bobcat killed almost all chickens, leghorn cross question

[CanadaEh]

Bobcat got into our fenced run and coop today when we were away and killed 8 chickens and a rooster (all found under the coop), one chicken survived (but in shock and possibly with leg injury), 2 chickens are missing (either got away or he got away with them over the 10' fence).

I am planning to set as many eggs as we have stored + run a few charged wires along the fence in the future.

The eggs we have a mostly white from leghorns, brown from 2 barred rocks, and green from 1 EE. They were all (hopefully) fertilized by leghorn rooster.

Could you please tell me if we going to get anything but white eggs from the hens hatched from barred rock and EE eggs fertilized by leghorn rooster?

 

[Trimurtisan]

Bobcat got into our fenced run and coop today when we were away and killed 8 chickens and a rooster (all found under the coop), one chicken survived (but in shock and possibly with leg injury), 2 chickens are missing (either got away or he got away with them over the 10' fence).

I am planning to set as many eggs as we have stored + run a few charged wires along the fence in the future.

The eggs we have a mostly white from leghorns, brown from 2 barred rocks, and green from 1 EE. They were all (hopefully) fertilized by leghorn rooster.

Could you please tell me if we going to get anything but white eggs from the hens hatched from barred rock and EE eggs fertilized by leghorn rooster?

You should just get lighter versions if I'm not mistaken. This might give you an idea.

 

[aart]

Could you please tell me if we going to get anything but white eggs from the hens hatched from barred rock and EE eggs fertilized by leghorn rooster?

Probably.....only time will tell.

 

[Ridgerunner]

There are two parts to chicken egg shell color genetics. First is the base color, which is either white or blue with blue being dominant. The pullet gets one gene at this gene pair from each if her parents. If one or both of these genes is blue, she will lay a colored egg, either blue or green.

There are several genes that affect brown color. Some of these genes are dominant, some are recessive, some only act if another gene is present, at least one is sex linked, and one can even bleach brown to white. Most brown is laid on top of the base color after the egg is otherwise finished in the shell gland but at least one can cause an otherwise white egg to be lightly tinted all the way through. It's pretty complicated, that's why you can get so many different shades of brown or green. A brown egg is brown on top of white base color. A green egg is brown on top of blue color. In the absence of brown a white base is white, a blue base is blue.

Your EE is laying a green egg. That means she either has one or two base blue genes. If she has one blue shell gene about half her daughters will lay a base blue egg and half will lay a base white. If she has two blue shell genes all of her daughters will lay blue or green eggs. The shade of brown or green will depend on what brown genetics she passes down. The Leghorn rooster should not have any brown shell genetics so only the hen's dominant genes should have an effect. Her recessives won't pair up so they won't show up. The odds are it will be a lighter brown or green, but not always. It really depends on what specific genes she passes down. They could even be white or blue depending on what genes she passes down.

The pullets from your BR brown eggs will lay base white eggs. The brown genetics work the same as with the EE. If she passes down dominant brown shell genes you will get brown shells. if not you will get white.

Bottom line is that you should get blue, green, or brown eggs from those pullets but you never know what you will get until those pullets lay eggs.