Hmmm. I'm probably not remembering correctly, but I think the mother was an Araucana. But she also could have been a cross. And she was bred with the barnevelder to get my little Bea here. :) Bea came from an olive egg. So who knows what she will lay herself. I'm not worried about it at all. As...
I got all my birds from just local farmers and backyard breeders. I don't show, I just have them for the enjoyment and the yummy eggs. Colour doesn't matter to me at all. Although I am really enjoying the pretty blue of the Easter egger eggs. :)
It's funny, because my Easter eggers first egg...
Mystery solved. I snuck out and caught one of my orpingtons in the nest box, along with the EE and the Silkie waiting in line to use the same box. Lol
I'm surprised the orpingtons egg is so small though! She's 7-8 months old right now. Is that normal?
I have 9 hens/pullets that have only just started giving me eggs. Yay! ;) I know for sure that my only bantam (Silkie) is laying. And I know one of the two Easter eggers I have is laying because I'm getting blue eggs and none of my others could be laying blue. But I'm puzzled at some of these...