Colourful and Unusual Chicken Eggs!

[gimmie birdies]

My avatar frizzle hen lays the light gray colored egg in the egg pic.

Her mom had a purple/pink egg gene, and her dad had a green egg gene.

 

[ChickieChickieMama]

My avatar frizzle hen lays the light gray colored egg in the egg pic.View attachment 1414109 Her mom had a purple/pink egg gene, and her dad had a green egg gene.

Wow that is beautiful!! I've never heard of a chicken having a purple egg gene!! I can't wait to see what my chicks start to lay...this is so fun!

 

[6sablehens]

You do eat them the same. Just takes a lot more to make an omelette. I have coturnix, which are pretty much the standard breed for most. They are full size and start laying at 8 weeks.....so very fast turnaround if you want them for eggs or meat. And they lay just as much as chickens. None of that "they are still wild and so only lay like 30 eggs a year during a one month window" crap. Some people keep bobwhites or snowflakes or button quail, but those are much less productive and much more territorial/wild/kill each other in larger groups type of breeds.

Thanks for the info.
I’ve done a bit of research in the past about the different breeds and read that coturnix were good for egg production. It’s crazy how they grow up so quickly.

 

[6sablehens]

I have some nice eggs too, I have Silver laced Barenvelders, Araucanas, Pendensencas, and BPR, but their eggs aren't so different from the variety that has been shown.
I wanted to post this pic. Of the most beautiful eggs from a domesticated fowl that can be found, the Tinamou!
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tinamou
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If only we could add some of those to our egg basket!

 

[6sablehens]

My avatar frizzle hen lays the light gray colored egg in the egg pic.View attachment 1414109 Her mom had a purple/pink egg gene, and her dad had a green egg gene.

That grey egg is so cool! I wonder if anyone else has chickens laying grey coloured eggs?

 

[Monday's momma]

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I thought I was going to get some of those dark eggs a bit disappointed but still love the fact I'm starting to get eggs twiddling my thumbs for my ee, my luck I'll have all light brown eggs.

 

[6sablehens]

I thought I was going to get some of those dark eggs a bit disappointed but still love the fact I'm starting to get eggs twiddling my thumbs for my ee, my luck I'll have all light brown eggs.

Same thing happened with my Wellsummer. My Australorp actually lays the darkest eggs of the bunch (which are light brown), so I’ve been trying to get some Marans for ages.

 

[6sablehens]

Does anyone know of good Marans breeders in Aus?

 

[Charlotte2212]

The blue ones belong to my araucana hybrids (the top one belongs to my pullett who layed her first egg this morningim loving the darker shade of blue, than the others) and the dark brown eggs belong to my Maran hybrids!

 

[6sablehens]

View attachment 1415216 The blue ones belong to my araucana hybrids (the top one belongs to my pullett who layed her first egg this morningim loving the darker shade of blue, than the others) and the dark brown eggs belong to my Maran hybrids!

Great! The one your EE layed this morning really does stand out!