I’ve been wanting some prairie bluebells and wanting the ability to produce blue egg layers myself. I asked Hoover hatchery if crossing a prairie bluebell rooster and a prairie bluebell hen would result in offspring that lays blue eggs. They replied that they do not breed true. (This is obvious - look at the color variation) but they did not answer my specific question about what color egg the offspring would likely lay.
By my (poor) genetic calculations, this cross should produce some hens who lay a blue egg and some who *might* lay white. Has anyone done this breeding? Any geneticists already know the outcome from this type of cross?
If Hoover’s is selling Starlight hens, which come from a Prairie Bluebell/Brown layer cross and mostly produce a green egg laying offspring, that tells me the blue gene should be readily passed on.
Thus a PBxPB should produce some blue egg layers.
Thank you everyone for any help you can give!
By my (poor) genetic calculations, this cross should produce some hens who lay a blue egg and some who *might* lay white. Has anyone done this breeding? Any geneticists already know the outcome from this type of cross?
If Hoover’s is selling Starlight hens, which come from a Prairie Bluebell/Brown layer cross and mostly produce a green egg laying offspring, that tells me the blue gene should be readily passed on.
Thus a PBxPB should produce some blue egg layers.
Thank you everyone for any help you can give!