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If your rooster from the blue egg has blue egg parent on both sides, then if you breed him to a brown egg layer, you will get chickens that lay green eggs, again shade depends on the shade of brown the parent chicken lays. There are others that can go into more detail about egg color genetics...

If your boy (the one you posted about) is a true olive egger, then breeding him to a dark brown layer will give you 50 percent that lay a dark brown egg and 50 percent that lay a darker green egg. The exact shade will depend on the shade of brown the brown egg layer is. I just crossed a silkie...

If you are able to keep him and breed him to other colored egg layers, opens up alot of possibilities for egg color. 😊

You just need one dark egg laying parent, such as a marans or welsummer and one true blue egg layer such as an ameraucana or crested cream leg bar. Easter eggers can be used but you can not be as certain of the results. This chart has been posted many times on BYC, but it gives a clear explanation:

Sorry, just saw he was barred, was not paying attention! Agree with cuckoo marans parent!😂

Olive eggers are created with different combinations of different breeds. With muffs and a beard, likely ameraucana parent and feathered legs, black color points towards black copper marans parent. 😊