Rooster Genetics Question

[Gail Laubenthal]

This is my Easter Egger Roo and I incubated 19 eggs this spring. My hens are a mixed group of gals, some are blue layers, some green, some tan, some dark brown, and some white. Most of the chicks have gray legs like the Roo. I was wondering if there is any way to determine what color the eggs of these new chicks will be. It is obvious from the looks of these chicks that some are Dominique, some are Ameraucana, some Wyandotte, some Welsumer, but will the eggs that this rooster fertilized have any of his genes for egg color or does it all come from the hen?

 

[aart]

Hmm...that doesn't look like a pea comb, one of the only indicators of carrying a blue egg gene....and no muff/beard either, which is another..... so chances are slim, IMO, that he is an EE.
You'll have to wait until his female offspring lay to see what color their eggs are

 

[Gail Laubenthal]

Hmm...that doesn't look like a pea comb, one of the only indicators of carrying a blue egg gene....and no muff/beard either, which is another..... so chances are slim, IMO, that he is an EE.
You'll have to wait until his female offspring lay to see what color their eggs are

A lady gave him to me when he was young. She said he was a mix breed but thought he was an EE. I had no clue, but thanks for your reply.

 

[aart]

A lady gave him to me when he was young. She said he was a mix breed but thought he was an EE. I had no clue, but thanks for your reply.

Hard to say what is in his genetic background.
Oh, and.... yes, half the genetics come from the female.