EE Roo x BCM Hen, olive egger?

[bald k9]

will it work either way or do i need a bcm roo to an ee hen to try and get olive eggs,, I have an EE roo and Bcm hens

 

[Frost Homestead]

the ones you have should work just fine.

 

[bald k9]

thanks

 

[bald k9]

anyone else like to chime in?

 

[Cattitude]

Should work! I had some light-olive eggs from a BO-X-Ameraucana. Pretty eggs, pretty hen.

 

[nicalandia]

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well... I believe that if you start with a EE hen with the darkes Green eggs is better than working with a roo

 

[Bravo]

Just make sure your EE boy at least carries the blue gene. I know that is a pretty obvious statement but you'd be surprised how many EE's don't carry the blue gene.

 

[nicalandia]

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Correct, and tha'ts because they use other pea comb breeds...

 

[allmychickens]

would it work with other marans or just bcm?

 

[Illia]

Olive Eggers work with any blue/green layer crossed with a dark layer, which can be any color of Marans, or a Penedesenca, or even a Welsummer - But the best come from the darkest layers.