Welsummer not a welsummer!!

[LadiesAndJane]

I agree with you. I have a lot of people argue with me that ear color (and some people can't even agree what the ear is) also says what their egg color will be.

Genetics for egg colors is super complicated and correlation is not causation.. and some people can't separate that.

Would be cool though to get turquoise blue eggs from my silkies!

 

[JadeFarms]

They do! They also believe that an Easter Egger bird won't stick with one color and it's random every time they lay.

Yea I wish

 

[LadiesAndJane]

Good chance your bird is half welsummer anyway. Her coloring is consistent and they are used to create olive eggers. Likely has some crested cream legbar in her as well.
Pretty eggs!

 

[TheOddOneOut]

There's a very wide spread belief that leg color tells you what egg color you're going to get. I was told that a bird with blue or green legs would lay those egg colors, too.

There's so much misinformation about egg color and what signs to look for on your bird for that info.

This is old, but just to be clear - you’re mistaken. That’s what people say about earlobes.

 

[TheOddOneOut]

They do! They also believe that an Easter Egger bird won't stick with one color and it's random every time they lay.

Also mistaken. Almost no informed person who owns one believes that.

 

[Fallenone05]

This is old, but just to be clear - you’re mistaken. That’s what people say about earlobes.

No, I have literally been told by people that leg color = egg color. There are people in Olive Egger groups who are FULLY CONVINCED that dark green legs mean you're going to get dark green eggs. I've also been told that it is earlobes that determine egg color as well. I've also been told that the feathers close to the lobe are what determines the color.

I am fully aware that these are all incorrect. I'm simply passing on what other people have told me as '''fact'''. I own easter eggers and know this is all bogus. Egg color genetics and skin genetics for shank color aren't related.

 

[Fallenone05]

Also mistaken. Almost no informed person who owns one believes that.

Yes. That's why I mentioned it as being bogus information.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

So I've thought all this time I've have this girl that she's a welsummer. Orange legs and coloring all match a welsummer. BUT she lays green eggs! I now realize I have an olive egger. Her eggs are a beautiful olive color and she's consistent. I've gotten 2 eggs a day from her 3 times and shes been laying for 2 weeks.

There are duck eggs my red hens' eggs and my olive egger eggs in the crate.

I'm pretty sure that's a Legbar....

 

[EmmaRainboe]

I'm pretty sure that's a Legbar....

A Legbar mix, yes. Pure Legbar, no.

 

[Lacy Duckwing]

A Legbar mix, yes. Pure Legbar, no.

Golden Crele Legbar?