Genetics

[Somshine]

Ok so my roo is French Maran and true Americauna mix. Him over Americauna hens. Think I'll still get some blue layers or more likely to all be olive?

 

[Painted Calls]

An Americauna is an Easter Egger. So if that's what you have, you could get anything. If they are Ameraucanas, then I believe you'd get olive eggs. I could be wrong about that last part though.

@The Moonshiner

 

[The Moonshiner]

There's so many genes that can be in play for the brown coloring that it's hard to breed them all out once they're in.
Odds wouldn't be good to get back to a true blue egg so quickly. It's not impossible but not plausible either.

 

[Somshine]

They're strictly Blue, not lucky blue from Easter eggers. So my roo is half blue and half dark brown. On top of blue hens. Much chance of getting a few blue back out of that on the first generation chicks?

 

[Somshine]

An Americauna is an Easter Egger. So if that's what you have, you could get anything. If they are Ameraucanas, then I believe you'd get olive eggs. I could be wrong about that last part though.

@The Moonshiner

Yeah, spelled it wrong . Not show quality but 100% blue, not Easter egger. Been getting them from him for many years. Blue and Easter eggers are kept separate. Roos blue half and hens are true blue.