Best Homozygous blue egg layer?

[McChooky]

From the Greenfire Farms website:

"As of March of 2024, our Exhibition Cream Legbar line has been genetically tested to be homozygous for the blue egg gene. This means that all of the offspring will also be homozygous for the blue egg gene and we guarantee this. The genetic testing was done by the IQ Bird Testing lab in Miami, Florida. We don't offer this guarantee for the Cream Legbar line"

 

[Ridgerunner]

From the Greenfire Farms website:

"As of March of 2024, our Exhibition Cream Legbar line has been genetically tested to be homozygous for the blue egg gene. This means that all of the offspring will also be homozygous for the blue egg gene and we guarantee this. The genetic testing was done by the IQ Bird Testing lab in Miami, Florida. We don't offer this guarantee for the Cream Legbar line"

This does not say that all eggs will be blue and none will be green. It says all will be either blue or green and does not say what shade of blue or green they will be. None will be brown or white.

 

[McChooky]

This does not say that all eggs will be blue and none will be green. It says all will be either blue or green and does not say what shade of blue or green they will be. None will be brown or white.

The original importer of the cream legbar just says their cream legbars can lay sky-blue to light green eggs

 

[Ridgerunner]

The original importer of the cream legbar just says their cream legbars can lay sky-blue to light green eggs

That is exactly what I've been saying, they can lay blue or green eggs. I'm not arguing with you, I'm trying agree with you.

 

[McChooky]

If I understand correctly is the rooster is Homozygous for the blue egg gene all his chicks will lay blue or tinted.I suppose this could mean other colors besides blue

That is exactly what I've been saying, they can lay blue or green eggs. I'm not arguing with you, I'm trying agree with you.

Lol My comment was directed to the op who said 'real' one lay blue eggs not you haha

 

[AinaWGSD]

Homozygous does not mean the bird can only lay blue eggs, it just means the bird has two copies of the gene for not-white (base egg color is either white or blue...therefore the blue egg gene can also be considered the non-white gene). Brown and green is the result of pigments deposited over the white or blue eggshell. Therefore a green egg layer  can be homozygous for blue. They have two copies of the gene for blue eggs, and also other genes for brown pigment.

 

[McChooky]

Homozygous does not mean the bird can only lay blue eggs, it just means the bird has two copies of the gene for not-white (base egg color is either white or blue...therefore the blue egg gene can also be considered the non-white gene). Brown and green is the result of pigments deposited over the white or blue eggshell. Therefore a green egg layer  can be homozygous for blue. They have two copies of the gene for blue eggs, and also other genes for brown pigment.

I don't breed chickens for show so it doesn't matter to me what color eggs they lay.I prefer this autosexing breed because their chicks are easy to sex and the eggs are pretty in a basket