The inevitable humidity question, day before lockdown, help please!

[aart]

Yes, yes I want to see what color the egg is. This is another reason I'm kicking myself for getting rid of my BCM roo, I should have mated him back to his daughters for an even greener egg, ...... supposedly!! I guess if I mate my CCL roo with my BCMxCCL hens I stand a chance for a greener egg too???? Or not??

She was faking me out!! or she dropped a softie somewhere that got eaten.

Not sure about backcrossing......one thing I'm a bit disappointed about, the CCL blue isn't very strong and the BCMxCCL cross is more brownish than greenish...I'm thinkng backcrossing with BCM may give a darker egg.....how greenish it is remains to be seen.

The backcrosses I have now were BCM over an OE made from Wellsummer over pretty strong blue laying EE...we shall see, sooner I hope!

 

[WVduckchick]

(I never messed with egg color before getting these 2 breeds)

 

[aart]

Those charts...smh....bare bare basics.
Want to really know about OE genetics....try here(where above charts have been banned as inaccurate):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1541575112755530/
the owner of that gruop has a much more detailed chart in PDF that you can dload....
.....and a few of the folks there really know genetics.

 

[WVduckchick]

Those charts...smh....bare bare basics.
Want to really know about OE genetics....try here(where above charts have been banned as inaccurate):
https://www.facebook.com/groups/1541575112755530/
the owner of that gruop has a much more detailed chart in PDF that you can dload....
.....and a few of the folks there really know genetics.

Those are probably the kind that talk over my head.
(Closed group, I couldn’t see any posts without joining)

 

[aart]

Those are probably the kind that talk over my head.
(Closed group, I couldn’t see any posts without joining)

Some of it might be, but there's few folks there who are very good at explaining,
and some that are clueless(just like any other online group/forum).
Yeah, easy to join tho.

 

[oregonkat]

Those are probably the kind that talk over my head.

I'm with you sister! There have been some super folks on here who have posted quite long, involved descriptions of the ways that genetics in whatever breeds works and I find that my eyes glaze over and I want to lie down. I'm the type that needs to see things happening, you know, pictures and stuff!!

 

[aart]

Me too....beyond the 2 shell color genes, my brain locks up.
There's like 12 brown coating genes...and others that suppress or support them.

 

[WVduckchick]

All I know is I got another blue CL egg yesterday but no BCM egg. What happened to those girls? Lol

 

[aart]

What happened to those girls? Lol

SLACKERS!!

 

[aart]

She was faking me out!!...The backcrosses I have now were BCM over an OE made from Wellsummer over pretty strong blue laying EE...we shall see, sooner I hope!

She did it!!!.....Blue shell passed down, am pretty darn sure it's hers, haven't been watching today.
8 eggs today, highest count since mid august.
BCMxCCL color is fading.....after 36 eggs.