Blue Ameraucana hen cross Delaware Roo

[Shellyhatches]

Hello all! I am looking to hatch some Blue Am eggs I have a blue Ameraucana hen and a Delaware Roo. Has anyone ever hatched these eggs? Will the Pullets lay blue eggs? Are you able to tell the Pullets from the Roos with this hatching? I’ve never done this before so I’m curious for all the info you know on this cross hatching! Thanks in advance

 

[DemeterAD9]

You will not get any sex linked chicks from this cross and the male is likely to pass the barring on to all his kids, I would expect them to be mostly white like a Delware too. Egg color should be blue/green if your hen is a pure Ameraucana that has 2 copies of the blue egg gene. If she is in fact an EE with only one blue egg gene copy you will get a mix of green/blue/brown.

 

[Floof]

The Delaware breed is a barred silver columbian colour. Blue is a dilution gene over black so you will basically get black and blue barred babies. They'll be cute but they won't be sex linked as all the offspring will carry 1 gene for barring, inherited from the rooster.