How to get White Egg Colors?

[Orpingtons4me]

I was wondering if there's anyway to get a white egg layer from a brown or blue egg layer, or if you have to start with one of the parents with the white egg laying gene?

 

[Den in Penn]

They have to have the white egg shell gene. Unless you know how to cause a mutation in that specific gene.

 

[Orpingtons4me]

Thanks for the help!

 

[Bullitt]

I was wondering if there's anyway to get a white egg layer from a brown or blue egg layer, or if you have to start with one of the parents with the white egg laying gene?

If you cross a chicken from a breed that lays brown eggs with one from a breed that lays white eggs, you would probably get hens that lay light brown eggs.

Why do you want to breed a brown-egg layer to get a white-egg layer?

 

[Cindy in PA]

I have no idea, but there are only 2 true egg colors, blue & white. Blue or green eggs have blue inside and brown eggs have white inside. Genetics is beyond me.

 

[Orpingtons4me]

If you cross a chicken from a breed that lays brown eggs with one from a breed that lays white eggs, you would probably get hens that lay light brown eggs.

Why do you want to breed a brown-egg layer to get a white-egg layer?

I am starting with brown egg layers and one blue egg layer and just wanted to see what variety I could get without having to buy more chickens.