If I want the bluest blue eggs

[ChicKat]

I just read someone on another board saying this is a myth and that there is only white eggs, but I've read studies that the blue is in the shell and that brown is added at a different stage. Do you have any good links to support this?

For the true color of the shell--- (minus the 'bloom' that adds the pigment layer(s)). look on the inside. The best example that comes to mind is www.eggzy.net where there is a very dark brown egg, with a white inside where there are tick-marks on the inside...(someone keeping track of eggs...lol) Hope it shows up for you.

For the blue eggs--- I can't think of a vivid link that shows the example...but the blue egg shell will be blue on the inside.

 

[maldojas]

I just read someone on another board saying this is a myth and that there is only white eggs, but I've read studies that the blue is in the shell and that brown is added at a different stage. Do you have any good links to support this?

https://www.communitychickens.com/all-about-egg-color/

http://www.chickens.allotment-garden.org/eggs/araucana-egg-shell-colour-genetics/

 

[chickengeorgeto]

What breed should I get? And is it better to hatch or buy already laying that color? Will a pullet definitely lay the color egg she hatched out of or does it depend on her dad & mom breed?

All eggshells are white inside. Also remember that there are two egg membrains between the egg white or yoke and the inside of the shell. Don't confuse these membranes for the shell.

Here is a nice little link that is helpful (or at least honest) about what you need to look for when chosing which strain or breed of chicken to buy if you want blue or green hen eggs. The term Easter Egger describes a hen who lays several colors or shades of eggs, sort of like what you'll find in an Easter Basket. However each hen only lays one color of egg as befits her DNA.

https://countrysidenetwork.com/dail...-and-easter-egg-chickens-the-blue-egg-layers/

 

[maldojas]

Actually, there are two eggshell color, white and blue. A leghor would give you pure white eggshell inside and outside. And ARAUCANAS and AMERAUCANAS must give you blue shell inside and outside for them to be purebred. All other outside colors are tints that would give you the variety of brown, green, pink and even grey.

 

[RWise]

My egg shells are not white inside, they are blue or green, pink/brown etc.. My girls are all EE or rainbow eggers,,,

 

[Lauravonsmurf]

My current EEs lay blue eggs, and are blue inside and out, when I had EE in the past it was green layer with blue shell inside. My Cochin lay brown eggs white on the inside. I have also had white layers and other breeds of brown layers. I can confirm it is correct that the blue is inside and out while the brown genes that put a bloom of brown on the outside to create green or brown eggs is how that works. By the way lots of different genes control the browning bloom shades, so that’s a bit complex when breeding for super brown eggs... you can breed two dark egg laying lines and end up with light brown eggs instead because the lines carry different browning genes... just crazy. Happy Chicken Keeping.

 

[Perris]

Araucanas' eggs are blue on the inside as well as the outside; they are the originators of the blue egg gene. See http://www.thebritisharaucanaclub.co.uk/

 

[Blingchix6]

Okay thanks everyone for the info - I'll look at Murray and investigate those Cream Legbars - I've never heard of them before.

I have 2 Cream Legbars that I got from Meyer Hatchery. One lays a blue egg, the other a slightly green egg. The nice thing about Cream Legbars is that they are autosexed and you can tell a hen from a roo at birth due to feather pattern. Mine are fairly good layers.

 

[BethJ]

All eggshells are white inside. Also remember that there are two egg membrains between the egg white or yoke and the inside of the shell. Don't confuse these membranes for the shell.

Here is a nice little link that is helpful (or at least honest) about what you need to look for when chosing which strain or breed of chicken to buy if you want blue or green hen eggs. The term Easter Egger describes a hen who lays several colors or shades of eggs, sort of like what you'll find in an Easter Basket. However each hen only lays one color of egg as befits her DNA.

https://countrysidenetwork.com/dail...-and-easter-egg-chickens-the-blue-egg-layers/

Thanks for the link!