Ok, here's the scoop - 4 Araucana hens in their third summer, 8 in their suspected second summer (hatched spring 08). They roam about a nice sized yard freely, have a lovely and secure indoor coop for safety. Eat well - pellet crumble, scratch and daily meals of organic brow rice, cottage...
OK - this is a lame-o question, I am sure. I had a customer in the shop last week who insisted that a neighbor of hers had at one time hens that laid eggs with blue yolks. Not shells, but yolks.
I've googled around and am not finding anything helpful or solid...so I thought I'd check in with...
nothing for a day or two, followed by two paper thin shelled eggs, both broken.
We've got 3 and a half hens (the half has a twisted beak and is abotu half the size of her sisters, despite twice daily feedings of rice, avocado, bread, cottage cheese, tofu, salad, cooked carrots, bulgur wheat...
I've got some Araucanas, and one developed a cross beak at a few weeks of age. SHe's now about 4 months old or so, a voracious eater compared to her siblings, and about 1/2 their size or so. She's also very sweet and tame, and seems healthy otherwise.
I've been making sure their feed dish is...