Diet to Get Darker Blue Eggs Query

[Perris]

@BlueBaby sometimes they look more green than blue to me too; @chickengeorgeto yes it didn't show up in that photo; following your advice @aart and @sylviethecochin makes the difference clearer, to me at least! can you see it now?

 

[Citychickengal]

@BlueBaby sometimes they look more green than blue to me too; @chickengeorgeto yes it didn't show up in that photo; following your advice @aart and @sylviethecochin makes the difference clearer, to me at least! can you see it now?

I can definitely see a difference in the two eggs, but it looks almost like the left is tan-ish and the right is blue??

 

[Perris]

@Citychickengal indeed it does; that's why I was so interested in this thread! The eggs have been getting paler through the season - they were a much clearer blue in the spring, then went dull bluey-green to almost tan.

 

[chickengeorgeto]

@Citychickengal indeed it does; that's why I was so interested in this thread! The eggs have been getting paler through the season - they were a much clearer blue in the spring, then went dull bluey-green to almost tan.

That is what colored eggs do, as the season drages on the color fades.

 

[FatChicksDigMe]

@BlueBaby sometimes they look more green than blue to me too; @chickengeorgeto yes it didn't show up in that photo; following your advice @aart and @sylviethecochin makes the difference clearer, to me at least! can you see it now?

How has your results been nearly 3 years later? Does it still hold true?

 

[Perris]

How has your results been nearly 3 years later? Does it still hold true?

I gave up trying to intensify the shell colour through diet; as @chickengeorgeto said it starts strong and fades as the season proceeds. Also they free range so a relatively small proportion of their diet is in my hands She only laid about 50 this year before going broody and then she went into molt (almost out now, hopefully I'll get some more eggs from her before the year's out), so they've all been relatively blue this year!

 

[Matejka]

Try catfish blood bait. It's made from blood. Stinks to high heaven but..... that's what I thought of when liver was discussed. Backs in the 60's, my dad would get gallons of blood,and make blood bait for fishing. I remember that smell well. Just my 2 cents worth.

 

[FatChicksDigMe]

I gave up trying to intensify the shell colour through diet; as @chickengeorgeto said it starts strong and fades as the season proceeds. Also they free range so a relatively small proportion of their diet is in my hands She only laid about 50 this year before going broody and then she went into molt (almost out now, hopefully I'll get some more eggs from her before the year's out), so they've all been relatively blue this year!

Aww, I'm sure you tried! For what its worth I remembered reading a thread here about the history of EEs and how special they are; and someone stated that their native diet is high in seafood and omega fatty acids. I'll try to find it again, but diet definitely can play a part in egg shell color. Only recently have we realized how important epigenetics is with respect to fertility in humans... why can't the same principles be applied to poultry or other animals?

 

[Perris]

Try catfish blood bait. It's made from blood. Stinks to high heaven but..... that's what I thought of when liver was discussed. Backs in the 60's, my dad would get gallons of blood,and make blood bait for fishing. I remember that smell well. Just my 2 cents worth.

thanks for that thought, but I think I'll pass! My nose isn't super-sensitive, but it definitely prefers scented flowers over bluer eggs but a pong in the garden