The chicks will share traits from both parents. That’s personality, size, conformation, egg laying, rate of maturity, and everything else.
EE’s don’t really tell me anything, other than you said they lay colored eggs. Not all EE’s do, but to me the hens that don’t are not true EE’s. EE’s are generally a mix genetically so you often do not get consistency in their offspring. If your EE’s are pure for the blue egg gene then all the pullets from that cross should lay blue or more likely green eggs. The Jersey Giant will contribute brown egg genetics and green is just brown on top of blue. If your EE’s are split for the blue egg gene (only have one blue egg gene at that gene pair) then about half the pullets from that cross will lay colored eggs and half brown eggs. The only way to find out is to hatch eggs.
The JG rooster will contribute black to the chicks, which is a pretty dominant color so the odds are the chicks will be black, but if the hens contribute blue, dominate white, barring, or some other genetics you could get some variety.
The Ancona is a black mottled chicken. The mottling gene is recessive so you will not see that in the first generation. All the chicks from that cross will be solid black if the parents’ genetics are pure. The Ancona lays a white or cream colored egg. The JG should contribute a darker brown so the odds are the eggs will be some shade of brown. Brown egg genetics are really complicated, that’s why you can get so many different shades of brown. Most of the time you will get eggs a shade in between what the mother and father contribute, but don’t be shocked if you see some almost white or fairly dark brown from siblings. Same thing for the EE crosses. You’d expect a green egg, but don’t be shocked if some are practically blue while others are fairly dark. That’s part of the fun in hatching eggs. You are never sure what you will get.
The size of the hatched chick will depend on the size of the egg it hatches from. There are only so many nutrients in there. When the chicks mature you can expect them to be somewhere in size between the mother and the father. Again don’t be shocked to find that some are pretty large while others are relatively small at maturity.
Anconas are supposed to be relatively fast-maturing while the JG is known to be slow to mature. You’ll probably find some of the offspring to be relatively quick to mature and some will be a lot slower. You may wind up waiting a long time for some of the pullets to start laying.
Sounds like you need to hatch some eggs to see what you get. Good luck!
EE’s don’t really tell me anything, other than you said they lay colored eggs. Not all EE’s do, but to me the hens that don’t are not true EE’s. EE’s are generally a mix genetically so you often do not get consistency in their offspring. If your EE’s are pure for the blue egg gene then all the pullets from that cross should lay blue or more likely green eggs. The Jersey Giant will contribute brown egg genetics and green is just brown on top of blue. If your EE’s are split for the blue egg gene (only have one blue egg gene at that gene pair) then about half the pullets from that cross will lay colored eggs and half brown eggs. The only way to find out is to hatch eggs.
The JG rooster will contribute black to the chicks, which is a pretty dominant color so the odds are the chicks will be black, but if the hens contribute blue, dominate white, barring, or some other genetics you could get some variety.
The Ancona is a black mottled chicken. The mottling gene is recessive so you will not see that in the first generation. All the chicks from that cross will be solid black if the parents’ genetics are pure. The Ancona lays a white or cream colored egg. The JG should contribute a darker brown so the odds are the eggs will be some shade of brown. Brown egg genetics are really complicated, that’s why you can get so many different shades of brown. Most of the time you will get eggs a shade in between what the mother and father contribute, but don’t be shocked if you see some almost white or fairly dark brown from siblings. Same thing for the EE crosses. You’d expect a green egg, but don’t be shocked if some are practically blue while others are fairly dark. That’s part of the fun in hatching eggs. You are never sure what you will get.
The size of the hatched chick will depend on the size of the egg it hatches from. There are only so many nutrients in there. When the chicks mature you can expect them to be somewhere in size between the mother and the father. Again don’t be shocked to find that some are pretty large while others are relatively small at maturity.
Anconas are supposed to be relatively fast-maturing while the JG is known to be slow to mature. You’ll probably find some of the offspring to be relatively quick to mature and some will be a lot slower. You may wind up waiting a long time for some of the pullets to start laying.
Sounds like you need to hatch some eggs to see what you get. Good luck!
