Starlight Green Egger

[Lvhayes]

This is the image Hoover Hatchery has for the Starlights. You can see there is a lot of variation. We got the most blonde and the most brown.

 

[Lvhayes]

This is the image Hoover Hatchery has for the Starlights. You can see there is a lot of variation. We got the most blonde and the most brown.

This is the image Hoover Hatchery has for the Starlights. You can see there is a lot of variation. We got the most blonde and the most brown.

Here are my 4 Starlight Green Eggers from TSC. Picked them on April 12 - 6 days old. 3 are yellow and 1 black. Ignore the gray chick - she’s a Blue Rock. They are a bit skiddish but beautiful birds.

 

[Lucy down south]

At 4 weeks.

Hi, I also have starlights and Mine look just like this. Are yours still girls?

 

[GPican]

For those who were following before, our SGEs are now a little over a year old. We have been consistently getting an egg each almost every day. Sometimes we will only have one or the other, but most days we have two green eggs in our nesting box.

They even laid pretty well through the winter. We went from averaging 8 eggs total to 6 eggs total, so just a slight drop out of our 8 hens. We live in Kentucky, so not a really harsh winter, but it did drop into the teens a handful of days.

The eggs are typically an olive color but occasionally range from a typical green, a gray, and sometimes a blue green.

Id love to hear how your alls girls are doing!

I’m wondering which of your girls is laying the grayish bloomed egg?

 

[GPican]

I’m wondering which of your girls is laying the grayish bloomed egg?

 

[GPican]

For those who were following before, our SGEs are now a little over a year old. We have been consistently getting an egg each almost every day. Sometimes we will only have one or the other, but most days we have two green eggs in our nesting box.

They even laid pretty well through the winter. We went from averaging 8 eggs total to 6 eggs total, so just a slight drop out of our 8 hens. We live in Kentucky, so not a really harsh winter, but it did drop into the teens a handful of days.

The eggs are typically an olive color but occasionally range from a typical green, a gray, and sometimes a blue green.

Id love to hear how your alls girls are doing!

I love your egg colors. Which girls are laying which color in the photo? Just curious

 

[My Three Chicks]

Hi. I'm looking at getting a Starlight Green Egger and was happy to come across this thread. Wondering if anyone has had health issues with them given they are hybrids bred to lay a lot of eggs. I'm looking for a pet with a long lifespan. I recently lost my Red Sexlink at 1.5 years to EYP. Do you know lifespan of these Starlight Green Eggers?

 

[TNMomma1990]

Does anyone have a picture of a starlight green egger pullet and a cockerel side by side? The reason I ask is we purchased two straight runs and I was pretty positive one was a pullet, but now they both look like cockerels. When I selected them, they had very different feather markings on their heads, and the wings too were slightly different. I'm really confused, and we are now having to decide if we will keep them or find other options for them. We were hoping to have a breeding pair.

 

[First time Chick mom]

Does anyone have a picture of a starlight green egger pullet and a cockerel side by side? The reason I ask is we purchased two straight runs and I was pretty positive one was a pullet, but now they both look like cockerels. When I selected them, they had very different feather markings on their heads, and the wings too were slightly different. I'm really confused, and we are now having to decide if we will keep them or find other options for them. We were hoping to have a breeding pair.

You're not the only one. I have five and I can't figure out what sex any of them are. They are six weeks going on seven. The biggest one that developed a red comb and wattles/waddles fast is friendly calm and likes to brood and was picked on by the others. They kind of all act like cockerels as they are figuring out the pecking order, then cuddle with each other at night. We just put them out in the coop last night for the first time. I wish you much luck!

 

[mother_hen9]

For those who were following before, our SGEs are now a little over a year old. We have been consistently getting an egg each almost every day. Sometimes we will only have one or the other, but most days we have two green eggs in our nesting box.

They even laid pretty well through the winter. We went from averaging 8 eggs total to 6 eggs total, so just a slight drop out of our 8 hens. We live in Kentucky, so not a really harsh winter, but it did drop into the teens a handful of days.

The eggs are typically an olive color but occasionally range from a typical green, a gray, and sometimes a blue green.

Id love to hear how your alls girls are doing!

Do you free range your SGE’s or are they kept in a coop and run? We just picked one up as a chick and are rethinking free ranging the flock after two of our birds were attacked.