FIRST EGG!!! FINALLY

[Impatient]

Congratulations!! They are big eggs - well done the girls!

I know right?! I was so surprised at the size since I'm used to pullet eggs being like an elongated ping pong ball. I almost feel bad for them having such large first eggs .

 

[HuskerHens18]

They're just mutt chickens I hatched from eggs from a friends backyard flock. She has a mix of EEs, silver laced wyandottes and Black copper marans. I believe the white hens came from EE hens with two different roos. One had a wyandotte sire and the other a marans sire. I think this because my friend has feather footed marans and Bobbi is feather footed where as Spot is not. Blue (the not white chicken) hatched from a marans egg and had the wyandotte as a sire since she has lacing in her feathers, she's definitely the pink egg. I think Spot is the mint green and Bobbi is the olive, both hatched from sky blue eggs.

I love mutt chickens, I should try breeding my EEs to see what I can get. Yours have cute names too!

 

[Impatient]

I love mutt chickens, I should try breeding my EEs to see what I can get. Yours have cute names too!

Well general rule of thumb is if you take a blue egg laying hen and breed her with a roo of a tan or brown laying breed, you have a 50/50 of getting green-olive colored eggs

 

[HuskerHens18]

Well general rule of thumb is if you take a blue egg laying hen and breed her with a roo of a tan or brown laying breed, you have a 50/50 of getting green-olive colored eggs

Oh my gosh, thank you! Thats good to know, I'll definitely do that!

 

[N F C]

Congrats on the beautiful eggs!

 

[theoldchick]

 

[Chillinwitmypeeps]

Beautiful eggs! Congrats. I got my first two yesterday as well. Spring is in the air

 

[N F C]

Beautiful eggs! Congrats. I got my first two yesterday as well. Spring is in the air

Congratulations to you too!

 

[tjb]

BEAUTIFUL coloring! Love the olive green. This summer I will be crossing my Super Blue Roo with my Marans to try and get close to that color.
Congrats!! nice you got 3 distinct colors.