It never gets old.

[bawkbawkbawk]

My latest acquisition, an Easter Egger born in May, just started laying. She's my third or fourth EE, but my last one was a dud in the egg-laying department, so it was a thrill to find this little gem in the nesting box last week. More pix here: https://polloplayer.wordpress.com/2017/10/28/june-in-october/

Just wondering, though - I keep reading about "blue egg layers". My EE's have always laid what I would describe as a green egg. Am I color blind or do some lay actually blue eggs?

 

[Dawnclucks22]

I think it just depends on what you decide to call it. I consider my EE's eggs blue but some of the rest of the family says they're green. I think yours are more on the green side but I think the shade depends on what breed the Ameraucana happens to be mixed with.

 

[Little Coop on Salt Creek]

We have one EE, Penny, that lays what I would call a light olive green color

Our other three EE girls: Coco, Muffin and Rose all lay (to my eye) a pretty light blue egg. But, Crayola says it’s probably a cross somewhere between sky blue and blue green

 

[bawkbawkbawk]

Ooh wish I had an olive egger! The only true blue eggs I have seen seem to come from the Cream Legbars. Another "bucket list" breed for me.

 

[Little Coop on Salt Creek]

An olive Egger was on my wish list, but couldn’t find any when we were populating our flock this year. So I was really happy when Penny’s egg was olive!

I will have to check into the legbars, a true Ameraucana was also on the list BUT knowing nothing about what we were getting ourselves into, I chose to pass on the high price tag in case I killed it! If we choose to get a roo in the future and raise babies to sell, I would definitely consider adding one to the flock.

 

[venymae]

Arcauanas lay true blue, and some EE's will, but it's less common since they are mutts.

 

[Little Coop on Salt Creek]

Arcauanas lay true blue, and some EE's will, but it's less common since they are mutts.

I thought that was the case.. that is the reason for the priciness vs the cheaper chick prices of the Easter Egger.

 

[bawkbawkbawk]

I am usually getting chicks to satisfy a trances-out broody so I don't have the months to prepare ahead to order high quality chicks. Have to do with feed-store availability and no true Araucanas will ever show up there.

 

[Little Coop on Salt Creek]

I get that! We had our first ever girl go broody this past week. Had to decide.. fertilized egg for her to set or break her? We chose to break her since we are headed into winter.