Looking for some cool egg colors! Black copper maran Roo with EE or OE

[downekc09]

Hello! I have a black copper maran cockerel about 7 weeks old now. We have currently a laying Easter Egger hen with light teal eggs. If we hatch their eggs someday and get a hen, would she lay a darker color teal?

Also, we will have an F1 olive egger hen laying by fall. If we hatch the BC maran and her eggs and get a hen, is there a change of darker olive colored eggs?

Sorry, we have no idea about genetics; this is all for fun, haha! Anyone have pictures of eggs or hens that are these two breed mixes?

What if we used an opal legbar roo with the EE and OE hens to get hens? Anyone have pictures of those results?

Thanks!

 

[1muttsfan]

If your Maran has good genetics and produces offspring that lay dark eggs, then crossing with a blue/green/olive egger should produce hens that lay green/dark olive eggs.

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Agree with above. Want to add that crossing your F1 OE with the BCM will give you a darker olive egg, but you also have a chance of getting a bird that lays a dark brown egg.
Crossing your legbar roo to OE/EE hens that lay green will give you more teal/aqua colored eggs in general.
I am sure you have seen this chart. It is a nice visual, but does not explain all the genetics involved.

 

[1muttsfan]

Cool chart, Jane