purple marans egg!

[Frost Homestead]

Here's a pic showing the purple egg we found this morning. It came from one of my blue copper marans, not only is it weirdly colored but it's even bigger than their already jumbo sized eggs. They usually lay darker brown colored ones like the ones the right, not sure if it's jus because there more of a calcium bloom layer on it or what...but it looks pretty cool. I wish they would always lay purple eggs lol

 

[thebanthams]

awesome !!

 

[kdwag]

Pretty eggs

 

[ElleCsquared]

It’s the bloom on the chicken eggs that occasionally makes some blue copper marans /blue chocolate splash or blue chocolate marans’ eggs purple! It can be washed off as the egg itself isn’t actually purple. That said, many breeders are hard at wrk to make chickens that lay these purple eggs a consistent thing! Hang on to that chicken, she’s a keeper! && if you want more purple, read up on what you can do to give your chicken more ‘bloom’ for her eggs!

 

[Koodra]

Is there any info of people who've crossed Salmon Faverolle (pink) with Amerucana (blue) or Easter Egger? I am aware that Easter egger does have Salmon Faverolle genetics in it's heritage.