Is this hen cuckoo?

[elbonmillfarm]

Oh those are cute little blue babies!!
She lays a pretty blue green egg. Which is part of the reason I was curious about the sex link. All my other eggs are brown and while I currently am pretty good at knowing whose egg is which in the brown it won't be that way when ALL my young australorp pullets start laying. Her eggs would be easy to pick out to incubate.
The other option are Barred Hollands but I'm not sure I want to add another breed just for the sake of playing around

 

[donrae]

I went the barred Holland route, actually

. My end goal is for blue hens that lay blue eggs. Breeding a consistent blue (not green, I wanted true blue) egg laying barred hen was a multi-step project, so I'm going on the white plus blue equals blue. I have barred Holland pullets and a splash Ameraucana cockerel, who should be ready to breed in the spring. I'm so excited!

 

[elbonmillfarm]

I've been weighing the pros and cons of adding a flock of barred Hollands. I've also been trying to convince my husband I need another coop on the other side of our property so I can keep everybody separate