Dark Egg Breeds Thread

[cherylcohen]

the auction said blue splash but breeder said hers and these all lay splash, I guess we'll see

 

[jeremy]

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Very nice, are they split for blue?

In a Splash X Splash breeding all of the resulting chicks will be Splash, there is no possibility for visually Blue chicks.

 

[Wynette]

Some folks say "blue splash" for those splashes that have a very light blue base, with the splash coloring on top.

 

[Illia]

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And some say it because they don't realize splash is separate from blue.

 

[cherylcohen]

cool!

 

[dldolan]

Cheryl, I got ten of those Splash Marans eggs, as I told you, and my broody has broken two of them--i think trying to keep the other hens off her nest.

I am sad. I think i will move her into the broody cage sooner than I wanted due to this. I'll have to kick out mama and chicks, but I have the dog house they can snuggle up into. Now how to make them go there...?? Lock them in in for a couple of nights, I suppose, using the dog house and cage...

On the brighter side, my EE is done molting and I got a mint-green egg today after 7 weeks of none. Yippee!!

Below is my array of eggs: two Brahma, two RIR, spotted Wellie newbie layer, and EE mint green for today.
Cheers,
Dawn

 

[cherylcohen]

very very pretty

 

[ksf59]

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told ya that you would love that big bator. Its hard not to fill them up

 

[jeremy]

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Beautiful assortment Dawn!

 

[knjinnm]

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Are the Brahma eggs the darkest eggs? If so i did not realize Brahma's produced such dark eggs.