Leghorn hen x Ameraucana roo will straight combed offspring lay colored eggs??

I have 3 EEs two lay blue/green and on e lays pink. All have straight combs. All look mostly like Delawares. The pink layer is the only one with grey legs.
 
I have 3 EEs two lay blue/green and on e lays pink. All have straight combs. All look mostly like Delawares. The pink layer is the only one with grey legs.
They’re probably derived from legbars, who were bred over generations to have single combs and lay blue eggs
 
I suspect that many EEs and "Americana" from hatcheres are single comb and laying blue eggs, this is How.

The Oocyan blue egg mutation its linked to the pea comb p allele by bout 2-4 centimorgan, that means that the chance of a cross over recombinant its very low about 2-4% so when you cross a bunch of P/p+ together like in Hatchery breeding pens many of those hens p+ will have at least one copy of Oocyan(O) closely attached to it.
 
I have one hen that is this exact combo. She lays a very light blueish almost white egg. She is the first chicken I ever had and I hatched her from an egg my neighbor's hen laid in my shed last year. She was the only one that hatched out of 14 eggs. She's a great layer, occasionally lays HUGE eggs even though she is a tiny thing. It is really amazing how many eggs she lays. I always get one a day from her. Americauna rooster and leghorn hen makes a great offspring. Good luck!
 

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