Is this a Prairie Bluebell Egger?

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[TheOddOneOut]

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I have a blue laying bird with blue lobes.
But I have another blue layer with red lobes.
There‘s almost no correlation.

 

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Could it have been a mix?

 

[TheOddOneOut]

Could it have been a mix?

Both are EEs.
But both lay blue.

 

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I used to get my chickens at the Rolling bay feed store.

 

[FuzzyCritters]

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I'd love to read the original source. The genetics of brown shell tint are not understood, so it can not be assumed that it is linked to ear lobe color. White lobes are dominant over red, while brown egg tint is dominant over no egg tint. So when you cross a white layer with a brown or tan layer, you get a tan layer with white lobes. How is that possible if shell color is linked to lobe color?

The reason white layers have white lobes and brown layers have red lobes is because of the standards of perfection. Brown egg laying breeds were standardized to have red lobes, and white layers with white. That doesn't have anything to do with genetics.

 

[roonster]

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This is what mine looks like, the thing to look for is the blue ear lobe that is how you can tell if the egg will be blue. This one lays the bluest egg in my coop.

I just posted a thread because I thought I got "Andalusians" because that is what the sign on the tub said at Tractor supply...but I started wondering if I had something else because some of mine have pea combs, like yours.
Now, I think I have a mix of F1 and F2 generation Prairie Bluebell because I found a sight that has a pic of chicks similar to what my black and white chicks looked like. F2 cross will also produce 25% single combs. ...but Prairie eggers F1 (Aracuna(sp?) x white leghorn should all have pea comb. Yours does. The OP's does not...but could be F2?

 

[roonster]

I'd love to read the original source. The genetics of brown shell tint are not understood, so it can not be assumed that it is linked to ear lobe color. White lobes are dominant over red, while brown egg tint is dominant over no egg tint. So when you cross a white layer with a brown or tan layer, you get a tan layer with white lobes. How is that possible if shell color is linked to lobe color?

The reason white layers have white lobes and brown layers have red lobes is because of the standards of perfection. Brown egg laying breeds were standardized to have red lobes, and white layers with white. That doesn't have anything to do with genetics.

I know what you are saying, and agree that lobes and egg color are not "linked", just circumstantial in nature...but selective breeding is Mendelian genetics, just like dog breeds.

I purchased some chicks in September and got the prettiest blue egg today. I thought I had only one prairie bluebell, but there is no way she’s laying yet. Is it possible this pullet (photo attached—big brown/black one in front) is also a prairie bluebell?? She definitely acts ready to lay and is my biggest pullet from that group.

the coloring looks like one in the pic from hoovers hatchery, but should have a pea comb. Could be a second generation blue?

 

[Rhodebar Lover]

I'd love to read the original source. The genetics of brown shell tint are not understood, so it can not be assumed that it is linked to ear lobe color. White lobes are dominant over red, while brown egg tint is dominant over no egg tint. So when you cross a white layer with a brown or tan layer, you get a tan layer with white lobes. How is that possible if shell color is linked to lobe color?

The reason white layers have white lobes and brown layers have red lobes is because of the standards of perfection. Brown egg laying breeds were standardized to have red lobes, and white layers with white. That doesn't have anything to do with genetics.

100% agree. I extensively researched this a few months ago and I believe the genes are even located on different chromosomes. There is no actual correlation of the traits

 

[Thancock760]

Do prairie bluebells have yellow legs? I have three that look like the brown one in front… would love blue eggs!