So many colors of eggs :)

[Sierra pachie bars]

Thank you

My fav. would be the olive eggs. They are so dark. My friend took one of my Oilve eggers. Onethespot has some of the prettiest egg layers.

 

[Chicken Dave]

That's funny. My green eggs are like a mint green.

 

[aussieheelr]

Are the darker ones from Marans? I'm expecting just about every color other than the DARK browns. Was a bit curious if they were and what you think of your Marans, if they are. I'm seriously considering getting a Maran next year to work into my birdie family so I've got all the bases.

I'm just so excited to go out someday (only 1 month old) and be like Forrest Gump and Chocolates... "Never know what cha gonna get."

 

[scootermom]

This might be dumb - but do they taste different from each other, or cook up different?

I've only had one kind of chicken, so never been able to compare...

 

[aussieheelr]

The color doesn't make a difference in the taste, mostly the diet and lifestyle of the chicken change the egg taste. I just think it's fun to be suprised by the idea of "what color will I get today." Like Easter everyday!

 

[JessHall]

They are gorgeous! Congrats! I can't wait until mine start laying

 

[tdgill]

waiting to see what color my cuckoo marans lays...

 

[Debbienmousey]

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I do that too

Whenever we sell/give eggs away I always try and make sure that every dozen has at least 1 green or blue egg, and I like to arrange the eggs so that they look pretty. Lol

But, MrsSmith, you're eggs are so pretty! We don't get that many colors

(At least not yet!) I love the pure white ones especially. We get a really dark brown one every now and then, but we mostly get tan with speckles/spots. We also get cream colored ones from the mix bantams. We have two Araucanas, 1 lays a medium sized olive green egg (Not half as dark as yours though), and the other lays a large blue egg.

Today we got this funky looking cream/white egg which had all these little scratches on it and a very defined pointy egg. Really odd.

Anyway, if I was one of your neighbors and received a carton full of pretty eggs like that, I'd probably ask to buy them instead! Simply beautiful.

 

[Sierra pachie bars]

Thank you everyone

It has taken time to get the colors that I have been happy with. My husband laughes, but I wanted to have pretty colors to give. I am not allowed roosters where I live so I do keep a Maran roo at my friends house as she is allowed to keep roosters in her city.
I do have a Maran and a Maran cross.Not sure cross of what, Would have to ask Onthespot (Patty). When she showed me the color of green those hens layed I knew that is one of the colors I was missing and I wanted. I had never seen a green egg so dark until I saw those. Then hens are also lovely with wonderful temperments. I do have some pure blue layers but they are still to young to lay. I can't wait to add those to my basket.

As for taste they all taste the same. But easter is fun because some eggs we dont even need to color