Nice color range.
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Yeah, seductive aren't they?A Cream Legbar rooster would work, as long as he comes from a line that actually lays blue eggs. He would pass his blue gene giving you blue or green eggs no matter what color egg your hens lay.
So you're saying the blue gene which y'all say is dominant wouldn't dilute out the recessive brown or white genes that create the colors other than blue (green, cream, pink and so on)? That is what has me confused. (Please pardon my ignorance, I'm neither a genetisist, bioligist or even a breeder. )
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Originally Posted by SilkieChickenLover336
Looks like I have to get an EE now
Somewhat, I think. So you're saying the blue egg gene has nothing to do with the hen adding any brown to it, that's controlled by something else entirely and will not be affected by the egg color genes?Thre are two egg shell colors. Blue and white. A brown egg is a white egg shell with a brown "coating".
A green egg is a blue egg shell with a brown coating.
A tan or pink egg is a white egg shell with a tiny amount of brown coating.
Blue is dominant, so a rooster with a blue egg gene bred to hens with white egg gene will produce pullets that will lay blue eggs.
A blue egg gene rooster bred to a brown egg layer will produce pullets that lay green eggs.
Does this help you understand?
Quote: Both the shell color and the coating color are controlled by genes, but separate genes.
IIRC, there are way more genes that control coating color than there are genes that control shell color.
That's what I meant, they weren't controlled by the same genetic factor. Kinda like eye color and nearsightedness in humans. Both affect the eyes but are caused by different genes, neither one connected with the other.Both the shell color and the coating color are controlled by genes, but separate genes.
IIRC, there are way more genes that control coating color than there are genes that control shell color.