Whiting true green question

[Joev1973]

I have 20 hens all brooded together in june.

Over thanksgiving found our first egg. A few days later started finding 2 every morning. Both eggs are green from 2 whiting trye green hens who began laying first.

I also have 2 whiting true blue hens & 2 buff polish & a dozen buff orphingtons.

Expecting all to start laying in the next few weeks. I noticed my roosters breeding the hens even the ones who are not yet laying.

My question is if a buff orphington rooster mates with a whiting true green or true blue hen. What color eggs would the chicks lay?

Just wondering how that works?

 

[Joev1973]

 

[NatJ]

My question is if a buff orphington rooster mates with a whiting true green or true blue hen. What color eggs would the chicks lay?

Probably green, chance of brown.

If the whitings do breed true for the blue egg gene, as McMurray claims they do, then all chicks from that cross *should* lay green eggs.

 

[Sequel]

Congrats on the beautiful eggs!

 

[cmom]

It really shouldn't make a difference on egg color of the eggs you have now but will affect what the chicks from the mating will look like and when they (the chicks from the mating's) start laying the color of their eggs may vary. I have done experimental breeding's in the past for sex-links but not with birds that lay different color eggs. It will be interesting. Good luck and have fun...

 

[ChickNanny13]

Wow, one of my WTG lays pink/brown eggs, while the other lays green. Still waiting on the WTBs .... The WTG have been laying every day since the start.