Oh also I can’t order from online hatcheries because the our mail goes through Sacramento CA post office and they are so dysfunctional. People were posting pics of boxes of dead chicks :/. They can’t seem to get it together there and they leave the boxes for days undelivered and it’s hot here !!
Arg! I have breeders in the area I was interested in but every single person sells straight run only so I decided not to. I got 7 from the local farm store who were sexed and they are all hens. I found a couple ladies who do grow outs and I’ve gotten five more hens that way. It’s more expensive...
I think I’m realizing how lucky I am to get this blue! Are you “blue” with envy? Lol. To be fair these are her first eggs ever and I understand the ink gets lighter as the season goes on. I’m super jealous of the greens and olives I see.
I assumed they laid mostly green because my neighbor said all the ones she’s ever owned have laid green. So crossing my fingers that George lays green eggs! (I thought she was a rooster and now she’s stuck with the name lol)
Thank you so much! There is sooo much to understand about chickens it is fascinating to me. I recently reached out to people about Olive eggers and even a Swedish Isbar to get green eggs and the owner of Alchemist Farm near me schooled me that even the Isbar isn’t a sure thing when it comes to...
Thank you!!! I was about to get a green layer because the place I got them said they are Ameraucana so I assumed they would all lay blue. Then someone set me straight that they are actually Easter eggers. This might be a dumb question but is there a “most common” color that Easter eggers lay...
Hi. I am new to hens. I got two “Americanas” from the feed store which I’ve come to understand are Easter Eggers. They are both a blonde color similar to one another. One just started laying and a beautiful blue egg! My question is, since they are the same color
will i also get blue eggs from...