Dark Easter Egger w/Slate Legs=Blue Eggs?

[Rosegarden2020]

What are the chances that my dark Easter Egger with slate legs will lay blue eggs?

 

[CluckerFamily]

You have a chance, it is always so hard to wait for that first egg. You will do a happy dance when you see that first egg. I have 16 EEs, two lay pink eggs, 5 lay a blue shade of eggs, and 10 lay a green shade of eggs.

 

[Offshoreorca]

Yes, you’ll have to wait and see - unfortunately leg colour isn’t indicative of egg colour. That would sure make life easier though.

 

[SebrightMix]

You have a chance, it is always so hard to wait for that first egg. You will do a happy dance when you see that first egg. I have 16 EEs, two lay pink eggs, 5 lay a blue shade of eggs, and 10 lay a green shade of eggs.

Wait how do you get pink eggs from EEs?

 

[CluckerFamily]

Wait how do you get pink eggs from EEs?

It was really neat to see that Pearl laid pink eggs and then Ophelia is one from my spring batch and she lays pink eggs also.

 

[paloozaparty]

I've been waiting to share pics of our new layers' eggs, because I wonder if they'll change color (as in get darker or lighter) as they mature (our 3 hens did, just slightly, but just enough). I "think" that 1 or 2 new layers are laying light peach colored eggs--though, some days they're more on the pink side... I need to take a picture of the eggs outside vs. inside lighting because it's not showing off their color the best.

Regardless, our 3 pullets are all EE mixes (2 with our Brahma hen and 1 from our Golden Sexlink hen). The weird thing that I'm trying to figure out, is if both of the "twins" are both laying yet, or if one hasn't yet. Because there's these 2 peach eggs, which we've never gotten before (from our older hens), but I think that one of our hens is in fact laying one of the peachy/pink. Long story.

Anyway, the totally perplexing thing to me (I do understand that this is entirely possible) but if both of the twins are laying, ONE is laying GREEN and the other is laying light peach (vs. both laying green, which is what I'd assume--but, I'm still learning about all this).

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Wait how do you get pink eggs from EEs?

EE can lay many different colors, blue, green, tan and pink. It's where the Easter Egger name came from. Purebred Ameraucanas lay blue eggs. ☺

 

[LadiesAndJane]

I've been waiting to share pics of our new layers' eggs, because I wonder if they'll change color (as in get darker or lighter) as they mature (our 3 hens did, just slightly, but just enough). I "think" that 1 or 2 new layers are laying light peach colored eggs--though, some days they're more on the pink side... I need to take a picture of the eggs outside vs. inside lighting because it's not showing off their color the best.

Regardless, our 3 pullets are all EE mixes (2 with our Brahma hen and 1 from our Golden Sexlink hen). The weird thing that I'm trying to figure out, is if both of the "twins" are both laying yet, or if one hasn't yet. Because there's these 2 peach eggs, which we've never gotten before (from our older hens), but I think that one of our hens is in fact laying one of the peachy/pink. Long story.

Anyway, the totally perplexing thing to me (I do understand that this is entirely possible) but if both of the twins are laying, ONE is laying GREEN and the other is laying light peach (vs. both laying green, which is what I'd assume--but, I'm still learning about all this).

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Gorgeous eggs!

 

[paloozaparty]

EE can lay many different colors, blue, green, tan and pink. It's where the Easter Egger name came from. Purebred Ameraucanas lay blue eggs. ☺

Yes I understand that about EE--but I'm just so surprised that the two identical browns with same dad and mom would produce such opposite colored eggs? A blue shell with bloom and a white shell with peach/pink bloom?

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Yes I understand that about EE--but I'm just so surprised that the two identical browns with same dad and mom would produce such opposite colored eggs? A blue shell with bloom and a white shell with peach/pink bloom?

Depends on which egg color genes were inherited from which parent I guess. ☺