Just a question.

[livefree]

I recently hatched a chicken from a white egg chicken. My rooster is an Easter egg Layer so I'm just wondering, what color egg my new chicken will lay? Thanks

 

[Wishapup]

I think it depends on your Easter Egger's genes (whether it carries genes for blue/green egg colour or not), but a white crossed with a blue can lay blue eggs.

If I understand it correctly, your EE rooster can have 1 blue egg gene, 2 blue egg genes, or none at all.

If your EE has 2 blue egg genes--kind of like a full set--the white will be overruled, because blue is dominant, and all the female chicks will lay blue. That's the simplest scenario.

Otherwise, with 1 blue egg gene, 50% of the chicks should lay blue, I believe. And of course there will be no blue egg layers if your rooster carries no genes for that egg colour.

I would say you have a good chance of blue eggs! I hope my explanation was accurate/made sense.

Edit: You can also get brown egg layers, depending on your rooster's genes! You'll have to wait and see