Ameraucana Roosters and Egg Color

[OneAndTwoOfFour]

Hello and thank you to all who can answer this. We have two Ameraucana roosters. The redtbof our adult chickens are brown and white egg layers. If the Aneraucana roosters breed with anybof our White Leghorns, Barred Ricks, SL Wyandottes, Red Stars or RIRs, will their offsprings’ eggs be anything different than the mama hens’ egg colors?

If the Ameraucana rooster mates with a leghorn, what color will the offspring’s eggs be?

What about an Ameraucana rooster and a Rhode Island red hen? What color egg will their offspring produce?

Can anyone recommend a beginners book on chicken genetics?

Thank you so much!

 

[sourland]

If they are true Ameraucanas and not Easter Eggers, crossing with the Leghorns should give light blue egg laying pullets and with the RIR likely green/olive eggs. If they are EE, all bets are off.

 

[OneAndTwoOfFour]

Thank you! We got our Ameraucanas from Orsheln’s. They were in the $1 “frypan special” bin so we rescued them.

I guess who knows what they really could be. We bought 6 Barred Rock “pullets” from them this spring and got FOUR roosters!

Here is a picture of one of them. They are both almost identical except the other one does not have blonde on the top of his head but just around his neck.

 

[4 Georgia Hens]

Thank you! We got our Ameraucanas from Orsheln’s. They were in the $1 “frypan special” bin so we rescued them.

I guess who knows what they really could be. We bought 6 Barred Rock “pullets” from them this spring and got FOUR roosters!

Here is a picture of one of them. They are both almost identical except the other one does not have blonde on the top of his head but just around his neck.

Gorgeous rooster! Good luck to yal!

 

[OneAndTwoOfFour]

Thank you!

 

[BamburghFarms]

He is so handsome!

 

[lilmillefleur]

One dollar Ameraucanas are likely Easter Eggers. True Ameraucanas are much more expensive generally, even cockerels.
That being said, I would guess you would get mint, green, olive and some brown eggs from the offspring.

 

[OneAndTwoOfFour]

Thank you all for the great responses. I appreciate you time and effort!

 

[Brahma Chicken5000]

Your “Ameraucanas” are Easter Eggers. Your cockerels may carry 2 blue egg genes, 2 non blue egg genes (white), or one of each.

 

[OneAndTwoOfFour]

Your “Ameraucanas” are Easter Eggers. Your cockerels may carry 2 blue egg genes, 2 non blue egg genes (white), or one of each.

How can you tell they are EEs and not Ameraucanas?