12+ BANTAM Easter Egger eggs - blue, green, pink & peach!!!

[Smokin Silkies]

Duplicate post...when I refreshed the page, it reposted me????!!!

 

[TurtleFeathers]

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LOL! THAT, my friend, is the 22,000 dollar question!!! (And you just HAD to ask it of ME, didn't you???)

No seriously, without going into a HUGE genetics lesson, and the genetic makeup of all my birds, all I can say is its *possible*. It depends on whether the parents are homozygous (carries 2 genes), or heterozygous (carries 1 gene) for the blue and/or brown egg gene. And since Easter Eggers are of mixed heritage, and since I do NOT know the genetic makeup of some of my birds, there is no way to know. Not to mention, I don't know which rooster fathered them, and sometimes I don't even know which hen laid which egg - that, and the fact that I don't know what genes are involved with pinkish and peach-ish colored eggs.

All I CAN tell you for sure is that I personally hatched ALL of my bantam EE's from blue eggs - yet some of them lay blue, some lay green, some lay pink and some lay peach colored eggs.

Clear as mud, right? Sorry, wish I could give you a more definitive answer!

(edited because I can't spell...)

 

[Smokin Silkies]

lol! genetics....

Good enough answer. I understand

Chickens just can't make it easy on us can they.... but that would take all the fun out of it huh

 

[happytxchick]

Are these eggs from the same coop as the "Help, I'm drowning in bantam eggs!" auction?? Boy, you do have a bunch o' eggs.

 

[TurtleFeathers]

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Nope, different coop! Yep, got LOTS o' eggs!!!

 

[La Roux]

Do these girls go broody??

 

[BellLisamo]

can i save your name for when I get some $ saved up?!?!?!

 

[TurtleFeathers]

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So far, mine haven't. But mine are only 10 months old, so I don't know if that will change in the spring or not.

 

[TurtleFeathers]

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You sure can! PM me when you're ready.

 

[La Roux]

Thank you