Olive egger X brown egg layer?

[jesmtz]

If I cross an Olive egger roo with a regular brown egg layer I would get what color egg layer from that?

 

[Michael OShay]

It depends on whether your Olive Egger (which has a blue egg gene and a dark brown egg gene) passes off his blue egg gene or his brown egg gene to the offspring. You have a 50% chance of green egg layers and a 50% chance of brown egg layers so you will in all probability have a mix of green and brown egg layers.

 

[donrae]

It depends on whether your Olive Egger (which has a blue egg gene and a dark brown egg gene) passes off his blue egg gene or his brown egg gene to the offspring. You have a 50% chance of green egg layers and a 50% chance of brown egg layers so you will in all probability have a mix of green and brown egg layers.

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[Ol Grey Mare]

It depends on whether your Olive Egger (which has a blue egg gene and a dark brown egg gene) passes off his blue egg gene or his brown egg gene to the offspring. You have a 50% chance of green egg layers and a 50% chance of brown egg layers so you will in all probability have a mix of green and brown egg layers.

Yep.....in a recent hatch of EE over GLW I got two pullets (and 3 cockerels)....of the two pullets 1 lays green and the other lays brown.