Well...

[Cherie1n2]

Two silver duckwing Phoenix/lavender ameraucana cross hatched today.. I'm hopeful the two brown eggs will hatch tomorrow (the actual due date)

 

[Kathryn79]

I wish people around here would just swap eggs.. Seems like everyone is so greedy. I have a lot of different breeds myself and enjoy trying new things.

Lol Cherie. Funny you say that, the eggs I got was from my neighbours white leghorn that I have had since May, I have just given her back. I have Sussex, Plymouth Rock, golden laced Wyandotte, aracaunas and isa Browns. My main objective was to try to get white chickens to lay white eggs purely for Easter time because it's easier for the kids to dye white eggs rather than brown, off white and blue

, doesn't look like I'll get my white eggs though.. Murphy's Law

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[Kathryn79]

Congratulations on your hatch too.. It's so exciting

 

[Cherie1n2]

Lol Cherie. Funny you say that, the eggs I got was from my neighbours white leghorn that I have had since May, I have just given her back. I have Sussex, Plymouth Rock, golden laced Wyandotte, aracaunas and isa Browns. My main objective was to try to get white chickens to lay white eggs purely for Easter time because it's easier for the kids to dye white eggs rather than brown, off white and blue

, doesn't look like I'll get my white eggs though.. Murphy's Law

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I know what you mean.. Almost all ours are some shade of brown.. But keep trying!

 

[Kathryn79]

WOW!!!! They look great. I'll have to get the kids to paint instead of dye. Great idea

 

[caesargirl]

I know what you mean.. Almost all ours are some shade of brown.. But keep trying!

How did they do the marbled ones?

 

[Cherie1n2]

How did they do the marbled ones?

We used vinegar and food coloring instead of buying a commercial kit.. The marble ones were actually brown eggs.. The vinegar literally eats through the brown so we dipped them and then wiped with a paper towel and dipped again to layer the color saturation. The dark green alien was also a brown egg. If you don't wipe at them at all since the vinegar penetrates the green it makes darker fuller colors.

 

[Cherie1n2]

In fact, all but two of those pictured were brown.. I gave most of my white ones away lol.. Kept those to play with ourselves.my kids are nearly grown and want to be different.

 

[caesargirl]

We used vinegar and food coloring instead of buying a commercial kit.. The marble ones were actually brown eggs.. The vinegar literally eats through the brown so we dipped them and then wiped with a paper towel and dipped again to layer the color saturation. The dark green alien was also a brown egg. If you don't wipe at them at all since the vinegar penetrates the green it makes darker fuller colors.

They're great! I get white and blue from my ducks and want to do SOMETHING with them. My neighbor etches her brown ones!