Easter Egger club!

[PNWJewele]

I love our first EE her name is Ophelia, she's just over a year old and has been laying her pretty blue eggs since last August.

The chick is Pepita we bought her at 8 days old and she will be three weeks old day after tomorrow.

 

[CoopintheWoods]

Right now I have 2 EE's, a hen (Saffron) and a rooster (Lemon). Lemon also has an Instagram, @ lemontherooster

I also post this in loving memory of Indie, an EE who somehow escaped the run and was never seen again:

And also in memory of Bumble, one of the sweetest (and funniest) hens I ever had. She loved people, and tragically passed away in early 2017.

 

[PNWJewele]

Right now I have 2 EE's, a hen (Saffron) and a rooster (Lemon). Lemon also has an Instagram, @ lemontherooster
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I also post this in loving memory of Indie, an EE who somehow escaped the run and was never seen again:
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And also in memory of Bumble, one of the sweetest (and funniest) hens I ever had. She loved people, and tragically passed away in early 2017.
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All beautiful birds. Your Indie looks quite a bit like our Ophelia, sorry for your losses.

 

[CoopintheWoods]

All beautiful birds. Your Indie looks quite a bit like our Ophelia, sorry for your losses.

She does look like your Ophelia! What a beautiful bird!

 

[Sylvester017]

I love our first EE her name is Ophelia, she's just over a year old and has been laying her pretty blue eggs since last August.]
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[Sylvester017]

No No No !!! No claiming Blue eggs without photos LOL! Also, be aware that Blue eggs turn greenish from oxidation and/or hot atmosphere so you need to snap a Blue egg pic almost immediately after it's been layed. We would gather Blue eggs from our Blue Wheaten Ameraucana (my avatar pic) and in just a few hours after gathering the blue egg in the skelter we noticed it turning slightly greenish from oxidation/warm atmosphere. Some EEs definitely lay green eggs but the ones that lay blue eggs can have the color subtly alter from oxidation -- the green eggs probably oxidize too but since they are already green one doesn't notice any change in color. Strange why the blue eggs oxidize but I spoke with other Ameraucana and EE owners who've noticed the same phenomenon, I thought my eyes were just going bad LOL![[/QUOTE]

 

[PNWJewele]

No No No !!! No claiming Blue eggs without photos LOL! ......[

Oops - Sorry I'm new to this. Here's my proof.

Also, be aware that Blue eggs turn greenish from oxidation ...........I thought my eyes were just going bad LOL![

I've noticed that same phenomenon. Ophelia's eggs after being inside. Shown with some store bought white eggs for contrast.

 

[Sylvester017]

It's a shame the blue eggs oxidize into greenish hues. Our Blue Wheaten Ameraucana layed pale sky blue eggs and a couple hours in the egg skelter and they'd start looking dull w/ that ugly taupe/greenish hue. Regular EE green eggs are pretty and not much change there but losing the beautiful sky blue to a puke green -- not even a pretty green -- is so disappointing. Take your blue egg photos immediately to catch the pretty blues. Who knows? Maybe some of you EE owners actually have blue egg layers but by the time you collect the eggs the atmosphere has already turned them a greenish tint!

 

[drumstick diva]

Is it common for other egg colors to change after laying?

 

[Sylvester017]

Supposedly blue egg layers have blue shells on the inside as well as outside. Light Brown to Chocolate Brown egg layers have white on the inside of the shells because the outside brown color is "painted" on as it travels to the exit. However, a few of us have commented that the "pink" egg layers actually look like the inside of the shell looks pink too but maybe it's just an optical illusion?! Here's a detailed article by Tim Adkerson I always refer to about egg colors -- hope it links up for you -- really great information:

http://spotidoc.com/doc/159203/a-review-of-egg-color-in-chickens--tim-adkerson-introduction.