I am coming here as a total newbie to introduce myself and hopefully get some feedback on a backyard breeding project I'd like to try. This photo is "Bright", my 13 week old rooster hatched from a woman who is breeding BCM and Wheatens to get olive eggers. I bought 8 of her fertilized eggs to give my 2 broody silkies (that's his "mama" pictured in the background) a chance to hatch babies. He came out of a medium blue egg. Here's my hope: in my mature flock I have 4 easter eggers who lay lightish blue eggs, and one BCM hen who lays a lovely dark choco egg with almost a purple undertone. If I let him fertilize and collect the eggs from these 5 hens and give them to my silkie mamas to hatch, what are my chances of getting an olive egger hen out of all of this?
Disclaimer: I am brand new to breeding, and only doing this in the interest of a more colorful egg basket. I won't cull or weed out any chicks, hens or roos, that don't come out the way I hope. My flock is a hobby and I'm only pursuing this for fun. I'm looking for input based on what I have free-ranging in my yard and the looks and lineage of this fellow that might indicate my chances of an Olive Egger. Thanks in advance for any feedback. Also, if I am on the wrong thread, boot me off, no hard feelings!
Chandra - it looks to me like you are crossing the same birds that Euarto Gullible crossed to get the eggs in this pic which are posted in this thread a few pages back which I think are gorgeous!! Hope you have this luck! Also, this person may have a lot more info for you. I'm still a wanna be.
