So confused with EE genetics

[peckygirl]

hi y'all! My students want to hatch some eggs and I've never incubated my own. I've incubated before and that's how I got my flock. I have an EE roo. For hens I have a half faverolle half red star, a whole red star, an EE and then an OE. Will I always get EE because of my roo? Or do I need to only incubate my EEs. (I love my part faverolle. She's the sweetest) thanks!

 

[ramirezframing]

Since all your hens are mixed anyways, the chicks will all be mixed. You stand a better chance of getting colored egg offspring from your ee hens, but you could end up with colored egg offspring from any of these crosses. It's a roll of the genetic dice.

 

[Fred's Hens]

Just to clarify, a "pure" or "whole" Red Star is a misnomer, since a Red Star is itself a mix, as is an EE and an olive egger. You've so much diversity and a real potpourri of genetics you're working with there.

 

[peckygirl]

Im so new to this haha. I had no idea that a red star was a mix. Thanks!

 

[lazy gardener]

Red star is a sex linked bird, will not breed true, but will join your other birds in a lovely gene pool slurry! Unless you're stuck on having chickens that you can point to and say that "This one is a (fill in the blank)." You might get some pleasant surprises with a barnyard mix.

 

[peckygirl]

Since these chicks will have to be given away I wanted to be able to say what they are. I'll just call them my fuzzy mutts