate to say that the other 50% of his offspring would likely lay brown eggs, maybe even dark brown like the Marans?

Brown on the light side since they would have inherited only 25% of Maran genetics