Good point. Hatcheries - even specialty ones like GFF, are larger operations, so I tend to lump them together. When I see a hatchery that describes eggs as tinted, I assume they could be any color. I agree that individual breeder probably follow the guidelines listed in the link, but hatcheries are a different "breed" altogether.
most of them are, some need work and others are just Rhodebar crosses
Waiting is all you can do. Mine that came from greenfire are not all identical in appearance, so I am expecting some off color eggs. I need to take some updated pics to post. Will try to do so in a few days, once this cold spell passes.
We have five hens that made it to egg laying age from Greenfire as well as a couple roosters. One hen does look a little different but not especially noticable. We are getting one green egg which I assume is coming from that hen and that egg will never be hatched. Haven't taken the opportunity to remove her from the pen. Since the egg is easuly detected we have no fear of inadvertantly hatching it.
I was looking at previous post #154 & saw that Twistedrooster has a roo with a bunch of extra black. Went & picked up 2 extra roos that are suppose to be from GFF & one has the same look as twistedrooster had posted. Its hard to tell from the pic I have, but the roo with the black is much darker in color. (he is also mean is crap).
These are my pullets I received from GFF
