New with genetics.

[natyvidal]

Hi everyone! New with genetics. And probably I’ll ask some very silly semi-dumb or alright pretty dumb questions. Thank you for answering them.

First: I have a king of the flock roo, George (G). that is an EE.
and his son Jr. That from looking at him I think he has from his father and a hen leghorn.

Second: I have a mixed flock of heritage breeds and hybrids.

I want to hatch babies from this flock to sell as layers but I would like to be careful what I hatch.

If the egg was laid by a Wleghorn, and father is either George or Jr., will the baby that hatch lay white eggs like mom or blue like dad?

If the egg is from green egger, and green and dad Is one of the roos, will the baby lay green eggs?

Last if the mother is a speckled Sussex and dad one of the Roos will baby lay cream color eggs like the mother.

As you can see I am looking for offsprings that will lay eggs that match the color egg they emerged from. Why? because in my área there seems to be a high demand of blue color eggs layers. Blue and Green.
Thank you for your help!

 

[JacinLarkwell]

EEs can lay literally any color egg. They're mutts and since they're boys in this case, you won't know what gene they have until their daughters start to lay.

 

[natyvidal]

So, if George, the EE roo, mounts a green egger, RIR or marans although they lay green, brown, or chocolate eggs, the babies might lay different color eggs instead of the color they were hatched from? Which would mean I have to raise the chicks until they are laying to know what color egg they lay, before selling them?

If this is so, since I am looking for specific color eggs, it’s better to buy them from the breeder.
Thank you.

 

[NatJ]

So, if George, the EE roo, mounts a green egger, RIR or marans although they lay green, brown, or chocolate eggs, the babies might lay different color eggs instead of the color they were hatched from? Which would mean I have to raise the chicks until they are laying to know what color egg they lay, before selling them?

Yes, that is correct. You will not know what color eggs the chicks will lay, until they actually start to lay.

In each case, the chicks might grow up to lay the same color eggs as their mother, but they also might not.

 

[CoopsNPoops]

It's impossible to know which egg color gene an EE Roo has to give to his offspring, unless you already have a laying generation from him to see their egg colors. Generally you think EE eggs being greenish, but its much more complicated than that. EE can actually lay any color egg, depending on their genes and how many generations back their cana bloodlines are. The Roo can literally throw any color egg gene without knowing. If you want to strictly sell certain color eggs, your best bet would start with pure breds or atleast known genetics. That way theres no guessing and you will know for sure what egg colors you will be producing. Or theres always the alternative of time consuming waiting for a generation out of him to start laying on their own. I started fresh with a rainbow assortment from cackle hatchery. Dark brown (morans), green/blue shades (EEs), light brown/almost pink (Barred Rock), and olive shades from olive eggers. One of them ended up being a roo, so im not sure if he is an EE or OE, so im in the same boat. I have no idea what egg color gene he will throw dispite knowing what color eggs my hens lay.

 

[CoopsNPoops]

It's impossible to know which egg color gene an EE Roo has to give to his offspring, unless you already have a laying generation from him to see their egg colors. Generally you think EE eggs being greenish, but its much more complicated than that. EE can actually lay any color egg, depending on their genes and how many generations back their cana bloodlines are. The Roo can literally throw any color egg gene without knowing. If you want to strictly sell certain color eggs, your best bet would start with pure breds or atleast known genetics. That way theres no guessing and you will know for sure what egg colors you will be producing. Or theres always the alternative of time consuming waiting for a generation out of him to start laying on their own. I started fresh with a rainbow assortment from cackle hatchery. Dark brown (morans), green/blue shades (EEs), light brown/almost pink (Barred Rock), and olive shades from olive eggers. One of them ended up being a roo, so im not sure if he is an EE or OE, so im in the same boat. I have no idea what egg color gene he will throw dispite knowing what color eggs my hens lay.

Oh, and i got 3 additional Ameraucanas to have pure blue eggs and not just the various shades of blue/green from the EEs.

 

[WallacetheKhakiCampbell]

Yeah, Ameraucanas would be best to advertise blue eggs. Ameraucana Male x Female will always be blue. But if you cross the Ameraucana hen/rooster with a beige/tinted hen/rooster, you will get an EE. And if you cross an Ameraucana with a maran, you will get an OE (doesn't have to be maran but Marans lay the darkest eggs. Really its just a blue egg layer with a dark brown layer so Marans are usually best for OEs)

 

[natyvidal]

Ok! Thank you for the information. After reading your entries, decided any way to strictly incubate Easter color eggs; and see what nature, (and genetics,) throw my way!
I am sure that with the high demand of egg layers, the chicks will get good homes! Thank you again.