That is a beautiful egg! I LOVE the speckled ones! We just started raising chicks this year. In fact we purchased our first chicks on March 30th, 2012 when they were only one day old. It has been a great adventure and I love the variety of colors we get. We also get speckled eggs. My hubby loves giving our eggs to his co-workers. They always have the best expressions when opening the carton for the first time. It's a pleasant surprise as most of them have never seen anything besides white eggs. We make sure to give them our best and most colorful eggs. We get light green, medium green, creamy peach, pink, tan, brown, rusty brown, and speckled. We also have 2 bantams so we have tiny eggs too. I love the variety and have asked for a large clear container for Christmas that I can use to display the blown out eggs in my kitchen. I'm also thinking of taking a pic of each hen, putting it in a shadow box along with a blown out egg of hers and her name. I've saved 3 eggs from my Ameracauna/Easter Egger named "Big Red". She has laid 3 eggs that are over 6 inches in diameter (at the middle) and over 6 1/2 inches in diameter (length). I think incorporating our chicks into the decorating of our kitchen would be a fun project. Anyway, enjoy your chicks!
