How to see what egg color rooster will give

[sóley]

so I was wondering I got few easter egger chicks, both from brown eggs and green eggs and olive eggs and blue, how will I see what rooster will give green/or blue eggs to his chicks?
I want a rooster that gives green/or blue eggs to his chicks, haha

Is there any way to tell?

 

[KikiLeigh02]

I think the only way to know for sure is to either hatch his offspring and see what color egg they lay or get a rooster from a blue egg laying breed like an Ameraucana or a Cream Legbar.

 

[Sneebsey]

What comb type do the mothers have? If they are from Araucana/Ameraucana/EE stock, they should have a pea-comb, which is linked to the blue egg gene. This means that any offspring between these and a single-combed white (or brown etc) egg parent will likely either be pea-combed blue-eggers or single-combed white egg-layers.

If the parents are from cream-legbar stock, which have had the blue-egg gene split from the pea-comb gene (around 2% chance, I've heard), then this method will not work.

Other than that, selecting out a few nice boys, keeping them in a bachelor pad, and test-breeding them one-by-one will work, though will take up more resources and time.

 

[sóley]

What comb type do the mothers have? If they are from Araucana/Ameraucana/EE stock, they should have a pea-comb, which is linked to the blue egg gene. This means that any offspring between these and a single-combed white (or brown etc) egg parent will likely either be pea-combed blue-eggers or single-combed white egg-layers.

If the parents are from cream-legbar stock, which have had the blue-egg gene split from the pea-comb gene (around 2% chance, I've heard), then this method will not work.

Other than that, selecting out a few nice boys, keeping them in a bachelor pad, and test-breeding them one-by-one will work, though will take up more resources and time.

I just bought fertile eggs from a woman that owns this breed so I don’t know how the mothers comb looks like
There is on rooster that came from blue egg but the father is not for sure what he gives

She told me she has to rooster, one gives brown and one green so I don’t know he could get brown eggs from his father if his father is the one that gives the brown eggs
Okey I test breed them then, thank

 

[Sneebsey]

Remember also that both males and females can have both blue-egg and white-egg genes at the same time, and can pass either onto their offspring. Blue is dominant so even one copy will create a blue egg layer, but that bird will hide a single gene for white.

Brown and green (and pink, olive, speckled etc) eggs are all created through pigment layers over the top of the white or blue shell, so this is also something to think about if you want a bird that will pass on those genes for pigment coating.

If you can take a few photos of the birds in question, we could help you make an informed decision as to which cockerel is your man. Remember that egg-colour should also take a back-seat to general health and vigour, size and growth.

 

[Rose Quartz]

I just bought fertile eggs from a woman that owns this breed so I don’t know how the mothers comb looks like
There is on rooster that came from blue egg but the father is not for sure what he gives

She told me she has to rooster, one gives brown and one green so I don’t know he could get brown eggs from his father if his father is the one that gives the brown eggs
Okey I test breed them then, thank

your rooster that came from the blue egg, will carry atleast one blue eggshell gene. his ofspring is crossed with a hen that lays blue could produce either blue or green. if by chance both the male and female carry a white gene it is possible their offspring could produce white. or brown if the rooster has some of the brown pigment in his genes. but your best bet is the roo from the blue egg.

crossing a blue shell roo with a brown shell hen will give you green.

 

[Sneebsey]

your rooster that came from the blue egg, will carry atleast one blue eggshell gene. his ofspring is crossed with a hen that lays blue could produce either blue or green. if by chance both the male and female carry a white gene it is possible their offspring could produce white. or brown if the rooster has some of the brown pigment in his genes. but your best bet is the roo from the blue egg.

crossing a blue shell roo with a brown shell hen will give you green.

The boy from the blue egg could still have no blue egg genes. Blue is dominant over white, therefore even if mum only had one blue egg gene, she would lay blue eggs. If she was mated with the brown-egg cockerel, statistically only half their offspring would possess a single gene for blue eggs. Likewise, a blue-shell cockerel with a brown-shell hen may give you green, but it can also give light-brown, depending on if that cockerel is pure for the blue-gene.

I agree with you where you say that two blue laying parents (no eggs from the cockerel, obviously) can throw white egg offspring; if they are both impure for blue eggs, 1/4 of their offspring would lack any genes for blue.