Thank you! That’s exactly what I thought and then got confused by that site. Mine are F1s so will be green for sure just not sure how dark. The hen was Marans and roo wheaten ameraucana so maybe not very “olive” since I’ve heard it’s better for the roo to be the dark layer. Either way the...
Thanks! I’ve seen this… And it makes sense… But that’s why the quote from mypetchicken.com threw me off because it’s saying that F1 olive Eggers can throw brown eggs and that crossing F1/F2/F3 always throws green… Which this poster would claim the opposite I think...
Can anyone explain in simple terms some of the basics of olive Eggers genetics? More specifically, what generations or crosses are most likely to create the highest chance of olive eggs?
I thought that F1 olive Eggers (dark egg x blue egg) would always produce green/olive eggs, although perhaps...