What color egg will they lay?

[jay873]

I have some easter egger pullets from tractor supply they are only a few days old right now. but if i were to cross them with a buff orpington rooster will all of them lay olive eggs. or will I possibly get some blue or green egg layers too?

And what if I crossed them to a white egg layer will the eggs still be blue or green? ( I would only cross with the white egg layer if they still have the blue or green eggs. And get the best looking rooster and breed back to the mother. Will that work?


And if I got an olive egger roo and breed him back to mom will the offspring still lay olive eggs?

 

[Cyprus]

I'd you breed to a BO rooster, the resulting pullets would lay olive colored eggs.
Breeding one of those roosters back would still result in olive eggers.

Breeding to a white egg layer to EE will, in theory, get you brighter blue/green eggs and a better layer. Breeding the resulting rooster back will probably still leave you with blue/green eggs layers.

 

[jay873]

Interesting now I just have to find a white leghorn rooster .
But none off the buff orpington/easter egger cross will have the potential to lay green or blue eggs ?

 

[Cyprus]

Finding a white leghorn rooster should be easy
The BO/EE crosses will lay a greenish hued egg. However, it will be like your typical olive egger: a darker green not like the bright greens of EE's.

 

[aart]

First, you need to wait and see if your EE lay blue/green, they can also lay brown.
Even if they do lay blue/green they may not pass that blue gene down to their offspring.
Using an EE to make OE's gives you about a 50-50 chance of success.

 

[jay873]

I don't really care for olive eggers they don't look good to me I want to get more easter eggers but I'm not sure TSC will get anymore so I was just gonna cross them with the white leghorn hoping to get larger and more blue or green Eggs . If the ones I got turn out to lay brown they are taking a trip back to the store

 

[aart]

If the ones I got turn out to lay brown they are taking a trip back to the store

Good luck with that!

 

[WVduckchick]

 

[tjb]

EE roo + EE hen {blue eggs} for me resulted in 2 pullets that laid a prettier brighter shade of blue.

 

[jay873]

I don't think TSC will carry straight run easter egger so I doubt I'll ever find a easter egger rooster. But I do think I remember them having straight run leghorns