purple eggs???

[Henk69]

I didn't want to read all the posts so maybe it is mentioned before. You need a tinamu...

 

[wolftracks]

I didn't want to read all the posts so maybe it is mentioned before. You need a tinamu...

There are a couple of posts on here with pics of their eggs. They're gorgeous! The pics in my profile are eggs from my hens. Just hatched a bunch out that I hope give me the same thing and I'm going to be hatching as many more as I can, but I didn't need the tinamou's to get my lavender eggs. Although i would LOVE those birds and those eggs. There's a post of them in post 111. Beautiful!

 

[tadkerson]

The purple color is produced by the cuticle ( bloom) on the egg. There have been 47 different proteins found in the cuticle of one egg. The cuticle is causing the color.

Who ever has the purple eggs- remove the cuticle and see what color is under the cuticle.

If the cuticle is mixed with the brown pigments, then removing the cuticle will only produce a white egg or a tinted egg.

Tim

 

[wolftracks]

The purple color is produced by the cuticle ( bloom) on the egg. There have been 47 different proteins found in the cuticle of one egg. The cuticle is causing the color.

Who ever has the purple eggs- remove the cuticle and see what color is under the cuticle.

If the cuticle is mixed with the brown pigments, then removing the cuticle will only produce a white egg or a tinted egg.

Tim

All been done a year ago. The egg is still lavender. Any bloom is usually lighter on them. There are Langshuns in Europe that lay purple eggs, so I'm not the only one who has been able to breed birds that produce them. The trick is to do it consistently. Just means I have to hold on to every chick from my project until they start laying.

 

[tadkerson]

Sorry, still skeptical. I will have to examine one before I come to some conclusion.

Tim

 

[wolftracks]

You can come up with them on your own. Skeptical? I'm not worried about that. LOL But it looks like this is becoming a thread that's going to be filled with insults and I have other things to do. Not going to argue. I don't need to.

 

[melissaG]

I keep telling my hens to work on the plum tone and give it some purple spots

Actually some Langshan, esp. ones with more focused breeding to the egg color in the UK, have developed a stronger plum color to them. AKA "purple"
Pretty sure that's the breed you were referring to.
Egg colors are nothing short of total fun

but no, there's no true purple.. yet! mwahahaha

 

[pupchick]

That is the way it has worked for me!

 

[Alaskan]

Do any breeders in the US breed langshan that produce purple eggs?

 

[chirpingcricket]

All been done a year ago. The egg is still lavender. Any bloom is usually lighter on them. There are Langshuns in Europe that lay purple eggs, so I'm not the only one who has been able to breed birds that produce them. The trick is to do it consistently. Just means I have to hold on to every chick from my project until they start laying. 

Hey Wolftracks, I'd like to keep up with your project.