Green Eggs vs Blue Eggs for A Premium Egg Business

[nicalandia]

I was thinking this too..

Get a F1 male with one copy of The blue egg mutation(he would be sired by the Araucana and a Hyline Brown hen) and have him run with both, White and Brown eggers, that why his daughters will be, light green/blue, Tinted, Brown and Green.

 

[Meri Maura]

I used to sell eggs and I would include blue, olive, light brown, dark brown, red, white, and tiny cream ones.

I found that when I gave them to neighbors or friends as gifts, they always preferred the assortments with 3-4 colored ones to denote rarity.

 

[nicalandia]

I consider pink as a very light tan with a pinkish hue, is that what you're referring to?

Yeah, the pinkish color one get from Some Easter Eggers too.

 

[Meri Maura]

Yeah, the pinkish color one get from Some Easter Eggers too.

What would be the parentage for those Easter eggers? I've only had ones that I purchased from hatcheries. They all laid blue eggs, one laid green eggs.

 

[nicalandia]

What would be the parentage for those Easter eggers?

It's unknown, You have been lucky to get EEs that only lay colored eggs. Many do lay pinkish eggs

 

[Jurassic_Bawk]

That shade of blue is beautiful. I voted for blue as I think its a little more unique than the green, but I would be thrilled to purchase both egg colors. I agree that half and half is ideal, and you can mess with shades by mixing some blue layer into the green genetics or vice versa down the line. Such an exciting project!

 

[Percheron chick]

A variety of breeds helps flatten out production keeping you in eggs. With single breed flocks they tend to start and stop in a tight time frame.

 

[MysteryChicken]

Yeah, with your resources I could do five colors(Blue, Green, White and Brown, Pink)

I get all those colors already, except the green/Olive green.

 

[Iluveggers]

My Orpington lays pinkish tinted eggs. It was a great surprise! I like green and blue eggs, so I don’t think you can go wrong w either!

 

[Amer]

I’m very partial to the green. Maybe because I think of it as a rarity (having had Ameraucanas but only one true olive layer and I have a pale green layer.)
In my opinion, the rich green color is unmatched by pale blue. I am sorry I lost the olive layer because I loved her eggs best of all. To me, blue seems more common because there are purebred blue layers, but no green. (I am of course, biased, to me, unless it is a very rich shade, blue is my least favorite color. I like jewel tones. It just seems washed out and overused. 25 percent of my phone apps are blue!