If you have a cuckoo maran rooster over a diffrent breed hen can......

[Bock_Bock]

the offspring if pullets lay the dark brown eggs or will it take over the other half of the mix?

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

Egg colour genes are not sex-linked--both parents contribute equally.

 

[Bock_Bock]

ok i see so if you had the dark maran layer and a white leghorn you would prob get like tan eggs then right

is this how you get those super dark ee eggs is by crossing a ee with a maran?

 

[Krys109uk]

Egg colour genes are not sex-linked--both parents contribute equally.

As a result of several studies, some of the genes affecting egg colour were concluded to be sex linked.
(Punnett & Bailey, 1920; Hall, 1944)​

 

[onthespot]

do you remember what sort of colors were sex linked?

 

[Krys109uk]

Punnett concluded that some factors affecting brown egg colour were sex linked. There are quite a few factors affecting egg colour.

 

[Bock_Bock]

man that stinks but doesnt dark always cap over light?