I have read on here Ameracanas lay pink , blue, green tinted eggs. does this mean 1 hen can lay any or all of these colors at any given time? Or will 1 hen lay just 1 color of egg?
Ameracanas and egg color
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One hen will only lay one colour of egg, though the colour will slowly fade over time.
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So is there any way to tell which color it might lay, say by the coloration of it's feathers or feet?
Look at its earlobes. The color of the earlobes should be the color of the eggs it lays.
I've yet to see any chicken with blue earlobs
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Ah, well then, check this out:
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=G
And if that doesn't work, go to Google Images and look for Silkie earlobes...
Susan
Ah, well then, check this out:
http://images.google.com/imgres?img...firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&sa=G
And if that doesn't work, go to Google Images and look for Silkie earlobes...
Susan
I'm sorry to burst anyone's bubble, but Silkies lay off white eggs, and they have blue earlobes. I have heard that hens with white earlobes lay white and ones with red earlobes lay brown. That may be true. Except for with Americaunas or Easter Eggers, their earlobes are red and they lay blue, green, white or "pink".
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Yeah, silkies have blue earlobes but they don't lay blue eggs. My EE's have neither green nor blue earlobes.
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WOW!!!!
I swear I learn something new everyday. I have never hear about the ear lobe theory. Thanks for posting the info.
I'll have to go check all my EE girls & teen age Ameraucana girl's ear lobes.
In my older flock (1 yr & 5 months old) I have 5 EE girls. 4 lay green, but diff shades and one lays a light one. I use to think it had a pinkish tint to it, but now it just kinda blends in w/ my RIR & SLW eggs.
I have my teenage flock of 4 EE girls and one EE girl just started laying. She has laid 5 cute, little tan pullet eggs so far this week. I have 3 more teenagers EE girls that I'm waiting on to lay and hope they lay me some green eggs.
My 4 Ameraucana girls are a week younger than the teenage EE girls, so it will be a little longer until I see those pretty blue eggs.
OK, I'm going to go look at ear lobes todat and report back.
WOW!!!!
I'll have to go check all my EE girls & teen age Ameraucana girl's ear lobes.
In my older flock (1 yr & 5 months old) I have 5 EE girls. 4 lay green, but diff shades and one lays a light one. I use to think it had a pinkish tint to it, but now it just kinda blends in w/ my RIR & SLW eggs.
I have my teenage flock of 4 EE girls and one EE girl just started laying. She has laid 5 cute, little tan pullet eggs so far this week. I have 3 more teenagers EE girls that I'm waiting on to lay and hope they lay me some green eggs.
My 4 Ameraucana girls are a week younger than the teenage EE girls, so it will be a little longer until I see those pretty blue eggs.
OK, I'm going to go look at ear lobes todat and report back.
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WOW!!!!
I swear I learn something new everyday. I have never hear about the ear lobe theory. Thanks for posting the info.
I'll have to go check all my EE girls & teen age Ameraucana girl's ear lobes.
In my older flock (1 yr & 5 months old) I have 5 EE girls. 4 lay green, but diff shades and one lays a light one. I use to think it had a pinkish tint to it, but now it just kinda blends in w/ my RIR & SLW eggs.
I have my teenage flock of 4 EE girls and one EE girl just started laying. She has laid 5 cute, little tan pullet eggs so far this week. I have 3 more teenagers EE girls that I'm waiting on to lay and hope they lay me some green eggs.
My 4 Ameraucana girls are a week younger than the teenage EE girls, so it will be a little longer until I see those pretty blue eggs.
OK, I'm going to go look at ear lobes todat and report back.
The earlobe thingy doesn't work on easter eggers. There is no way on knowing what color eggs they will lay until they lay them.
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WOW!!!!
I'll have to go check all my EE girls & teen age Ameraucana girl's ear lobes.
In my older flock (1 yr & 5 months old) I have 5 EE girls. 4 lay green, but diff shades and one lays a light one. I use to think it had a pinkish tint to it, but now it just kinda blends in w/ my RIR & SLW eggs.
I have my teenage flock of 4 EE girls and one EE girl just started laying. She has laid 5 cute, little tan pullet eggs so far this week. I have 3 more teenagers EE girls that I'm waiting on to lay and hope they lay me some green eggs.
My 4 Ameraucana girls are a week younger than the teenage EE girls, so it will be a little longer until I see those pretty blue eggs.
OK, I'm going to go look at ear lobes todat and report back.
The earlobe thingy doesn't work on easter eggers. There is no way on knowing what color eggs they will lay until they lay them.
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