What is your favorite color of eggs?

[PicoFarm]

yes

Any problematic (aggressive, stupid, etc) bird in my flock of layers will be a meat bird.

 

[TinyRaptorDodos]

What a precious photo with chicks with the eggs oh my gosh cuteness overload thank you I needed that this morning

I love those three, they’re all still alive too! Corsican is now called Snowball, she’s the light yellow one and she turned out a pure white hen, Cilantro is the orangish one and she turned out dark brown and black and Road Runner is the one with the stripe and she’s hard to explain but I’ll attach some photos. The black rooster actually came from my barred mutt roo and my barred mutt hen, it’s their only offspring i got before selling them due to cowboy being a jerk

These photos I took for Easter, I have more of them with my rabbits in the basket and the chicks in the grass

Road runner is difficult for photography but she’s the one in front of my grey silkie roo

 

[Ascholten]

Any problematic (aggressive, stupid, etc) bird in my flock of layers will be a meat bird.

oh agree 1000 percent there but I was more asking, are there any marketed that way, not coincidentally. If we were to go by behavior Id have had a meat cockatoo years ago

Id like a blue egger, and if could get some that are meat / layers that do blue that'd be great, be able to work on the best blue and not have to put up with second best. Keep the best genetics for the eggs and the rest are lunch. Although egg laying age is probably twice what a normal meater is culled at, it's still young enough to be a nice tasty meal.

although sadly knowing me, Id end up with 100 hens that are on their 'last chance' :eyeroll:

aaron

 

[Liz Birdlover]

I just want to clarify this right now.
Do NOT EVEN think to point to a D as the blame, as every single R there has power to stop it, yet are happily letting it happen as well. BOTH PARTIES caused this. There is no D or R anymore, it's them .vs. us and if they can keep you fighting with your 'other letter' neighbor then you are not paying attention while they rob and rape you.

With that being said, I am seriously considering getting a building built here, call it a storage shed 'officially' (OK ok, it's storing chickens, MINOR detail ) and raising my meat birds too. I think a dozen at a time or so would work, maybe 20. get them to age, whack em, freezer them and start on your next batch, by the time you run through the others are ready. I can't / do NOT want a rooster but my friend has several. I can easily borrow 'Chucky' for a few days and turn him loose with my girls to get fertile eggs when needed to carry on my meaters on my own.

Aaron

Oh I totally agree, They All Suck! Bloodsucking Vampires! And Every Country Has Some, so matter where you go, there's always gonna be the Haves making sure there are Have Nots.

So grateful I have Chickens in my life, they feed me, make me laugh & keep me smiling, give me wholesome purpose. Collecting eggs daily, each egg is a gift...my fav time, these sweet hens give gifts & enrich my life.

 

[Chicken poppy]

Okay, i love maroon, spearmint, and blue. They just look so gorgeous in my opinion! Chocolate is also quite gorgeous, though!

I don’t like white or light brown as much (or even pink) cause i get those eggs. Their less unique to me but all eggs are gorgeous!

 

[Liz Birdlover]

Talking bout Roosters...I have "a few"

Well my 1st Roo ever, still have him btw, Rocky the Barred Rock...yeah, I know, creative name. Well, he fit the name in his spunky youth. Raised him & 3 hens the same way, with love, but he was an ornery child & ran up behind me to spur the back of my leg, which didn't hurt since he was still little. I don't know why, but as mean as he was with anyone else, he tolerated me, so I kept him around & now he's a calm old man, sits on my lap for pets. I learned to not ignore him, always be aware of where he was, always speak to him & let him know what I'm doing...food, water, cleaning your poop in your coop, etc. As long as I did that, he was cool. I've only had 1 Roo that I had to rehome. He liked to jump up & spur eyes. Got me one day, about a half inch from my eye, after a year of trying to be nice & get him to chill out. Darn shame, he was gorgeous.

Anyway...I was wondering, the olive or green shades of eggs...what breeds have you mixed to produce what colors?

Would a hen with Ameracauna & Maran parents produce the darker olive?

Would a hen with Ameracauna & Wyandotte parents produce a paler green?

Just curious


The hens I have gotten 5 mos ago, unfortunately the man couldn't tell me what mixtures they are, so I have no clue. Some just began laying, some blue, some greenish.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

I have 4 EE that are laying; 3 lay brown or mottled and 1 lays green. I have another 4 that will start laying later this month that are supposed to be blue layers. I don't expect bright blue though, which would add variety to saleable product (son's egg business). My cinnamon queens lay brown.

We have a pair of weird-looking hens that don't seem to be any breed in particular. I think they're just a barnyard mix, because they lay blue eggs and don't look like any blue-laying breed. They are a splotchy cream-gold-wheaten-white color with big, red, floppy combs and a skinny body. I thought they might be a mix of Cinnamon Queen and probably a bunch of other things thrown in. Any of that sound Cinnamon Queen-ish?

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

Ok horrible question. are there meat birds, or maybe I should say dual purpose birds that lay blue eggs too? (oh im gonna get shot for this )

aaron

Yes, but I'd lean towards the dual-purpose side for blue-layers. I haven't found any blue-layers that are used for meat.

 

[SwampPrincessChick]

Talking bout Roosters...I have "a few"

Well my 1st Roo ever, still have him btw, Rocky the Barred Rock...yeah, I know, creative name. Well, he fit the name in his spunky youth. Raised him & 3 hens the same way, with love, but he was an ornery child & ran up behind me to spur the back of my leg, which didn't hurt simce he was still little. I don't know why, but as mean as he was with anyone else, he tolerated me, so I kept him around & now he's a calm old man, sots on my lap for pets. I learned to not ignore him, always be aware of where he was, always speak to him & let him know what I'm doing...food, water, cleaning your poop in your coop, etc. As long as I did that, he was cool. I've only had 1 Roo that I had to rehome. He liked to jump up & spur eyes. Got me one day, about a half inch from my eye, after a year of trying to be nice & get him to chill out. Darn shame, he was gorgeous.

Anyway...I was wondering, the olive or green shades of eggs...what breeds have you mixed to produce what colors?

Would a hen with Ameracauna & Maran parents produce the darker olive?

Would a hen with Ameracauna & Wyandotte parents produce a paler green? Just curious

Ameracauna and Marans would likely produce an olive, if not darker. I'm not sure about anything else, I'm not really a chicken genetics person even if I try to be.

 

[Chicken poppy]

Ok horrible question. are there meat birds, or maybe I should say dual purpose birds that lay blue eggs too? (oh im gonna get shot for this )

aaron

Anything is meaty if you eat enough of it.

Okay, but seriously, im not sure. Thats a good question! It would be fun to create a meat bird that lays blue eggs if it doesn’t already exist.