Blue Egg Layers from Unversity of Arkansas - Page 3

It very much sounds like these are purpose bred birds, bred toward a specific goal; that is not a mutt, it is a project that may develop into a breed with sufficient time and effort.  It sounds very interesting, and I will be watching to read new posts.  Due to his location, Dr Bramwell may have access to birds with the smokey gene, which looks similar to blue, but breeds true.  I wonder if this may be in his birds, or if they are the blue gene?

Let me see if I have this correct.

1. Breeds True

2. Lays only nice blue eggs (no green, pink or brown

3. Lays a lot of eggs

4. Looks like a game bird and a Sumatra

Wow

These do not sound like mutts to me. It does sound like a different breed that lays blue eggs. Reminds me of the Cream Legbar from England. Bye the way, they sell their eggs in stores in England, so the candling thing does not seem to mean much.

I am interested in this new breed. We may be seeing something special here, like when the Americaunas were turned into a breed in the seventies. I will be following this

I hope we get some pictures! 

Wow, this sounds really cool. I'm subscribed now so I can follow along.

My EE's are all hatchery/very game bird looking. They are also some of my best layers of medium to large pale blue eggs. I got them from the local Agway, but they are definitely as good as my breeder RIRs. Out of a flock of a dozen birds (11 hens 1 roo), I get 7-9 eggs most days of the year.

That being said, I could see how introducing commercial bloodlines would produce a thoroughly reliable blue egg layer. Can't wait to see how they turn out.