if the hatching eggs are pure and the parent birds are of pure descent, yes, the chicks SHOULD lay about the same color egg.
of course we're great! we're BYC members dang it!
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i am, at 8 weeks. that comb is seriously red for8 weeks.
ee's don't usually lay blue eggs. that's a misnomer that hatcheries like to push. they CARRY the blue egg gene that is mixed with whatever egg color/tint the other breed chicken the bird is bred with lays.
most ee's lay a...
first off, females can have green sheen tail feathers, but that's besides the point here....
the top two pics are a cockerel, middle white a cockerel. bottom, pullet.