White Speckled Egg - can I intentionally breed for it?

[mermaid_of_the_farm]

Hello! I want to breed for egg color and feel like I have enough variety of hens and roosters to get started. My hens just started laying so I have been closely admiring and examining everyone's eggs. I have collected a few times this blue-green egg with white specks which I think is very lovely.

My questions are: is this a new layer characteristic or can I expect to see it continuously? Can I selectively breed for this kind of white speckled egg?

Thank you!

 

[LoveMyPeepers]

Based on my own experience (not positively sure) I think that it would continue to appear in the same coloring, but it is probably a characteristic of the specific hen, rather than an entire breed.

 

[mermaid_of_the_farm]

Based on my own experience (not positively sure) I think that it would continue to appear in the same coloring, but it is probably a characteristic of the specific hen, rather than an entire breed.

I'm curious! If they continue to appear this way I may hatch them and see if any offspring lay white speckled eggs.

 

[PaigeWells]

Is the white speckling a heavy bloom? Does it wash off or rub off? If a hen lays a heavy speckled bloom that is a genetic “defect” so it could be inheritable. Basically she unevenly applies her bloom, resulting in spots.

 

[mermaid_of_the_farm]

Is the white speckling a heavy bloom? Does it wash off or rub off? If a hen lays a heavy speckled bloom that is a genetic “defect” so it could be inheritable. Basically she unevenly applies her bloom, resulting in spots.

It doesn't rub off easily and every egg she lays has the white specks. I want to hatch a few of her eggs and maybe get some pullets to find out!