Quick question re: egg colour and this cross breed...

[Polkadots]

Hiya, I've been given some eggs to hatch after admiring the farmers beautiful hens, he says they Polish X black rock. All three hens are a stunning black with a green sheen to their coat and two out of the three have the pom-poms on their heads. Their eggs are a stunning green colour, and I was wondering if this cross would produce green eggs? Their definitely Polish cross but I'm unsure as to the black rock part...

Many thanks in advance

 

[Kelsie2290]

They sound like a pretty cross, they should lay light brown eggs, you need a parent with the blue egg gene for the offspring to lay green ... Polish lay cream/light brown eggs and Black Rock is usually a name for a black sex link that is Rhode Island Red X Plymouth Barred Rock which also lay brown eggs ...

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

They sound like a pretty cross, they should lay light brown eggs, you need a parent with the blue egg gene for the offspring to lay green ... Polish lay cream/light brown eggs and Black Rock is usually a name for a black sex link that is Rhode Island Red X Plymouth Barred Rock which also lay brown eggs ...

Yep - sounds like there's a bit more to his "mix" than he shared, which may be as simple as the parent stock having not been pure specimens of their respective breeds to begin with.

 

[Polkadots]

Thanks you two

Ol Grey Mare, your profile pic looks very similar to my old lady

 

[Ol Grey Mare]

Thanks you two

Ol Grey Mare, your profile pic looks very similar to my old lady