Easter Egger Question

[Bedste]

I have a recently developing EE ROO that I thought was a pullet.... I already have plenty of EE pullets for him to breed with..... and then I have 2 pure bred Wheaten Ameraucana pullets that will hopefully breed with the WA cockeral when he is older... Just deciding if I am going to attempt to keep another roo or not... thanks for the help

 

[ArizonaDesertChicks]

Easter eggers can lay blue, green, pink, or even brown eggs, but usually lay colored ones. I have 5 easter egger pullets/hens that are laying - 3 of them lay a light olive color, the other 2 lay mint colored eggs (bluish-green). All 5 were from Ideal (purchased at our local feedstore).

The 5 blue & green colored eggs in this pic are from 3 of my easter eggers (the other two weren't laying yet):

You will have the greatest chance of getting blue or green eggs when breeding your easter egger hens & your ameraucana hens to your EE roo, versus breeding him to another type of hen (BR, etc). There's no way of predicting your chance of getting a pink egg (verus blue, green, or brown) - I think the pink eggs are just a variation of the brown ones.

One of my barred rocks lays a pinkish colored egg (hers are in the middle - the 3 eggs on the left are from my 2 other barred rocks, the brown eggs on the right are from a PR/rir, black star, and australorp.

 

[Bedste]

what a pretty variety you have... thanks for the help

 

[evonne]

i'm not a genetics guru by any means, but i was told the blue gene is dominant.. and that egg color is determined by both parents...

if you know what color the roo hatched out of, you have a better idea of what he's got in him...

i have 2 of my EE's who are laying brown eggs.... if i breed them to say my cuckoo marans, offspring are still technically EE's, but i THINK there's 0 chance for them to lay blue or green eggs....
if my EE roo happens to be throwing green into the mix, (which i will hopefully know in march when his first offspring start laying) then i put him with the brown laying EE hens, those offspring still have a chance to lay green if dad is contributing.. but will be more of the olive from the darkening that the mom's brown is giving....

i'm still crossing my fingers that at least 1 more of the 3 EE's who's holding out on me will end up laying green eggs.... hopefully soon....

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

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OK, I am being nit picky, but not exactly correct. The pea comb gene and the blue eggshell gene are very closely linked, meaning that about 97% of the time these genes are inherited from one chromosome; about 3% of the time one gene is inherited from one chromosome and the other gene from the other chromosome.

Also, there are many breeds with pea combs that do not carry the blue eggshell gene--for these breeds you could say that the not-blue eggshell gene is closely linked. However, if you breed a pea combed blue eggshell bird with a pea comb not-blue eggshell bird (such as a brahma), all will be pure for pea comb, but will be het for blue eggshell. About half of THEIR offspring will inherit pea comb and not-blue eggshell--originating from their not-blue eggshell grandparent (brahma).

 

[Cherokeerainbow]

Wow, Thank you everyone for such great information!
I'm left with a shortage of answers for most of the questions asked that would help me determine where I should begin... Such as, the history of my Roo... Well, no clue, he was given to me as no one wanted the poor lil guy...his name is Pat as we weren't sure what gender he was when he got here. (so, I can't know his egg color/strain till I start breeding and find out what the gene is) Also, my pullets are from Ideal...which I just learned are not true Americana's at all but more EE birds... which is OK.
I will just save this valuable info for when they start to lay and who is what and breeding...
Thanks for all the help!!!
This will be valueable along with more research for breeding future 'blue' egg birds.
p.s. my aussies lay an almost 'pink' egg too (and the blackstars)