I've got the babies! Now I have got the eggs!! GREEN!

[Harrietsmum]

I am looking for bantam size blue/green egg layers. A local breeder is selling Araucana (female) X Pekin (bantam Cochin) chicks. Is there a chance that these EE's will lay coloured eggs? Does the colour egg gene need to come from the father? Thanks for your help.

 

[Harrietsmum]

Just found the information I needed thanks. Think I will take a chance and buy the chicks. They should be interesting looking if nothing else! Father is a little pekin ( cochin bantam for those in USA) and mother a lavender araucana. Regards

 

[Goose and Fig]

They sound so cute! I'm going to do the reverse- banty araucana x cochin

 

[Harrietsmum]

I can't help wondering if the little bantam carries a step ladder with him!?!!

 

[speckledhen]

Egg color is set by both parents. The daughters should lay green eggs. I have Barred Rock rooster x Blue Ameraucana and they all lay green eggs. Generally, a brown egg laying breed crossed to a blue egg laying breed yields green egg layers and it doesn't seem to matter which is the male and which is the female in the cross. I'm sure genetics folks will correct me here if I'm wrong.

 

[Harrietsmum]

Thanks Cynthia. I am really hoping that I will get some coloured eggs. I have not been able to find a bantam araucana here in NZ so a cross is the next best thing.

 

[Harrietsmum]

Well, here they are! (The black ones with lavender chests) Named Anna, Abby, and Alice. Fingers crossed that they are girls.

 

[chickenlover54]

Hi, kinda off topic, I have always seen people from Europe say "regards", I am not the brightest bulb out there so is that the equivelent of our "Thanks"?
If so then
Regards, Tamara
Those are very cute chicks!

 

[Harrietsmum]

Quote:
Kia Ora, Tamara, from New Zealand,
'Regards' or 'kind regards' is used as a farewell greeting to an informal note or letter. I keep having trouble with language when posting on here!

My spelling is not recognised (even recognised is wrong!), colour, neighbour, chooks, fortnight, programme. Even though I watch some US tv programmes I still use language that is not recognised! Regards, Colleen.

 

[Harrietsmum]

Beautiful GREEN eggs! The girls started laying last week and are laying every day, one laid two eggs on Monday. They are a beautiful solid green colour and are getting bigger each day.