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But again, you have no idea if the father has a double blue gene based on what you've written here. If the mother had no blue-egg genes (cuz Brahma) and this hen laid a green egg, all you know is that the father gave a blue egg gene, you don't know what the other gene is - it could very well be white or brown. You see what I'm saying? And now that hen has a white/brown gene and a blue gene. So for example if you cross her back to the roo, you'll may well get 50% offspring carrying the genetics to lay green eggs, 25% to lay blue and 25% to lay brown. And when it comes to the roosters of this offspring you have no way of knowing what genes it carries whatsoever. And only half of the hens will lay green eggs.It's olive green. Same egg, just wet, & dry.
Mother was a Brahma, Father was the EE with double Blue.
No matter which way you dice it, breeding easter eggers with easter eggers, or easter eggers with brown or white layers, will only ever give you easter eggers. Some may be green laying easter eggers but you'll never have the genetic stock for an actual olive egger project. For that you must start with a parent that has two copies of a blue gene, and two copies of a dark brown gene.