Diet to Get Darker Blue Eggs Query

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Ah, well, you don't have to get all scientific about it, chicken liver is pretty cheap, mostly readily available, and you wouldn't want to feed more than about 1/2 a one a day. I would just wait until the color has noticeably dropped off, then start feeding the liver for a few weeks and subjectively see if it gets better before I would embark on a 2 year science project... If it does, I would probably just do a maintenance course of a once or twice a week treat. Liver is actually so high in certain vitamins that it is possible to develop excessive levels of Vitamin A from overeating it, but that would take a lot of liver and wouldn't happen in the states, since organ meats are not very popular here.
 
BreanneRN said:
Ah, well, you don't have to get all scientific about it, chicken liver is pretty cheap, mostly readily available, and you wouldn't want to feed more than about 1/2 a one a day. I would just wait until the color has noticeably dropped off, then start feeding the liver for a few weeks and subjectively see if it gets better before I would embark on a 2 year science project... If it does, I would probably just do a maintenance course of a once or twice a week treat. Liver is actually so high in certain vitamins that it is possible to develop excessive levels of Vitamin A from overeating it, but that would take a lot of liver and wouldn't happen in the states, since organ meats are not very popular here.
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But being scientific about it is the only way to get accurate results!
 
BreanneRN said:
You could keep the liver in the freezer and pull it out as needed, so none would go to waste. I have the feeling that they will really like it, which might be the only problem... They might be annoyed when you stop... It would be a lot less expensive than those $20.00 bags of mealworms...
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Sorry...still not happening. I have fifty-six birds, and peeps don't count. They don't get treats that aren't free insects or cheap corn. To do this experiment, I would have to separate out the two hens every time I wanted to feed them liver or I would have to spend a fortune. I'm curious, but not curious enough to chase my half insane, game-cross-EE around every night.
 
I can't do it because my EE's are only 4 1/2 months and haven't started to lay yet, and probably won't start until the fall when the weather cools, then will stop when it gets cold... Maybe next year... They should start in the Spring... I don't even know what color eggs they will lay yet... They are all from Cackle Hatchery and are pretty nice birds, I have 8 hens, 2 light buffs (they are really a golden yellow), 2 blue-wheatens(I think), 3 blues, and one mostly brown red with a little blue in the tail. Mine are pretty tame and I can pick them up. So, maybe next year. It's been quite a few years since I raised any colored egg layers, and they have changed over the years. I don't remember the ones I had 20 years ago being so flighty. But things do change with time. As I remember it, the eggs were always bluest when they were freshly layed, seemed like they faded in the refrigerator over time.
 

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