Best Olive Egger Crosses

[Poultrybonkers]

Blue over brown does make green…even with 2 blue egg genes.

Only half the daughters will lay green which aint worth raising that many to get one as for the olive even if hen lays olive the rooster wont have a blue egg gene

 

[nicalandia]

Rooster is suppose to be a pure am bred him to a wyandotte last year that bird just started laying and blue over brown equals green which its brown making the am rooster only having one copy of the blue egg gene i was rasing the olive eggers on hoping this rooster wasnt like the brother who also only had one blue egg gene meaning breeder lied about them being pure its no better them people selling easter eggers as true ams. Which woud make this rooster an ee which is useless to me so will not be keeping it nor the olive eggers or the other hen thats laying brown

I can't make sense of this.

 

[DarJones]

That still sounds a bit off regarding the genetics. If you have a hen with 1 copy of the blue egg gene and she lays a dozen eggs, 6 of them should be roosters and 6 hens. Of the 6 roosters, 3 will carry the blue egg gene and 3 won't. Of the hens, 3 will lay blue eggs and 3 won't. If you want to index the roosters for the blue egg gene, send a feather sample to Germany to Justus Liebig university and they will reply with which of the roosters carry blue egg.

 

[Allsfairinloveandbugs]

If you want to index the roosters for the blue egg gene, send a feather sample to Germany to Justus Liebig university and they will reply with which of the roosters carry blue egg.

Is there no (reliable) place in U.S. that does this test? I am wanting to get some Easter Egger roosters tested; saw the place in Germany you mention but was hoping for something closer.
If that is best place I will contact them and have it done.

 

[DarJones]

No U.S. lab currently tests for the blue egg gene. There are phytosanitary requirements to send samples to Germany. It is best to contact them for instructions. Better yet, if you can get a group interested in having tests done, the price is lower for tests in volume.

 

[Allsfairinloveandbugs]

No U.S. lab currently tests for the blue egg gene. There are phytosanitary requirements to send samples to Germany. It is best to contact them for instructions. Better yet, if you can get a group interested in having tests done, the price is lower for tests in volume.

I believe I've read they require at least 5 samples to test. I have (at least) 5 roosters of my own I'd like to have tested; hopefully that counts. I will contact them. I've searched the internet several times in the past several months after you mentioned the test on a previous thread I read. Didn't know why I wasn't finding any labs in the U.S. that do the test. Thanks for your reply and the info.

 

[pinewoodacres]

I know at least a few of us have been talking on FB about finding a university or something in the U.S. that can do the testing but our efforts in reaching out to folks has not turned up any real leads yet.

Does the place in Germany just give you a yes/no for homo or will they tell you if he’s got a single copy also?

 

[nicalandia]

Or.. you could do it the old fashion way of test crossing

 

[pinewoodacres]

Or.. you could do it the old fashion way of test crossing

My feed costs are around $1/lb (yes, I know, ridiculous) soooo it would be much more advantageous to not have to bring in new birds just for test breeding and grow out all the females to POL and deal with extra males (freezer or rehoming).

 

[nicalandia]

My feed costs are around $1/lb (yes, I know, ridiculous) soooo it would be much more advantageous to not have to bring in new birds just for test breeding and grow out all the females to POL and deal with extra males (freezer or rehoming).

Looking out for Homozygous Pea Comb Rooster would be another way since it's 96% chance.

This is a P/p+ Easter Egger Rooster that as 96% chance of having only one copy of the Oocyan mutation

Ameraucanas have smaller Tighter combs, they are P/P, O/O