The Olive-Egger thread!

[nicalandia]

I have eggs incubating that are Cream Legbar over Black Copper Marans. High percentage that any non pea comb chicks will not carry the blue gene in this case and be brown layers? (This is a question)

CL dont have pea combs.... what other breed you have that has pea combs?

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I have eggs incubating that are Cream Legbar over Black Copper Marans. High percentage that any non pea comb chicks will not carry the blue gene in this case and be brown layers? (This is a question)

I am not sure what the percentage is on this but I think all Ron and Deann's laid olive eggs on the first cross but you'd have to ask them

 

[Hangtown Farms]

I am not sure what the percentage is on this but I think all Ron and Deann's laid olive eggs on the first cross but you'd have to ask them

theres where CL over Crele Penedesenca but would be the same idea

 

[nicalandia]

I have eggs incubating that are Cream Legbar over Black Copper Marans. High percentage that any non pea comb chicks will not carry the blue gene in this case and be brown layers? (This is a question)

can you Rephrase your question ?

a CL x BCM will produce all of the chicks will carry the blue egg shell gene.... now if you cross those F1s back to BCM your chances are 50% of them will carry the blue egg shell gene, the issue is that you will not be able to know which hens carry it untill it start laying, and forget about the males, there is no clue as if they carry it or not, unless you do a cross mating, but can you imagine cross mating 5 of those males to see if they carry the blue egg shell? you would have to allow all of their doughters to lay to see if they carry the blue egg shell gene... thats why Ameraucanas are a sure way, or at least 90% of the time

 

[farmhand]

can you Rephrase your question ?

a CL x BCM will produce all of the chicks will carry the blue egg shell gene.... now if you cross those F1s back to BCM your chances are 50% of them will carry the blue egg shell gene, the issue is that you will not be able to know which hens carry it untill it start laying, and forget about the males, there is no clue as if they carry it or not, unless you do a cross mating, but can you imagine cross mating 5 of those males to see if they carry the blue egg shell? you would have to allow all of their doughters to lay to see if they carry the blue egg shell gene... thats why Ameraucanas are a sure way, or at least 90% of the time

Well you answered my question even through I wrote it out poorly. I am aware that CL have straight combs so I am a little confused about the blue gene being linked to a pea comb as stated eairlier in another thread.
Also, I'm not looking to create a new breed of olive eggers with this cross. Only add some more fun egg colors to my basket. At least not yet.

 

[nicalandia]

Well you answered my question even through I wrote it out poorly. I am aware that CL have straight combs so I am a little confused about the blue gene being linked to a pea comb as stated eairlier in another thread.
Also, I'm not looking to create a new breed of olive eggers with this cross. Only add some more fun egg colors to my basket. At least not yet.

well the blue egg shell gene found on Ameraucana, Araucana, and EE, blue eggers from that university is linked to the P comb.........BUT the blue egg shell gene found on Cream Lebars crossed over(during meiosis) to the p+ gene(single comb) the chance of this recombination is 4 to 5%

 

[Euarto Gullible]

I hatched out a dark Marans egg that was supposed to be BCM. I was a little disappointed when the little pullet seemed to stop growing and got the pea comb and puffy cheeks of an Easter Egger. But today she laid her first lovely speckled olive egg!

 

[farmhand]

well the blue egg shell gene found on Ameraucana, Araucana, and EE, blue eggers from that university is linked to the P comb.........BUT the blue egg shell gene found on Cream Lebars crossed over(during meiosis) to the p+ gene(single comb) the chance of this recombination is 4 to 5%

Is then then a true statement?
It is much easier to work on caring the blue gene from the Amereucana, Araucana and EE blue eggers verses the Cream Legbar line because the first group (A,A&EE) have the tell tell sign of the linked pea comb telling you they have carried the blue gene to that bird in the next generation.

Do Cream Legbars have a tell tell sign of their own?

 

[Cynthia12]

This a pic of the Isbar roo parent stock

Very handsome!

 

[Cynthia12]

Ah, the purple egg...

I thought I read someone is "working" on a purple egg.

This is the gal.
https://www.backyardchickens.com/u/44123/wolftracks