Green Eggs vs Blue Eggs for A Premium Egg Business

[CrspyChkn]

You know, you should create a thread about your Wyandottes, post pictures of how they started(F1), their evolution and what they look today...

I agree

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Let me check the thread. The main issue would be to try and "Create" a blue egg layer, that takes time and resources, it's best just to use what's available like Araucana rooster crossed to Leghorn hens, that should yield a hen that lays about 270 Blue eggs per year. Those could be sold at a premium if advertised successfully to the right market(just not battery cage production but more eco friendly)

Maybe "create" was the wrong word and I should have said, um .. develop? I don't know. I know nothing of genetics or the vocab. I was watching the thread in hopes of someday getting some of their birds and am very sad that it's not working out. Still hoping to get blue egg layers in the next year or so. My flock is limited to about 20 and I'm full right now so maybe spring of 2024. Don't really want Ameraucanas because I don't have confidence that I would not actually get EEs. Maybe CCLs? We'll see ...

 

[Iluveggers]

Maybe "create" was the wrong word and I should have said, um .. develop? I don't know. I know nothing of genetics or the vocab. I was watching the thread in hopes of someday getting some of their birds and am very sad that it's not working out. Still hoping to get blue egg layers in the next year or so. My flock is limited to about 20 and I'm full right now so maybe spring of 2024. Don't really want Ameraucanas because I don't have confidence that I would not actually get EEs. Maybe CCLs? We'll see ...

I’m curious to see how Tom Whiting developed his line of Blues…McM has them and supposedly they breed true, but have all different feather colorings. We ordered 2 at the farm, one was black w brown leakage, and one was white with splash markings. Haven’t got a blue egg yet, so time will tell.

 

[LizzzyJo]

I know this sounds awful, but I still run into many people who feel that green eggs are unappetizing and appear “off” or spoiled -if I was trying to expand into multiple markets, I’d go blue if it were me.

 

[dcpetportraits]

I've had a few people ask specifically for blue eggs and a couple that love the green. More people in my experience have asked for the blue though.

 

[nicalandia]

Maybe "create" was the wrong word and I should have said, um .. develop?

Too much effort and resources are put into Developing breeds. For an backyard/family own business of producing plentiful of colorful eggs outcrossing with known and established lines would be my recommendation.

 

[FunClucks]

Maybe "create" was the wrong word and I should have said, um .. develop? I don't know. I know nothing of genetics or the vocab. I was watching the thread in hopes of someday getting some of their birds and am very sad that it's not working out. Still hoping to get blue egg layers in the next year or so. My flock is limited to about 20 and I'm full right now so maybe spring of 2024. Don't really want Ameraucanas because I don't have confidence that I would not actually get EEs. Maybe CCLs? We'll see ...

Whiting True Blue and Prairie Bluebell eggers (Hoover's Hatchery) are some currently available blue egg laying breeds to consider for production purposes.

I have six PBB eggers and I like their feather colors (they have a wide range), and most of their eggs are true blue (one lays with a slightly greenish tint). Two of the six lay large to extra large eggs, one lays medium, the rest lay large. The egg color varies - one hen lays such a whitish egg I can only tell it's blue when placed against a sheet of white paper. The rest of them lay light sky blue eggs which are obviously blue, but very pale (probably typical for blue eggers). I get 3-4 eggs per day from 5 currently laying hens (one is molting). Took them a month or two later than my production reds to start laying, and it took 2-3 months for their eggs to be regular sized (not pullet eggs). They are 8 months old and laying through the winter. I still keep the medium eggs for myself if there are enough to fill the orders without them, and one of my hens occasionally tints her egg in bands (uneven coloration) or lays an elongated egg. All that to say, you won't get one egg a day for all their laying life (my comparison is my ISA brown production red hens), but they do pretty good on laying frequency. Would like to see more consistent egg size and have it be large to extra large. The PBB have white leghorn and araucana in them, and who knows what else.

I think I'll try some Whiting true blues next time I have an opening in my flock for blue eggers. I hear they lay large to extra-large eggs with high laying frequency. Still researching them.

As far as green eggs go, the Starlight Green Eggers lay one medium egg every day (shiny shell, very regular and repeatable egg color). They came into lay around 22 weeks. I wish their eggs were larger, but the color and laying frequency is great.

 

[nicalandia]

Whiting True Blue and Prairie Bluebell eggers (Hoover's Hatchery) are some currently available blue egg laying breeds to consider for production purposes.

I have six PBB eggers and I like their feather colors (they have a wide range), and most of their eggs are true blue (one lays with a slightly greenish tint). Two of the six lay large to extra large eggs, one lays medium, the rest lay large. The egg color varies - one hen lays such a whitish egg I can only tell it's blue when placed against a sheet of white paper.

I would appreciate if you posted pictures of the eggs. Thanks.

 

[FunClucks]

I would appreciate if you posted pictures of the eggs. Thanks.

Well, I'll give it a shot. I have one picture right now, and will need to take pics of the rest of the eggs I get in a combined shot. I put a bunch in my incubator, will try to get one of those when I get home. Egg size for the eggs I'm currently incubating range from 52-53 g up to 63 g. I think I have 3-4 that are 61-63 grams in the incubator. None of the smallest eggs made it in, so my blue chicken with rust on her neck/face doesn't have any eggs in there at all. The largest eggs are from by black phenotype hens (they look kinda like a black australorpe), and the others are from my golden partride phenotype and my silver partridge phenotype (super new at this, not sure if I'm using the terms correctly, but trying).

To me, this picture shows up on the screen a little bluer than it is in real life, but the egg colors for the green, white, and brown egg are true to life. I'll post some additional pics in a bit.

 

[nicalandia]

To me, this picture shows up on the screen a little bluer than it is in real life, but the egg colors for the green, white, and brown egg are true to life. I'll post some additional pics in a bit.

Very Beautiful Eggs...