Breeding

[Countrygirl008400]

If I have an EE rooster can I breed him with others to make olive egger or no?

 

[TesoroSena]

If I have an EE rooster can I breed him with others to make olive egger or no?

I mixed a ee with a copper maran and it turned out olive egger!

 

[Countrygirl008400]

I mixed a ee with a copper maran and it turned out olive egger!

Was it an ee rooster and copper maran hen? Bc that’s what I got.

 

[TesoroSena]

Was it an ee roster and copper maran hen? Bc that’s what I got.

Yes! It was.

 

[nuthatched]

Probably.

 

[Countrygirl008400]

Yes! It was.

Nice thank you. Doesn’t hurt to try!

 

[TesoroSena]

Nice thank you. Doesn’t hurt to try!

True!! Best of luck!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

If I have an EE rooster can I breed him with others to make olive egger or no?

Depends on what egg colors his mother and father each passed down. EEs can lay any possible color, so not all will make green or olive layers when bred to the appropriate female

 

[Countrygirl008400]

Depends on what egg colors his mother and father each passed down. EEs can lay any possible color, so not all will make green or olive layers when bred to the appropriate female

Yeah I have no clue. When I got them from the store it said Ameraucanas and pullets. Surprise. Ones a roo and two are ee but if they ain’t the cutest! I just would like an Oliver egger and wanted to try on my own!

 

[sourland]

Depends on what egg colors his mother and father each passed down. EEs can lay any possible color, so not all will make green or olive layers when bred to the appropriate female

It's all in the DNA.