What is a Sapphire Sky?

[Altairsky]

I have a less than 4 months old (14 weeks) legbar x favaucana mix that is about to lay. Her mother started laying at 8 months. I don't breed for production, early layers might sometimes just randomly happen. Her sister has a very pale comb and is nowhere near laying age yet.

 

[HenriettaPizzaNolan]

I have a less than 4 months old (14 weeks) legbar x favaucana mix that is about to lay. Her mother started laying at 8 months. I don't breed for production, early layers might sometimes just randomly happen. Her sister has a very pale comb and is nowhere near laying age yet.

Good to know! I typically try to steer clear of the high production super layers when I can, because they typically get reproductive issues and don't live long. Hopefully she doesn't have those genes.

But I don't want to be negative. She's a healthy hen right now so I should be happy.

 

[Altairsky]

Good to know! I typically try to steer clear of the high production super layers when I can

Same. Her favaucana mother started at 8 months but she lays one egg a day like an high production breed. She also is a serial broody so she tipically lays 30 eggs in 30 days, then she goes broody and I let her sit, hatch and raise babies for 1 month, then she goes back laying 30 more eggs, repeat. That way she can rest her ovaries for a couple of months. I breed her because I want to pass her salmon faverolle color and her breeding skills. We'll see how it goes with passing the genes of the cons, which are too high production of very small eggs.

 

[HenriettaPizzaNolan]

Same. Her favaucana mother started at 8 months but she lays one egg a day like an high production breed. She also is a serial broody so she tipically lays 30 eggs in 30 days, then she goes broody and I let her sit, hatch and raise babies for 1 month, then she goes back laying 30 more eggs, repeat. That way she can rest her ovaries for a couple of months. I breed her because I want to pass her salmon faverolle color and her breeding skills. We'll see how it goes with passing the genes of the cons, which are too high production of very small eggs.

That's really smart of you! It's good to let them have a rest. Best of luck with her offspring.

 

[HenriettaPizzaNolan]

Wow! Her second egg was much more green.

Green eggs and ham, anyone?

 

[Chicken Tenda 1971]

Mine are starting to lay blue/ Green eggs

Thank you. So in that case there is probably a pretty good chance the eggs would be brown then? Seems more likely to be brown than green right?

 

[HenriettaPizzaNolan]

Mine are starting to lay blue/ Green eggs

Nice! Yeah mine lays a light green color now that she has fully matured. On some days they do look a little more blue though.