Do they have pea combs?This is my first OE that I have bred. she (hopefully) is from an americana and a chocolate orpington. Not a lot of brow going on in that dad, but I am hopeful. I have 2 OE roos right now. Cuckoo Maran x Americana. One is BIG and has more of the americana build. The other looks like the cuckoo maran. ANy thoughts on who might be a better keep?
The chick is not from a MAran. It is from A chocolate orpington dad and an americana mom. The mom looks very golden partridge and has puffed cheeks. Not seeing any puffing yet, but this little chick is looking more americana every day!
Her comb looks like a cream legbar comb.The pea comb is what I have read also. However, I have an Olive Egger that layers a beautiful olive egg (the darkest of my six Olive Eggers) that has a standard comb. She looks just like two of her sisters, but they have a pea comb and they lay an almost blue egg. The single comb pullet lays the darker green egg. She is middle right in the picture. I have some of her eggs due to hatch on Tuesday or Wednesday next week. I am worried her offspring may lay a brown egg since she doesn't have the pea comb and her eggs are so dark already. Kern
I bought all of those as 4 month old pullets, so I don't know what their heritage is. The lady told me they were all Olive Eggers that she hatched from shipped eggs. My guess would be Legbar X Marans. All the other ones have pea combs, but their eggs are much bluer. Kern
The pea comb and the blue egg shell gene is not associated with each other with Cream legbars. With EEs, araucanas and Ameraucanas, it is only in the 90% range for predicting a blue egg shell gene.
I guess none of the brown genes made it through. 
