Breeding

[Isis2708]

I am new to the backyard chicken circle and have a question. I have olive eggers and golden comets. My rooster is a ee and bred with my golden comets. What color eggs should I expect? The gc lays a light brown egg...I would expect the ee carries the blue as well as the olive. Thanks!

 

[WindStep]

A blue egg is more dominant.

 

[Isis2708]

So it would probably be an olive egg since it would be mixed with a brown egg layer? If I'm getting the color combo right lol. Blue n brown=green?

 

[Kelsie2290]

Hello and Welcome To BYC! X2 You should get green/olive eggs, brown coating over blue shells... olive eggs are just more/dark brown coating over blue shell... if your roo carries two blue-egg shell genes, all his pullets should lay green, if he only carries one, then half will lay green, the other half brown. Nice article on egg color. http://scratchcradle.wordpress.com/2012/07/01/gms1-genetics-of-egg-color/

 

[TwoCrows]

Enjoy all those eggs and welcome to BYC!

 

[Wyandottes7]

Welcome to BYC!

We're glad to have you.

 

[gander007]

Alright

great to have you joining the BYC flock

 

[sourland]

Welcome to BYC - sounds as if you may get a colorful egg basket from those birds.

 

[drumstick diva]

you could also post on the Breed, genetics and showing thread.