Welsummer Egg Color Question

[SunnyChic]

I am planning on selling some Welsummer cockerels locally, and not many people have them around here. With a Welsummer roo, what egg color would you get if you crossed them with a brown egg layer or a white egg layer? I know people will ask that question and I don't know.

Thanks for any answers!

 

[Cuban Longtails]

You'd get brown on both of those crosses, likely less brown than the original pure eggs.

 

[SunnyChic]

Thanks!

 

[gamebirdsonly]

you also might get speckled if the eggs your roos came from were speckled

 

[SunnyChic]

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I did have a few that were speckled; 10 out of 12 eggs hatched:

 

[Tailfeathers]

Most likely the above would happen however unless you have certain knowledge of the genetic background of your rooster, you run the risk of having unknown factors come up due to the Punnet Square equation.

God Bless,

 

[EweSheep]

Tailfeathers, what is Punnet square equation? My math skills failed me now!