Lavender Orpington crossed with Lavender Araucana?

[Cluckeryduckery]

Would crossing the two produce blue egg laying lavenders? Wondering about both ways, I have hens and roosters of both breeds, would using the araucana rooster be better to pass the blue egg gene? If anyone has done this I’d love to see pics! Thanks!

 

[Poultrybonkers]

No the offspring would lay green and all chicks would be lavender

 

[AusHen]

Chicks will be Lavender. if using a pure Araucana that has two copies of the blue gene all daughters will lay a light green egg, that's because they will have the blue gene + the brown pigments from the Orpington. if you get any chicks that lay a cream egg it means the Araucana you used may not be pure or at least only has one copy of the blue gene.. it doesn't matter which parent is the Araucana as the blue egg gene is dominant

 

[Cluckeryduckery]

Chicks will be Lavender. if using a pure Araucana that has two copies of the blue gene all daughters will lay a light green egg, that's because they will have the blue gene + the brown pigments from the Orpington. if you get any chicks that lay a cream egg it means the Araucana you used may not be pure or at least only has one copy of the blue gene.. it doesn't matter which parent is the Araucana as the blue egg gene is dominant

Thanks!! I’m looking forward to giving it a go