Will this cross make an olive egger?

[GabCar]

I have a "Welsummer" that lays light green eggs (I suspect she is a welsummer X cream legbar) and a French Cooper Maran roo. I put some of her eggs in the incubator on Monday. Am I right in thinking that those babies would lay a darker green egg?

 

[Trimurtisan]

I have a "Welsummer" that lays light green eggs (I suspect she is a welsummer X cream legbar) and a French Cooper Maran roo. I put some of her eggs in the incubator on Monday. Am I right in thinking that those babies would lay a darker green egg?

Yup.
Definitely not a pure Welsummer though. A Welsummer x Legbar should actually make an OE on its own. If that is the cross, maybe the parents where both from light colored eggs.

 

[Perris]

what Trimurtisan said
A proper welsumer will lay dark brown/dark speckled eggs.

 

[Pork Pie]

This link may be interesting - https://scratchcradle.wordpress.com/2012/07/15/gms3-breeding-for-other-egg-colors/

 

[aart]

I have a "Welsummer" that lays light green eggs (I suspect she is a welsummer X cream legbar) and a French Cooper Maran roo. I put some of her eggs in the incubator on Monday. Am I right in thinking that those babies would lay a darker green egg?

Darker egg, maybe.... darker green, ehhh, probably not.
Mostly depends on if she passes down a blue shell gene.
Offspring may just lay brown.

 

[GabCar]

Yup.
Definitely not a pure Welsummer though. A Welsummer x Legbar should actually make an OE on its own. If that is the cross, maybe the parents where both from light colored eggs.

I bought her at TSC as a "welsummer" expecting those beautiful dark speckled eggs and ended up with green eggs which I was really excited about...but then realized that she was def a cross.

 

[GabCar]

Darker egg, maybe.... darker green, ehhh, probably not.
Mostly depends on if she passes down a blue shell gene.
Offspring may just lay brown.

Is it a 50/50% chance then of either a dark brown or darker green?

 

[aart]

Is it a 50/50% chance then of either a dark brown or darker green?

50-50 chance of the green or brown.