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Breeding / Re: Genetics of egg color
« on: February 09, 2017, 06:37:41 PM »
Hi Don,
Thanks for your response. I'm guessing that apparently only one of the hens was carrying the recessive trait that led to the pinkish egg, or there would be more of them. I tried to attach a photo of the egg color that I'm seeing from the other pullets, but it said the file size is too large. When I'm on a computer instead of my phone, I'll reduce the file size and submit it. I need to buy one of those handy egg color charts so that I can just say the number. I'll do that this week. They range from faint sky blue to baby blue in color, with fairly good saturation of color overall. I agree with you, I think the pinkish color relates to the brown egg gene. I have heard of some self blues laying pinkish colored eggs.
Thanks for the help. Several people have encouraged me to keep the cock since he has good type. I think I'll keep him around and see what he produces this year. The hens that were in his pen last season were culled, and he has a new set of hens this year. I'll probably reduce the size of his breeding pen and mark all the chicks that hatch from his pen to monitor them closely for egg color. I have two other pens that I can work with during the mean time.
Thanks for your response. I'm guessing that apparently only one of the hens was carrying the recessive trait that led to the pinkish egg, or there would be more of them. I tried to attach a photo of the egg color that I'm seeing from the other pullets, but it said the file size is too large. When I'm on a computer instead of my phone, I'll reduce the file size and submit it. I need to buy one of those handy egg color charts so that I can just say the number. I'll do that this week. They range from faint sky blue to baby blue in color, with fairly good saturation of color overall. I agree with you, I think the pinkish color relates to the brown egg gene. I have heard of some self blues laying pinkish colored eggs.
Thanks for the help. Several people have encouraged me to keep the cock since he has good type. I think I'll keep him around and see what he produces this year. The hens that were in his pen last season were culled, and he has a new set of hens this year. I'll probably reduce the size of his breeding pen and mark all the chicks that hatch from his pen to monitor them closely for egg color. I have two other pens that I can work with during the mean time.