EE question

[citalk2much]

Okay my friend wanted to make a few EE's. So she breed her Araucana roo to her leghorn/minorca hens. Well two chicks hatched and they have bright yellow/orange legs. Shouldn't they have green legs?

 

[pips&peeps]

No, they can have any color legs. Easter egger is just a term for a bird (hopefully) carrying the blue egg gene.

It depends on the birds genetics as to what color legs they will have.

 

[BeardedLadyFarm]

Not all EE's have green legs.

If you're hoping for green/blue eggs, look for the chicks with pea combs. It is almost always inherited with the blue egg gene.

 

[citalk2much]

Thank you both for the answers and great information

 

[Chic Chick]

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I did breed my wheaten ameraucana roo to white leghorn hens and got "paint" chicks. One that I kept has black patches of feathers on a white heavier body, a single floppy comb, dark slate legs, and started laying a pretty blue egg at around 22 weeks old.

 

[Crazy Chicken Fever]

Thanks for sharing Chic!

I did the same breeding and ended up with one baby that is white with black spots. I hope it lays blue eggs but its only 2 months old. It is exciting to know that someone else tried this breeding and it worked.

My Araucana roo also crossed with some of my brown layers so I hope for olive eggs as well. I am working on a breeding project where all of my hens lay blue eggs.