Do chicks hatched from blue eggs always lay blue?

[RosemaryDuck]

Not sure how to word the title . But I've currently got some blue eggs (I assume ameraucana) in the bator from the farmers market. Just wondering if the resulting chicks would (if hens, of course) lay blue as well, or if it would be random depending on the rooster?

 

[BlueBaby]

It will depend on what the rooster is also.

 

[RosemaryDuck]

It will depend on what the rooster is also.

Ah okay. I've no idea what kind of rooster the farmers market lady had, but it'll be a fun guessing game if any hatch lol.

 

[BlueBaby]

Good luck. Some people are putting those Maran's over blue egg layer's to get the olive egger's now. That why I said that it would depend on what the rooster that bred those hen's was.

 

[Nigel27]

Depends on parents
If the hen that layed it was an actual blue laying breed (homozygous) then all of her chicks would have at least one blue gene and you only need one to lay blue or green. If she only has one (heterozygous) then she will only give the blue gene to half of her chicks. Easter eggers. Olive eggers are a first generation cross of brown and blue eggers, the generations after are Easter eggers.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

If the mother is a purebred ameraucana with two copies of the blue egg shell gene, all chicks will lay blue or green (or olive) eggs. If the mother only has one copy of the blue egg shell gene, half of the chicks will lay blue/green and the other half won’t.

 

[ChickensForEggs2500]

So, these are the Punnet squares for the blue trait being dominant? Sorry for the messy handwriting.

 

[RoostersAreAwesome]

So, these are the Punnet squares for the blue trait being dominant? Sorry for the messy handwriting.View attachment 2555400View attachment 2555401View attachment 2555402

Looks correct. Though Ee doesn’t necessarily represent blue, and ee doesn’t necessarily represent brown, if you didn’t know.

 

[ChickensForEggs2500]

Looks correct. Though Ee doesn’t necessarily represent blue, and ee doesn’t necessarily represent brown, if you didn’t know.

Thanks! I just used different colors to make it easier to read.