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[Cynthia12]

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Now that's a beautiful combination of color in eggs. I love that. I love the BCM colors. How old are yours? The eggs are still such a pretty dark color. I also love the dark olive color from your EE. That's what I'm wanting next..hoping my barred will lay that, she came from a pretty dark one, but not sure it was that dark..beautiful. Plus, still need that blue blue egg..hoping the girl that I have with my cochins will lay blue, they came from a blue egg.

 

[ElkMtnCove]

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I'm outside Park City but will drive for chicks that lay colored eggs.

Are they fullsize or banty? I know others are in line ahead of me but I will take as many as you'll let me. Yeah, that'd be way cool to get a black roo. I'm not really setup for a hen with chicks but I could build a special temporary coop and save the eggs for ya if it all works out. But my blue girl is banty which could put a wrench in the works. We love the little eggs but the people who buy my extras don't.

Thanks!

 

[ElkMtnCove]

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Stupid question -- what's a BCM? Love that color. My one older girl that lays olive has long eggs too! You were SO lucky getting the different colors, how neat! Call me silly but I just love all the colors and when I put them in cartons I also arrange them all so each color is in the same place. I'm a dork.

 

[thebirdguy]

BCM=Black Copper Maran...

 

[Cynthia12]

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I'm outside Park City but will drive for chicks that lay colored eggs.

Are they fullsize or banty? I know others are in line ahead of me but I will take as many as you'll let me. Yeah, that'd be way cool to get a black roo. I'm not really setup for a hen with chicks but I could build a special temporary coop and save the eggs for ya if it all works out. But my blue girl is banty which could put a wrench in the works. We love the little eggs but the people who buy my extras don't.

Thanks!

They are large fowl! If you get a black roo, with a splash hen, that would work, or even if I get lucky and get some lavender chicks, but there I go, counting before they are hatched again. Will have babies in about a month...not sure how many, but we shall see.
I got these eggs from a gal on here..sonew123...look her up...she is a sweetheart. I think you will recognize her face, she posts often.

 

[Cynthia12]

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Stupid question -- what's a BCM? Love that color. My one older girl that lays olive has long eggs too! You were SO lucky getting the different colors, how neat! Call me silly but I just love all the colors and when I put them in cartons I also arrange them all so each color is in the same place. I'm a dork.

lol..sounds like something I would do.

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

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I arrange my eggs the same way. We will be dorks together

4 blue/green on one end, 4 light brown/pinks in the center, and 4 darker brown on the other end. They look cutest that way

 

[La Casa de Pollo]

I think I want to live at Cynthia's house. Baby chicks 'r' us

How exciting you are getting more eggs! Big fun again!
IT is making me crazy, I want one of everything. Slap me now, bring me back to reality...

You know when you said I have the chicken bug? You are so soo soooo right

I saw your egg lady sonew123 on a bidding war for silkie eggs. I would love silkies too haha, one of everything, I tell ya! I might need to try this egg hatching thing.....you are having all the fun

Until then I will live vicariously through you Cynthia! Oh and the webcam---tell DH they have them on Ebay for $60, just a wifi security camera, you hook it up and install the software, this is a good Mother's Day gift right!! Go Scott go!

 

[Sphinx]

ElkMtn, I loved that too. I had 8 laying hens, and not a one laid the same color as her sister. I hope to have something similar this time around too (I lost all my hens to a critter attack in Nov and am trying to start over). I also arranged my eggs in the carton so they'd be all pretty and not touching another egg of the same color. I'll sit on the dork bench with you. LOL

I was planning on buying my EE as day olds from IFA or wherever since I had such great luck last time- that's where I got the olive egger. I really think they were my favorites for sure.

 

[ElkMtnCove]

K, thinking about the possibility of pure Ameraucana chicks got me thinking to what else I 'should' get.

What lays the darkest uniform brown egg that is a good layer year round, cold hardy? The RIR or the black sex link? I've never had a sex link and my Rhodie's eggs are brown but not real dark. My Welsummer and Cuckoo Maran's eggs are nice...but not steady layers.

Thanks for any advice!

julie