Good Morning Everyone, I got my second egg and it looks exactly like the first. Nice and shiny, not real dark. CM, did you see my post about quantity versus color. What color would you expect on a hen laying nearly everyday?
Hi RedBank ;
there is always special creature in this world and the chooks are not exception .
I have 2 BCM hens ( all black ) they started with a 6 for a short while and stuck with a 5 ish for over a year ( all 3 managed to lay 280 /274/ 269 eggs mostly color 5 and 4 at the end last 50 eggs.
this sort of girl they have both world .dark egg gene and the laying ability . If I ll cross them to a rooster ho come out from egg 8 ( I do no have for a moment ) than I should have a good balanced progeny as F1
doen t mean a hen who lay less have a dark egg .
what that mean if 2 sisters have a same genes ( dark egg ) but one of them lay more then the other So the one who lay less will have a darkest eggs.
we only compere the chooks if they are related . so we can map the genes.
If you have a hens who are a good layer plus dark eggs ,than your have a gift . you have to use it .
chooks man