EE with brown eggs?

[Sparks]

Yikes!

 

[abhaya]

seveal generations can be bread diluting the gene pool

ie eggs going from blue to geen to brown

 

[BlacksheepCardigans]

That's not "dilution," that's the interaction of the blue gene with the background color of the hen's egg.

Blue eggs are blue gene + white layer

Blue-green are blue gene + tinted layer

Green are blue gene + brown layer

Olive are blue gene + dark brown layer

So, in successive generations of breeding to non-blue-gene chickens, you get

Purebred blue, such as an Ameraucana --> green (blue + brown) --> 75% green and a 25% chance of brown (because the blue gene has been lost).

in the homozygous EEs, which are green layers (they're brown layers + blue egg gene), you get green --> green --> 75% green and 25% chance of brown.

Autosomal genes work in a predictable way and they either exist or they don't exist. Very, very few behave in a way we'd call cumulative or dilutive.

 

[cubalaya]

i dont even like the way the meat tastes or the blue and green eggs. going with more heritage dual purpose birds.

 

[abhaya]

lol dilute was a bad choice of words we are saying the same thing just in different word. You put it very well thanks for making what I was trying to say clear. I just dont have the genetic backround to say it very well.

 

[BlacksheepCardigans]

Does it taste too much like quail?

(Sorry, one of the hatcheries actually advertises their EEs as tasting like quail rather than like chicken.)

There shouldn't be any difference in taste between green/blue eggs and any other eggs. The meat would of course depend on a ton of things but it should taste about like any other gamey-shaped chicken.

 

[OkChickens]

I have 7 EE's hens I have found pinkish white, pinkish brown, blueish green, and light green eggs. They lay all sort of eggs! I love them!

 

[cubalaya]

i like quail

 

[Morgan7782]

OkChickens that is exactly why they are so wonderful! Much better then any "guarenteed" egg, it's always a surprise! I think Easter Eggers are much more exciting, versatile and "box of chocolates"y than any other breed. I really enjoy them! My girl is really pretty, and a total personality

 

[OkChickens]

I have Leghorns and they lay White eggs. With them I think, how big will they be? Double Eggers?

My RIR's and Buffs are to young. I have got 2 really really small eggs.

Now my EE's are wonderful! Its an Easter egg hunt everyday! I love chickens!

-Nate