my understanding of it is the F1 (first generation) bred to a dark brown egglayer then those bred together make the F2 generation which gives the dark kalamata olive green. The second row, the F1 generation is bred to a blue egglayer and the F2 generation is ALSO bred to a blue egglayer, then the next generation gives the spearmint color. Third row; the F1 generation is bred together, the F2 is culled heavily to get rid of the blue and the dark olive eggs, (which would pop up in the second generation after a cross). The F2 is bred together to produce the F3, which theoretically this says will give you avocados. So that would be a very interesting experiment. I think my farmer's market would go gaga over any of these colors tho. (for those not familiar with the terms, "F" stands for filial and the number is the generation after the cross. So when you cross two distinct breeds of anything all their children are F1,Can someone help me understand this chart?
The egg in the first column is the olive egg. Is that the F1? When it says F1 bred to dark layer, offspring bred to dark layer. Is that just kinda saying the same thing twice? Or does it mean F1 (the original olive egger) bred to a dark layer then the offspring of that pairing bred to a dark layer again? And of the top three eggs....Is the one on the left the F1 and the egg on the right the "dark layer" and the middle egg the result?
And I totally do not understand what is meant by the 3rd row.
"bred exclusively for pure blue or dark carrier. 3rd Gen should not yield blue or dark layers" What does that mean?
Help?
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I don't know if there is a list, there may be. I think if you take any dark brown laying breed crossed with any blue egg laying breed it will get you somewhere in the ballpark. Lots of different crosses are possible.
Can someone help me understand this chart?
The egg in the first column is the olive egg. Is that the F1? When it says F1 bred to dark layer, offspring bred to dark layer. Is that just kinda saying the same thing twice? Or does it mean F1 (the original olive egger) bred to a dark layer then the offspring of that pairing bred to a dark layer again? And of the top three eggs....Is the one on the left the F1 and the egg on the right the "dark layer" and the middle egg the result?
And I totally do not understand what is meant by the 3rd row.
"bred exclusively for pure blue or dark carrier. 3rd Gen should not yield blue or dark layers" What does that mean?
Help?
my understanding of it is the F1 (first generation) bred to a dark brown egglayer then those bred together make the F2 generation which gives the dark kalamata olive green. The second row, the F1 generation is bred to a blue egglayer and the F2 generation is ALSO bred to a blue egglayer, then the next generation gives the spearmint color. Third row; the F1 generation is bred together, the F2 is culled heavily to get rid of the blue and the dark olive eggs, (which would pop up in the second generation after a cross). The F2 is bred together to produce the F3, which theoretically this says will give you avocados. So that would be a very interesting experiment. I think my farmer's market would go gaga over any of these colors tho. (for those not familiar with the terms, "F" stands for filial and the number is the generation after the cross. So when you cross two distinct breeds of anything all their children are F1,
I THINKS SHE HAS GOT IT!
The pea comb HELPS but until they lay you don't know what you will get. Sometime they don't lay olive..... I always say they SHOULD lay an Olive Egg and explain the other colors they could get.
Yeah, i got that part. Just curious if anyone had broken out what they used with what, and what shades of olive they tended to get. And what the birds looked like for that matter
