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m_shuman

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crossed my mystery roo (Could be a bad hatchery del, red sex link or columbian rock) with one of my Easter Egger pullets? Would the result yield me blue/green egg layers? Here is a picture of the mystery roo.

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It depends on what your EEs are laying.

The roo probably came from a brown egg. So if you crossed a blue-laying EE with him, the offspring would lay greenish/olive-colored egg.
 
Great! I think we might keep him and hatch chicks next spring if one of my girls goes broody. Now lets just hope my EE lay blue eggs.
 
Egg color genes...

brown x blue = green
brown x green = half green, half brown
brown x brown = brown
brown x white = light brown

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