BLUE-AMERAUCANA eggs not all blue

[Krys109uk]

Just stick with the Amercuana folks we know. If you just dont know for sure Pips and Peeps might know!

My thoughts exactly.

BTW. Which chicks legs are wrong? I've learnt from (unhappy) experience that some of the genes affecting chick's leg colour take a few weeks to come into effect.​

 

[EweSheep]

The OP's chick legs. It should be either slate/grey or black in color, not orange/yellow with some smuttiness of black on the upper part of legs. I've hatched out Amercuana bantams in black and blues and splash, not one of them look like that. The closest I come to are pink or white then they would turn to slate.

Not sure whats going on. If you look at the Ebay feedback in July, you will see reference of "Easter Eggers" word. Not sure what the buyer bought but mentioned about the color of egg is not the same as the photo. (sigh)

 

[Krys109uk]

Shan't go into long & boring stories of experiences, but yellow pigment can linger for weeks after hatching; conversely it can take a while to show up. Seemingly, among other things, it depends upon the feed fed both, to the mother, & to the chick. Also the Id gene which takes black pigment from the inner layer of skin, does not kick in for a few weeks.

Not sure whats going on. If you look at the Ebay feedback in July, you will see reference of "Easter Eggers" word. Not sure what the buyer bought but mentioned about the color of egg is not the same as the photo. (sigh)

It is so very sad that some people do not take more care with what they are breeding & selling.​

 

[Tailfeathers]

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That is interesting. Do you know why that is? I am most certainly NOT a geneticist, or anything even remotely close, but my limited understanding would lead me to believe there would be an equal chance of other non-desireable brown layer genes popping up in addition to the egg genes.

Please do elaborate. I'm sure it will help me and others in our future breeding.

God Bless,

 

[EweSheep]

Both green egg gene and bleeding odd colors in feathers are very difficult to breed out. Sometimes throwback offsprings would put your breeding program in a halt really quick and you would have to go back and revise your breeding program and culling out the impurities the parent(s) produced.

 

[Krys109uk]

limited understanding would lead me to believe there would be an equal chance of other non-desireable brown layer genes popping up in addition to the egg genes.

There are a lot of genes involved in bown egg colour, various numbers of genes giving various shades. One cannot identify a shade on an egg & say this is x, y or z gene. However plumage genes are reasonably well documented, & their mode of inheritance reasonably predictable. If one knows what to expect it is that much easier to manipulate the outcome.

 

[turtleblossom]

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Hey, how come no one else caught this?

Aveca, chickens can't lay eggs that are different colors. Your EE lays either a pink egg,or a blue egg but she can't lay both.

 

[AHappychick]

i saw that but after 10 years of owning the hen I feel as they would know what egg colors they were getting. it is odd though...

 

[turtleblossom]

Not just odd, but I dare say impossible.

 

[AHappychick]

well maybe the color was alway blue just got washed out to more of a pink as the laying cycle went on???? I know it is not supposed to happen b ut since blue is from the bile, maybe she only porodused a bit of it at the begining. I know I am reaching here but there has to be an explanation. if she called the chicken her mood chicken I am sure she investigated and knows what color her hen laid. Or maybe I am gullable who knows