Blue Egg Layers from Unversity of Arkansas - Page 56

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Originally Posted by Mahonri 

Wow... this took me a couple of days to get through this thread.

 

And who has the hatching eggs????

I'm selling them also.  I have an order going out tomorrow and then will be free to ship.

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Originally Posted by draye 

 Hall Family Poultry.

He has an ad up for waiting list on them.

I suggest banjojoe. Excellent shipping and good pricing on the eggs. As far as I know, there's no waiting list for his eggs either. 

one issue(maybe not one at all, depends on preference) I see with the these blue egg layers is that they are mostly leghorns and their eggs are mate blue instead of the shiny blue eggs found on many araucana. the shiny egg trait is recessive to the mate trait. and so far of all of the eggs I have seen on this thread(from the blue egg layers from UA) are mate blue..

here is a shiny vs mate blue

again the shiny blue egg trait is recessive to the mate one. source http://www.the-coop.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=107865#Post107865

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Originally Posted by nicalandia 

one issue(maybe not one at all, depends on preference) I see with the these blue egg layers is that they are mostly leghorns and their eggs are mate blue instead of the shiny blue eggs found on many araucana. the shiny egg trait is recessive to the mate trait. and so far of all of the eggs I have seen on this thread(from the blue egg layers from UA) are mate blue..

 

here is a shiny vs mate blue

 

 

 

again the shiny blue egg trait is recessive to the mate one. source http://www.the-coop.org/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=107865#Post107865

Those are both very pretty eggs!

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Originally Posted by ronott1 

Those are both very pretty eggs!

I favor the shiny one

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Originally Posted by nicalandia 

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Originally Posted by ronott1 

Those are both very pretty eggs!

I favor the shiny one

I just looked at Araucana egg pictures from a local to me Breeder. They were all Matte and non were shiny. What percentage of Araucanas have shiny eggs?

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Originally Posted by ronott1 

I just looked at Araucana egg pictures from a local to me Breeder. They were all Matte and non were shiny. What percentage of Araucanas have shiny eggs?

not many, as I said before its a recessive trait. BUT if you see a satin shine(between mate and shiny) this hen could be hiding the shiny egg trait

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Originally Posted by nicalandia 

I favor the shiny one

all i can say is if you dont like the UofA blue egg layers then dont get any but please alow those that like this breed to talk and share witout the negative and you dont likes

i myself love them they lay LARGE BLUE EGGS AND LOTS OF THEM 

the eggs in the top left are UofA blues as you can see from the pic they are shiny 

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Originally Posted by banjoejoe4783 

all i can say is if you dont like the UofA blue egg layers then dont get any but please alow those that like this breed to talk and share witout the negative and you dont likes

 

i myself love them they lay LARGE BLUE EGGS AND LOTS OF THEM 

Would you say that this is possibly the most productive blue egg layer around?  Currently I am looking for exactly that.  I've looked at Legbars and cannot find an annual production estimate for their eggs.