What breed do I get for different colored eggs?

[trunkman]

I want different colored eggs, I currently get light brown eggs and want chickens that lay large dark brown, green, blue and white eggs. What breed do I need to get these different colored eggs?

 

[Illia]

Marans are an excellent choice of dark brown eggs, although if you want DARK eggs, not just an orange color, go for Black Copper/Blue Copper or Wheaten/Blue Wheaten Marans.

For green eggs, Easter Eggers (often falsely sold as Ameraucanas) from hatcheries are a good choice. Also if you want a dark, rich green - Olive Eggers are a good choice.

For blue eggs - Ameraucanas or Araucanas are a great choice. They're not available at hatcheries/feedstores though, no matter what they tell you.


Some of us, myself included, offer hatching eggs for all those colors.

 

[Higins00]

For white eggs leghorns or ancona are great and cold hearty if it snows where you live. Easter eggers or ameraucana will give you green/blue. Maran's for darker eggs.

 

[gryeyes]

Keep this link handy: http://www.ithaca.edu/staff/jhenderson/chooks/chooks.html

I use it ALL the time.

 

[trunkman]

Quote:
How much do you charge for your hatching eggs, and do you have success with your customers?

 

[Illia]

Sent you a PM.

 

[maizey]

wow, i might have to order some eggs from Forks so I can name one of the hens Bella

sorry

guess you never heard that one huh?

 

[Illia]

Not to purposefully go off-topic, but we do have a dog named Bella.

She was named before Twilight was even written though.

 

[jeepers210]

I wish I lived in Fork, WA. For dark Eggs I'd get a Welsummer and maybe a rooster named Edward!

 

[maizey]

hee hee...I may have to pull out my copies of twilight and revisit forks...and my fleeting youth! How silly am I?