My purebred Ameraucana hen laid a tan egg!!! D=

[Illia]

And you're SURE its from her? I mean, she's got a pea comb and all. . . How weird and disappointing.

 

[horsecrazychicklovingkid]

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Yep, she laid her first egg at the county fair in her cage, since then we have gotten a tan one every day from her.

 

[horsecrazychicklovingkid]

Does anyone want to know why a purebred Ameraucana hen laid a tan egg?

 

[LT]

Sure. I would love to know.

 

[horsecrazychicklovingkid]

I found two reason why this might have happened.

1.) - A recessive pink gene that comes out when both the hen and roo have recessive pink genes that match up that causes a blue egg laying chicken to lay a pink egg instead.

2.) - An extra layer of blume causing the color of the egg to become pink to purple.

 

[sonew123]

3 years ago.. I had a pure bred blue Ameraucana lay a brown egg...freaked me out. I know for a fact it was pure based on my knowledge of ameraucanas and genetics. She pulled the mom from her breeding and gave her to me since our discovery ( for eating eggs) ...and gave her roo away...Mom laid beautiful blue -daughter laid brown eggs.

Let me find a photo

here she is at 4 months old

 

[horsecrazychicklovingkid]

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How dark was the brown?

 

[Illia]

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That it is, however it's brown, not pink. If it appears pink it is only because it is a light brown or has extra blume on it. A purple egg is a DARK egg with blume though.

 

[horsecrazychicklovingkid]

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That it is, however it's brown, not pink. If it appears pink it is only because it is a light brown or has extra blume on it. A purple egg is a DARK egg with blume though.

Well, if you take a look at the egg, it's more of a pinky tan. We were told by the breeder that this was the problem, first time since 05 they've had it show up, lucky us to get the combination.

 

[sonew123]

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How dark was the brown?

medium-not BO light ot BCM dark but right in the middle...