I love that blue one, too. Nora and Snow are my bluest egg layers-they come from Cree lines on both sides of the family. Charlotte and Gypsy lay blue with a greenish tint-they are Cree on the sire's side and Rivergait Farms on Charlotte's mom's side. Nora lays the bluest of all, but hasn't laid...
No, not all Dels lay that dark. My Georgie is the darkest laying Del I've ever had. My other Del, Ellie's eggs are more medium tan with speckles. I have currently 28 layers total between the three coops. For months I'd been getting 3-8 eggs per day. Now, at least 15 of the 28 are laying--keep in...
Here are some of the eggs from today--some are from hens returning to lay after a long hiatus. It's been ages since I got a blue egg, but this week three of the Ameraucanas started back laying again, finally.
From left to right:
Ameraucana, Delaware, Ameraucana, Lt. Brahma, barred EE, Rhode...