EE roo crossed with black copper maran hens. Will offspring be Olive Eggers?

[ChrisO]

Will a cross between bantam easter egger roo and standard black copper maran hens result in olive eggers?

 

[Chicalina]

Possibly. Not all EEs are green egg layers though. You never know what's in their genetics.

 

[Yardmom]

It depends on what egg genetics the roo has. If he has 2 blue egg genes all off spring will be Olive eggers. If the roo has 1 blue egg gene and one not blue egg gene only half of the offspring will be Olive eggers.

 

[AusHen]

The downside with EE roosters is you can't see if they carry any blue gene or not. Usually they have at least one copy which will produce some green laying offspring and some brown laying offspring, but just like with some hens they inherit the blue gene so you may risk only producing brown layers. Test breeding will tell you if he as least has one copy, otherwise the easiest way is to DNA to see if he possesses, two or no two copies

 

[AMURPHY227]

An olive egger is a bird that comes from a homozygous blue and a homozygous brown.
Easter eggers do not have 2 homozygous parents.

If you mixed an EE with a BCM, and the offspring lays green eggs, then you have a green easter egger.