Purple eggs??

[lotsablessings]

This is so interesting to me. I am quite the novice, and am just now sitting with my first batch of eggs to be hatched any day. I have 6 hens and 1 rooster (which I don't know exactly WHAT breed he is, or a two of my girls~that's for another thread). I recieved them as a gift from a friend of a friend, which said they were fancy breeds.

I absolutetly ADORE colored eggs. Right now, I just have the brown, pink and cream colors. I am strongly desiring to broaded my chicken numbers with colorful layers.

 

[schellie69]

I did read a post on here when I joined that in the UK the Langshan's laid a dark plum colored egg. I wish I could get some purple eggs. I do have one hen that lays a light pink egg she is a barnyard mix but her eggs are large and pink. I was wondering if you took a hatchery Marans which do not lay as dark brown eggs as a breeder marans (what I have read) and breed with a really blue egg layer if then you could get the purple egg????

 

[enola]

you would get an olive colored egg if you cross a blue egg layer with a Maran

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Is this the purplish colored egg ya'll are after? The browner parts are where the albumen ran off of it. Taken in natural lighting outside, no flash.

Taken inside, no flash:

 

[Sorin]

Eureka!

 

[FireTigeris]

I got one today!!!

Anyone nearby wanna hatch it?

 

[Turkeyrangler]

Last fall I took some pics inside with a flash of 4 olive eggs on a yellow towel I got from an EE hen. This is what I got when I looked at the pics. They are actually a greenish brown color in natural light. Thought it was interesting.

 

[rodriguezpoultry]

Do you think it's because the yellow rebounded with the flash of your camera?

 

[SilkieTime]

That's cool!

 

[Grey Bird Farm]

I have one hen that lays purple