French Black Copper Maran Rooster x Production Reds

[ShellyBlanco]

I'm wondering what color the eggs might be when they start laying. 2 pullets are 21 weeks, 15 pullets are 17 weeks. The mothers ,(Production Reds) started laying at

20 weeks.

 

[BlindLemonChicken]

I think they will just be regular brown. From what I understand the dark brown gene in BCMs is recessive so if you cross it with anything it wont show up

 

[lilmillefleur]

It will probably be an intermediate shade of brown, there are lots of genes controlling brown eggs but I think generally they are incompletely dominant genes. If you want the darkest eggs you should cross with your darkest laying hens.