Where's all the regulars on this thread? Anybody to answer my eye color question?
Question for you all: looking at my held back group of 17 black copper pullets: about 1/3 are in lay and the rest will not be too far behind. I am seeing very few with bay eye color. A lot of dark brown eyes. The male and all the hens I used for breeding had nice bright bay-orange eyes. Can someone explain eye color genetics to me? How is it I'm not getting all bay eyes? I am assuming brown is dominant? What will happen if I breed a dark-eyed pullet to a bay-eyed cockerel or vice versa? Will that give me all brown-eyed? Thanks.