Hey You EE Experts!

[hinkjc]

There are two primary egg shell colors - white and blue.

If white eggs are coated brown - they are brown eggs.
If blue eggs are coated brown - they are green eggs.

 

[sara]

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Exactly

 

[Krys109uk]

Genes on the same chromosome are more likely to be inherited together. The further they are from each other on the chromosome the greater the incidence of them splitting & being inherited separately (called a cross over). In the case of the pea comb & the blue egg gene they are very close (4 map units if my memory serves) which means there is only a very small chance of their being inherited separately. Thus the single comb gene is almost always inherited with a non blue egg gene.
Prof Punnett, however, did create the blue egg autosexing breed with a single comb called the Cream Legbar.
I think the non blue egg without other influences is pale but not actually white because there is a gene which enhances white egg colour carried by such breeds as the leghorns the lack of which causes the tinted eggs sometimes found in the birds which are supposed to be white egg layers. I believe there are several different genes which cause various shades of brown eggs.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Well duh!

mea culpa

You are of course correct. Blue eggshell with a brown coating gives a green egg. My apologies for stating it backwards. [Note to self "READ posts twice before hitting SUBMIT" ]

 

[ging3rhoffman]

:/So...I am getting 2 ameraucanas from mt healthy and 2 from meyers. Those will be EE's? Will my chances of colored eggs increase by getting them from two different hatchery's? Shouldnt they be called EE's if they are EE's and not ameraucanas???

 

[lavandula girl]

Well, the single comb/brown egg link seems to hold true... Max finally decided to lay around noon today, and she has the darkest brown egg of my bunch! Not like Maran dark, but darker than the other 4 I have. I swear, with this pullet, you would believe it's sheer bullheadedness that caused this. But I'm sure it's really genetics.

In any case, no green eggs for us. Oh well...

 

[hinkjc]

Congrats on your egg! I'm sorry it wasn't as colorful as you were hoping, but those first eggs are still fun.

 

[NicInNC]

What does single comb and pea comb mean? I've seen those terms a lot.

 

[Leah-yes I know I'm crazy]

I'm looking for ee experts too. I have one ee hen that I believe just started laying. For two days I found one pink egg and then today I got one that was obviously blueish green but the same shape and size. I am confused. Is this possible? Can egg color varry from day to day in a new layer? She has a pea comb and slate green legs. My other birds are isa's, bo's, and california grey.
Another question - since I'm getting hatch happy anyway and have a ee roo would the offspring of him with any of the other birds I have likely produce an interesting egg color? Could he cross with the california grey to make a blue egg layer or not?
BTW - my ee hen's hatch date was June 10th, making her nearly ten months old before laying her first egg. I was beginning to think she would never ever lay.

 

[Solsken Farm]

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I am thinking Jean meant single combs in an EEs specifically, not in chickens in general. My experience is that EEs with single combs generally lay brown toned eggs, or pinkish, but never blue/green.


Edited for a typo