Dyeing Brown Eggs

[2DogsFarm]

I was thinking of hardboiling and dyeing some of my girls' eggs for Easter.

I thought about getting stickers - dots or 3-ring binder reinforcement rings - and putting them on the eggs then dyeing them a color.
When the dye dries remove the stickers and have a light brown pattern.

But what color won't turn muddy over the brown base?
Yellow?
Orange?
Purple?
anyone?

 

[b.hromada]

Actually, there is a thread on here about that! No, they look beautiful! I'm going to dye my girls eggs too! Enjoy!

 

[HennyJenny]

Hi! Do a search for dyeing eggs - someone on here had some pictures of beautiful dyed brown eggs a few weeks ago. I was wondering the same thing but the pictures this person had convinced me to dye my pretty brown eggs.

 

[BoerneChickens]

There is an article on it in the latest Sunset magazine. They say to let the eggs sit in the dye longer - 5-10 minutes - but the pictures they posted were gorgeous deep jewel tones - I am hoping to try it with some eggs this year (not my own yet though - my chicks are only a few weeks old)

The article said if you want to see speckles go for 3 minutes. Its pg 10 of the April issue - I think they have an online version as well but I'm not sure.

The pic shows yellow, orange, green, blue, pink, red, purple - every color and they all look amazing

 

[wvgal61]

It would be interesting to get more info on this. I tried the search but nothing came up, I think its not working.

 

[HennyJenny]

Here's the thread.

https://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/viewtopic.php?pid=3803254

 

[MandyH]

I posted a pic on that thread of the ones we did last year. Once you dye the brown eggs you will never want to dye the white ones anymore because the colors are so vibrant.

 

[2DogsFarm]

Cool!
The pics look great & I must confess: I LOVE the smell of the vinegar-based dye - smells like Easter to me