Mr Fox took a couple of my hens last night, when the door to the chook tractor blew came open in the storm. I'm heading out to Wagners, in Coldstream, Victoria, to pick up a Gingerham and an Australorp X New Hamshire. The woman I spoke with said she calls the Gingerhams "Isa Browns" but because...
I thought that the colour of the egg depended on the colour of the bird. That is, a lavender Araucana will lay blue eggs, and a black Araucana will lay green eggs.
Is that right?
Cheers,
Caz.
Thanks for the photos and information, everybody. To date, I have three hens - an Isa Brown (named Isis), a Polish-Sussex cross bantam (named Henski) and a Silkie-something bantam (the smallest, with feathered feet, named Fluffski). I'm about to bring in a couple of pullets that a friend...