Should I buy eggs or wait it out?

[Wishing4Wings]

The bird flu several years ago made the one breeder stop-- She worked at a poultry plant and could not risk infecting them. I can't keep roosters so can't keep them going.

As far as I know, these will be the last of them which is a shame since they lay blue eggs In amounts similar to a leghorn and are very pretty.

This is a splash pullet

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That's a shame. Seems like someone would want to take on the project. Roosters aren't an option for me either.

 

[ronott1]

That's a shame. Seems like someone would want to take on the project. Roosters aren't an option for me either.

I know! They could be commercial blue egg layers.

When these two are gone I will likely have to move to whiting blues for blue eggs.

 

[ackie]

I can have roos! What trouble are we getting me into?

 

[ronott1]

I can have roos! What trouble are we getting me into?

There is a thread for them here: https://www.backyardchickens.com/threads/arkansas-blue-egg-layers.874920/page-86

@1muttsfan might still have hatching eggs

 

[Wishing4Wings]

I can have roos! What trouble are we getting me into?

You could be the savior of a really cool breed of blue egg layers!

 

[BullChick]

Thank you, W4W

 

[Wishing4Wings]

Early Merry Christmas, MC! BC!

Takes me a long time to adjust to change!

 

[ronott1]

I had to buy costco eggs.

They are not as bad as I remember them-- but I have only used them for baking so far. I still have some eggs from the flock for eating LOL!

 

[Wishing4Wings]

I bought some eggs from a Walmart grocery we have around here. Not impressed. Very anemic looking. Got some regular TJs eggs, and they are much better quality. Worth the wait in line to get in. I get 2 dozen at a time.
Not expecting home eggs for a long while.

 

[BullChick]

I actually felt sick for a few days when I began eating store eggs last week. I swear it’s a coincidence, but I don’t know of anything else that would make me nauseous.