Cross breeding?

[SqueakyRoseShalom]

I am fairly new at raising chickens; I started last April. We started off with 2 white Leghorns, 2 Black Australorps, 1 Silver-laced Wyandotte, and 1 Plymouth Rock. Then we added 2 Black Copper Marans, 2 Americaunas (easter eggers), and 1 link. One of the Americaunas turned out to be a rooster, so now we are considering hatching some eggs. I know nothing about breeding, but I am not against having mixed breeds. Is there any reason why I should not hatch eggs from my sundry mix of hens and my Americauna rooster?

Also, what should I expect from the mixing of my rooster specifically with my Black Coppers? They lay a chocolate brown egg, and Americaunas lay a blue-green egg. Will the baby chick lay one color or the other? or a strange mix?

 

[sourland]

No reason to not hatch your eggs. The EE X Marans may produce pullets that lay an olive green egg. This is assuming that the EE carries the 'blue egg' gene.

 

[Ducks and Banny hens]

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I've also heard that when the truely dedicated geneticist somehow gets both the blue-egg gene and the chocolate-egg gene pure, the result is a Loden green egg -- VERY rare and amazing.

 

[SqueakyRoseShalom]

Thanks to the both of you! I will give this a go=).