Raven, Normally you will lose some of the egg color 1st. generation and it will come back the 2nd, or 3rd generation. I would breed the 1st. generation back to the parents. I just do not like brother sister breeding. If you breed these together the 1st. year the color will go down and will come back if you stay within the family.Don I had no choice but to cross my Wade hens with my Davis roo. So far the egg color is very good in the new layers and I like how they are looking. I am very scared now after you said that. Do you think when the others start to lay it maybe a different story? In other words do you think so far I have just been lucky? (not that I can do anything about it)