Are blue eggs ever really blue?

[humblehillsfarm]

I have an Ameraucana and two Easter Eggers and all of their eggs are mint green. Are all of the fancy Instagram photos of blue eggs actually blue? Also, show me your eggies! Blue, green, olive, show me them all

 

[Wezdin]

Yes, eggs can be and definitely are blue, But EE often lay green. Pics soon.

 

[The Moonshiner]

Yes.
I've had ameraucana. Aracauna, Legbars and EE that have all laid pure blue eggs.
The brown egg genes are whats responsible for green tints and there's at least 13 different genes for brown so it isn't hard to get one or two in a line but it's hard to get them out if any get in.

 

[humblehillsfarm]

Yes.
I've had ameraucana. Aracauna, Legbars and EE that have all laid pure blue eggs.
The brown egg genes are whats responsible for green tints and there's at least 13 different genes for brown so it isn't hard to get one or two in a line but it's hard to get them out if any get in.

I've honestly wondered if my Ameraucana is purebred even though she came from a hatchery. However, she goes broody where the EEs do not. I was so sad when I realized I wouldn't have any beautiful blue eggs, but the mint green ones are still lovely in my egg basket.

 

[Wezdin]

I've honestly wondered if my Ameraucana is purebred even though she came from a hatchery. However, she goes broody where the EEs do not. I was so sad when I realized I wouldn't have any beautiful blue eggs, but the mint green ones are still lovely in my egg basket.

The fact that shr goes broody does not make her a purebreed, here did you get her?

 

[humblehillsfarm]

The fact that shr goes broody does not make her a purebreed, here did you get her?

I got her from Meyer Hatchery. They've always been good to do business with but in the case of this bird, I feel I got ripped off. She was so expensive and I could have just got an Easter Egger for much cheaper.

 

[Mak24456]

Yes, blue! Our EE lays light blue eggs. Not as blue as some pictures will have you believe, but they're a pretty pastel.

 

[Punkybrewster]

A purebreed ameraucana will only lay blue eggs. If she is laying green or any variation of color besides blue, then she is not pure ameraucana. That said, my easter eggers have the best personalities!

 

[The Moonshiner]

A purebreed ameraucana will only lay blue eggs. If she is laying green or any variation of color besides blue, then she is not pure ameraucana. That said, my easter eggers have the best personalities!

It's now acceptable for them to lay a "blue egg with a slight green tinge"
Seems to me that would be in the eye of the beholder and open a door that shouldn't be opened.

 

[humblehillsfarm]

It's now acceptable for them to lay a "blue egg with a slight green tinge"
Seems to me that would be in the eye of the beholder and open a door that shouldn't be opened.

I think the hatchery says just that on their description.

That said, my easter eggers have the best personalities!

My Easter Eggers are not sociable at all, but one, poor thing, squats when you get within ten feet of her. So she doesn't like it, but it's easy to pick her up.