Anyone achieve a blue speckled egg layer? Green speckled? gold?

[FearlessFeather]

Let me know on this one as I had the same plan.

Yeah that’s the cross, a black rooster that is a blue ameraucana with a welsummer hen

 

[Minky]

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My welsummer started to lay, and also not photoed, but I have a OE egg layer that started to lay an OE with green spots.

who lays bottom carton , top row, 4th egg in from left? When that egg gets bigger, it will be AMAZING! Also those Marans are nice and dark! I have egg envy. LOL

 

[Minky]

I got the hen that laid this this from a local breeder. She is a maran cross. I also have a Maran hen from her that lays speckled eggs. View attachment 2580184

Im surprised this is from a Marans. I figured it would be much darker. This is a very pretty egg! My olive Eggers are 16 weeks old now, so about a month to go before I should start getting some pretty eggs! I have 2 pullets that are BCMarans hen x CCLB roo and 2 pullets that are BCMarans roo x CLB/EE cross hen that lays blue eggs.
Would very much like to see the difference in eggs.
I also have some CCLB roo x Welsummer hens Olive eggers coming but so far they've all been males. Hopefully one of my chicks ends up being a female!!

 

[Brown Chick]

Im surprised this is from a Marans. I figured it would be much darker. This is a very pretty egg! My olive Eggers are 16 weeks old now, so about a month to go before I should start getting some pretty eggs! I have 2 pullets that are BCMarans hen x CCLB roo and 2 pullets that are BCMarans roo x CLB/EE cross hen that lays blue eggs.
Would very much like to see the difference in eggs.
I also have some CCLB roo x Welsummer hens Olive eggers coming but so far they've all been males. Hopefully one of my chicks ends up being a female!!

Wow I hope you get some pullets soon. Those all sound like crosses I would love to try. Please post the pics when you get eggs. I’ll bet those will be worth the wait.

 

[FearlessFeather]

I would love to be inspired, so if you've been creating your own speckled olive Eggers or maybe mint green with speckles, or blue??? please post photos.

I have heard that crossing a dark layer (marans) roos over a blue egg layer (CLB) will achieve darker olive eggs then if you would cross a CLB roo over a marans hen. Can anyone confirm? Has anyone done both? I have two batches in right now. Marans roo over blue eggs/ CLB roo over dark eggs.

I love the big blotchy speckles, so Im trying to achieve a speckled green (all shades) and blue egg.

I’m interested in those eggs as well, I have crossed a black (blue) ameraucana rooster with couple of welsummer hens. Have a 4 month old pullet and couple of chicks.

Unfortunately that hen died after just a few eggs. But still would like to get the blue eggs with green speckles

 

[Minky]

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Unfortunately that hen died after just a few eggs. But still would like to get the blue eggs with green speckles

that is one pretty egg!!!!!!

 

[nicalandia]

Impressive pictures to say the least. And with Proper breeding, further improvements can be achieved.

These guys have it right to think a Welsummer Rooster from a line of Splecked Egg hens crossed to a blue egger(Ameraucana/Araucana would be my recommendation) would produce the desired F1s.

https://silverhomestead.com/whitingwelsummer/

 

[Minky]

Impressive pictures to say the least. And with Proper breeding, further improvements can be achieved.

These guys have it right to think a Welsummer Rooster from a line of Splecked Egg hens crossed to a blue egger(Ameraucana/Araucana would be my recommendation) would produce the desired F1s.

https://silverhomestead.com/whitingwelsummer/

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Those are cool. I bred my speckled Welly to a CLB rooster and ended up with 3 hens. they all lay speckled light olive eggs, but not as speckled as I would've hoped. Next year's maybe

 

[nicalandia]

Those are cool. I bred my speckled Welly to a CLB rooster and ended up with 3 hens. they all lay speckled light olive eggs, but not as speckled as I would've hoped. Next year's maybe

As with many brown egg-shell traits, the Speckling has sex-linked traits, and CLB have genes that inhibit some speckling. So in general you are not using the best combination(Welsummer Rooster x Ameraucana)

 

[LaFleche]

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Unfortunately that hen died after just a few eggs. But still would like to get the blue eggs with green speckles

What a shame, she laid beautiful eggs! I am sorry you lost her.