so i have a ee roo...what can i expect for offspring with my hens?

[shennessey818]

Again, you don't know what you get till you get it. Because the blue egg gene is very close to the gene for pea comb, on the same chromosome, about 95% of the time it follows the pea comb. But not always. So, if some of the chicks have single combs they will likely lay either a white or brown egg. Likely, but not certain. Since some EE's are just non standard americanas, and some are crosses of various breeds with some percentage carrying the blue egg gene, test breeding is the only way to know what your rooster is carrying. To quote a very old post on the forum:

"Actually, because the blue egg gene is dominant only one of the parents need to carry the gene for some off springs eggs to be blue. Each parent can have zero, one, or two blue eggs genes.
A chick gets one copy of the gene from each parent. If the chick has 1 or 2 blue egg genes, their eggs will be blue. If the chick receives a non blue egg gene from both parents the eggs will not be blue. Green eggs are blue eggs that are covered with brown. The blue is underneath. So if a brown egg layer also has the gene for blue eggs the eggs will look green or olive.
O - blue egg    o-non blue egg

one parent  other parent

OO              oo = all blue egg layers

Oo              oo  = 50 percent blue egg layers

oo               oo = no blue egg layers

OO             OO = all blue egg layers"
I can't say it better.

thank you im understanding now..just was kinda confused. Thanks for the information.

 

[shennessey818]

Thanks everyone for your responses..guess i will just have to wait and see what i get. Thanks for all the info i do appreciate it.