single combed Ameraucanas, what color egg?

[key west chick]

So I have hatched out a few single combed lavender Ameraucana chicks. They came out of nice blue eggs, mom and dad have nice pea combs. What are the chances they will lay blue or at least green eggs?

 

[BarefootMom]

I didn't know their combs had anything to do with their egg color? I always thought it was whatever color their ear lobes were?? Combs is a new one on me.

 

[key west chick]

The pea comb is very closely linked to the blue egg gene. Most hens with a pea comb will lay a blue or green egg, as long as its a breed know for laying colored eggs like Ameraucanas, Araucanas and EE"s. My Ameraucanas should have been hatched with pea combs but since they are a project color, single combs still pop up.

 

[TK Poultry]

There is probably a good chance that they lay blue eggs. But its more likely they wll lay a green egg. I would say light tan or green if I was betting on it.

 

[klf73]

there is a link but I haven't read to what degree....can't be too defining as cream legbars lay blue eggs and they have big single comb. If both parents came from blue eggs I would think the offspring would also...jmo

eta- I wouldn't use them to continue my breeding program as we are trying to breed out the single combs, not incorporate them back in..

 

[Illia]

Sorry my vote is on brown eggs, MAYBE green.

 

[littlemama]

I read 95% of peacomb(recessive)EE lay blue eggs. 95% of singlecomb(dominant)EE lay brown eggs.

I imagine 95% of olive egger with single comb will lay brown as well.

 

[Sonoran Silkies]

I read 95% of peacomb(recessive)EE lay blue eggs. 95% of singlecomb(dominant)EE lay brown eggs.

I imagine 95% of olive egger with single comb will lay brown as well.

I'm not sure what you mean? The pea comb gene (P) is dominant, and is closely linked to the gene for blue eggshells (O). About 96% of the time a bird will inherit these genes from the same chromosome of a parent (as compared with inheriting one gene from one chromosome and the other from the other chromosome). If the parent has P and O on a chromosome, the offspring will inherit P and O. But about 4% of the time they will inherit these genes from separate chromosomes. Now if the bird is homozygous for both genes, the offspring will still inherit P and O. But if they are herterozygous for P (P/p+), they could inherit p+ and O. And for the p+O offspring, 96% of THEIR offspring will inherit p+O if they inherit from that chromosome.