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[buddy phoenix]

Question ams lay blue eggs. right? i read the longer they lay eggs turn green?

 

[FVRM]

Question ams lay blue eggs. right? i read the longer they lay eggs turn green?

they turn green because the chicken is running low on pigment, kind of like when you run out of spray paint and the paint is less saturated.

 

[DMRippy]

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I don't know about the GREEN thing. My Wheatens lay about the same color from pullet to hens. I know from making SBEL that the Blue eggs from those girls are BLUE and not a green. Makes me think with 2 copies of the blue egg gene the color is stronger and looks more green because of it. BUT IDK.... just a guess.

 

[Reyvaughn]

This kind of came up with my eggs yesterday. I know my eggs range in the Cs on the Am egg color chart, but the last week some of the eggs seem to be darker green. I am not getting as many of the light/baby blues. I am not saying they are laying different now... but they are greener.

DMRippy - maybe because you took the blue gene and put it with white, it made it brighter?

 

[DMRippy]

IDK why. I have a pic if I can think I will post it tomorrow.

 

[FVRM]

I don't know about the GREEN thing. My Wheatens lay about the same color from pullet to hens. I know from making SBEL that the Blue eggs from those girls are BLUE and not a green. Makes me think with 2 copies of the blue egg gene the color is stronger and looks more green because of it. BUT IDK.... just a guess.

are you breeding only F1 generations of sbel? ive been thinking about breeding sbel for the egg production and the color. would be awesome if you posted some pics of your sbel hens/roos

 

[buddy phoenix]

Im new to ams. what i read gave me the impression they get green like a maran starts layin dark then gets lighter. what i had say someone post. i was just kinda curious.

 

[jajeanpierre]

are you breeding only F1 generations of sbel? ive been thinking about breeding sbel for the egg production and the color. would be awesome if you posted some pics of your sbel hens/roos

What is sbel?

 

[CibolaChooks]

What is sbel?

Super Blue Egg Layer

 

[CibolaChooks]

Im new to ams. what i read gave me the impression they get green like a maran starts layin dark then gets lighter. what i had say someone post. i was just kinda curious.

color can change for lots of diffrent reasons. It can dven be diffrent from day to day if the hens ova duct isnt consistent