Pink egg! Who’s the daddy?

[Cryss]

I am pretty sure this new egg layer is the daughter of Rosie, my Blue Wheaten Ameracauna. Rosie lays a pretty blue peewee or small egg. One of my new layers has her puffy cheeks but has green legs which was expected. Gigi lays a pewee pink egg. Size could be because she’s only laid 4-5 times so far. This can change. I was pretty sure Gigi came from an Ameracauna egg. Would a pink egg come from a blue egg mama crossed with a White Frizxle Cochin BantamXBuff Brahma Bantam papa? Or from a blue egg mama crossed with a Leghorn XRed Sexlink papa?

 

[Missyschix13]

I am pretty sure this new egg layer is the daughter of Rosie, my Blue Wheaten Ameracauna. Rosie lays a pretty blue peewee or small egg. One of my new layers has her puffy cheeks but has green legs which was expected. Gigi lays a pewee pink egg. Size could be because she’s only laid 4-5 times so far. This can change. I was pretty sure Gigi came from an Ameracauna egg. Would a pink egg come from a blue egg mama crossed with a White Frizxle Cochin BantamXBuff Brahma Bantam papa? Or from a blue egg mama crossed with a Leghorn XRed Sexlink papa?View attachment 3232680

What a beautiful eggs! I don't know the answer but just wanted to tell you that!

 

[Cryss]

What a beautiful eggs! I don't know the answer but just wanted to tell you that!

Thank you so much! I’m really chuffed to have the pink one! I wondered how to get one and instead I hatched one!

 

[Missyschix13]

Thank you so much! I’m really chuffed to have the pink one! I wondered how to get one and instead I hatched one!

I would be too! I honestly didn't even know a pink egg was possible! I will keep watching to see if someone gives the answer!

 

[Cryss]

Bump

 

[Percheron chick]

I am pretty sure this new egg layer is the daughter of Rosie, my Blue Wheaten Ameracauna. Rosie lays a pretty blue peewee or small egg. One of my new layers has her puffy cheeks but has green legs which was expected. Gigi lays a pewee pink egg. Size could be because she’s only laid 4-5 times so far. This can change. I was pretty sure Gigi came from an Ameracauna egg. Would a pink egg come from a blue egg mama crossed with a White Frizxle Cochin BantamXBuff Brahma Bantam papa? Or from a blue egg mama crossed with a Leghorn XRed Sexlink papa?View attachment 3232680

No. If Rosie is a wheaten Ameraucan all of her offspring will carry the blue egg gene and all of their eggs will be blue (the inside color not the outside color). Her daughter will be an EE. Her egg will start out blue then the egg is coated and will stay blue or change to some shade of green.
So the mystery is who is the pink egg layer's momma. If it's Rosie, then she is not an Ameraucan as she has a brown/white egg gene. The pink is coming from the Brahma.

 

[Cryss]

No. If Rosie is a wheaten Ameraucan all of her offspring will carry the blue egg gene and all of their eggs will be blue (the inside color not the outside color). Her daughter will be an EE. Her egg will start out blue then the egg is coated and will stay blue or change to some shade of green.
So the mystery is who is the pink egg layer's momma. If it's Rosie, then she is not an Ameraucan as she has a brown/white egg gene. The pink is coming from the Brahma.

Oh wow! So Gigi is from my banty rooster Henry? How cool! She’s certainly not a banty herself.
I have been wondering about the blue egg thing. I expected Rosie’s offspring to lay green eggs. Pink is a complete surprise but I wonder now who mama is.
Since Gigi has a muff/beard I figured she must come from a mama with that. My choices are Rosie, Rosie’s sister Posey, Carmen my Olive Egger, or Mable the daughter of Carmen (and lays such a dark Olive egg it looks almost gold so I believe her papa is the Leghorn/Sexlink papa Albert.)
So am I totally wrong in assuming mama has to have a beard? Should I look at my other ladies? What color egg would Gigi have to have come from?

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

Pictures of the bird in question and all the possible parents would be most helpful to narrow things down. A couple things from your initial post that I noticed was that, yes, an Ameraucana should be pure for the blue egg gene so all of her offspring should have at least one copy. An Ameraucana should also be pure for white skin, which is dominant over yellow skin, so a first generation cross wouldn't be able to have greenish or yellow shanks, either.

The beard gene is dominant, so if she's bearded, at least one parent must have been as well. Since neither of the possible fathers could be bearded based on the breeds they are mixes of, the mother has to be bearded.

From what you've posted, either the Olive-egger or her daughter sound like the most likely mother of the bird in question. The darker brown outer shell color from their side plus a heavy bloom would make a pinkish egg like the one you posted.

 

[Cryss]

Pictures of the bird in question and all the possible parents would be most helpful to narrow things down. A couple things from your initial post that I noticed was that, yes, an Ameraucana should be pure for the blue egg gene so all of her offspring should have at least one copy. An Ameraucana should also be pure for white skin, which is dominant over yellow skin, so a first generation cross wouldn't be able to have greenish or yellow shanks, either.

The beard gene is dominant, so if she's bearded, at least one parent must have been as well. Since neither of the possible fathers could be bearded based on the breeds they are mixes of, the mother has to be bearded.

From what you've posted, either the Olive-egger or her daughter sound like the most likely mother of the bird in question. The darker brown outer shell color from their side plus a heavy bloom would make a pinkish egg like the one you posted.

Ok, I’m going to include 2 other new laying pullets as I am now questioning everything!
Maybe I’m wrong about who is laying the pink egg.
Let’s start with possible papas.

Let’s add the possible mamas. I’m not including Posey as she looks exactly like her sister Rosie but with a slightly darker shade.
Carmen is mama to Mabel. For this reason I’m now thinking Gigi came from Carmen.

So next here are my 3 clutchmate pullets.

Oops I forgot to write Gigi under that last photo.

So now I’m thinking Henry and Carmen produced Gigi causing a pink egg. Unless the pink egg came from Thelma or Goober.

 

[pipdzipdnreadytogo]

They're all clean-legged? Foot feathering is caused by several genes, many of which are dominant, and since Henry is a mix of two feather-footed breeds, he should not be able to father any clean-legged chicks. So Albert would have to be the father of all three of them.

Carmen would have to be Gigi's mother, assuming there's a reason why Mabel can't be. The other two are likely Carmen's chicks as well unless you have another pea-combed hen that you didn't list, as they both appear to have yellow skin so shouldn't be able to come from your Ameraucanas.

At least, that's what I would guess from my understanding of the genes at play, here.