I was so excited when my Easter Egger got old enough to have her first blue egg! Like the crazy chicken lady I am, I had to take pictures of it and share it with everyone I knew! 🤣
Good job fellas ! As a youngster, looking thru the chicken hatchery mail order magazines, in the early 70's, I DREAMED of colored egg chickens and saved my allowance in order to get a couple of chicks. I still like colored egg chickens and this video was right up my alley.
We've got 8 Americaunas in a herd of 28 other assorted brown egg layers. We have Amaricaunas, Production Blues, Buff Orpingtons, Speckled Sussex, Isa Browns, Bard Rocks, and Barneveilders. We had over 40 laying hens before a predator got some. At any rate, the predator ate the ducks, and the easier to catch hens, so now we get a large percentage of colored eggs. I think the blue eggs look really nice, but, one thing that I have noticed is that they are thinner shelled than the rest of our eggs. All of the chickens are cared for exactly the same. Free range, free choice oyster shell, and the feeder is always full of feed, and so is the waterer. The brown eggs are all nice with a hard thick shell, (especially from the Barneveilders). We get the occasional shell less egg, or deformed less than desireable egg from the brown egg layers too. But, I noticed that if the blue eggs are rough the shell is thin. We don't get brown eggs that are rough like the blue eggs. And, not all of the blue eggs are rough either. With our Americaunas we get a range of egg colors from light blue to olive green, and I have only noticed this with some of the light blue eggs.
I've been going through your guy's videos the last few evenings and watching alot I haven't seen before. I always appreciate your guy's down to earth regular guy aptitudesand behavior. Some people get just stupid in front of a camera lol. And you knowledge and research is appreciated and that goes without saying. I'm here in Grande Prairie county northwestern Albetta. Farm and oil country. Oils all under the farms lol. There are a few Hobby Farm Groups in the area. The Peace country its known as after the Peace River. Alot of hobby farms and acreages. I share your videos on the pages. People from both the Albetta and British Columbia Peace region like your videos. B.C. is only an hour and a half from Grande Prairie city. Anyway keep up the work. Look forward to your next video.
Love this video! It's great that you mention whenever a breed is known for being friendly -- in my experience, any "pretty" chickens (or ones that lay pretty eggs) are some of the hardest to handle -- though, usually it's because they have better instincts. I would love a similar video about duck breeds and their egg colors. I was originally interested in ducks for meat but as a baker, I find that duck eggs make unbeatable curds and custards, and add incredible color to things like yellow cake.
in your experience, does it make any difference if the feed has more copper in it? does that affect the strength of the blue egg color? Love the list of blue egg layers and hope to try out a couple new ones that you mentioned.
Whiting True Blues were not developed for use of their feathers in fishing lures. The geneticist who developed them made his career breeding other breeds for fishing lures.
Probably the Ameraucana, though it can vary quite a bit from hen to hen. The Aracauna, Whiting True Blue, Saphire Gem and some Easter Eggers can lay some deep blue eggs as well.
We have legbar, and amaricana how ever that one is pronounced We have crosses from them now Ayam cremi rooster makes them a light green laying offspring not really noticeable
I loved my little Easter egger. She was so mellow and a good flock manager.
I was so excited when my Easter Egger got old enough to have her first blue egg! Like the crazy chicken lady I am, I had to take pictures of it and share it with everyone I knew! 🤣
I am still waiting 😂 bit i will definitely do the same
Nothing wrong with that!
Awesome information!!
Good job fellas ! As a youngster, looking thru the chicken hatchery mail order magazines, in the early 70's, I DREAMED of colored egg chickens and saved my allowance in order to get a couple of chicks. I still like colored egg chickens and this video was right up my alley.
That is awesome!
I love having a mixed laying flock and get a variety of egg colors. White, shades of cream to brown, green and blue.
I like a colorful basket too!
Love my Easter egger . I am happy with her eggs .
😊
I got a few Prairie Bluebell eggers.
I’ve never had them. Do you like them?
We've got 8 Americaunas in a herd of 28 other assorted brown egg layers. We have Amaricaunas, Production Blues, Buff Orpingtons, Speckled Sussex, Isa Browns, Bard Rocks, and Barneveilders. We had over 40 laying hens before a predator got some. At any rate, the predator ate the ducks, and the easier to catch hens, so now we get a large percentage of colored eggs. I think the blue eggs look really nice, but, one thing that I have noticed is that they are thinner shelled than the rest of our eggs. All of the chickens are cared for exactly the same. Free range, free choice oyster shell, and the feeder is always full of feed, and so is the waterer.
The brown eggs are all nice with a hard thick shell, (especially from the Barneveilders). We get the occasional shell less egg, or deformed less than desireable egg from the brown egg layers too. But, I noticed that if the blue eggs are rough the shell is thin. We don't get brown eggs that are rough like the blue eggs. And, not all of the blue eggs are rough either. With our Americaunas we get a range of egg colors from light blue to olive green, and I have only noticed this with some of the light blue eggs.
Thanks for sharing!
Great information!
Thank you, very much!
Glad it was helpful!
I've been going through your guy's videos the last few evenings and watching alot I haven't seen before. I always appreciate your guy's down to earth regular guy aptitudesand behavior. Some people get just stupid in front of a camera lol. And you knowledge and research is appreciated and that goes without saying. I'm here in Grande Prairie county northwestern Albetta. Farm and oil country. Oils all under the farms lol. There are a few Hobby Farm Groups in the area. The Peace country its known as after the Peace River. Alot of hobby farms and acreages. I share your videos on the pages. People from both the Albetta and British Columbia Peace region like your videos. B.C. is only an hour and a half from Grande Prairie city. Anyway keep up the work. Look forward to your next video.
Thanks for the kind words and for sharing the videos!
Love this video! It's great that you mention whenever a breed is known for being friendly -- in my experience, any "pretty" chickens (or ones that lay pretty eggs) are some of the hardest to handle -- though, usually it's because they have better instincts. I would love a similar video about duck breeds and their egg colors. I was originally interested in ducks for meat but as a baker, I find that duck eggs make unbeatable curds and custards, and add incredible color to things like yellow cake.
Thanks for sharing!! We'll take the duck egg video suggestion to the boss!
Fun stuff!
Thanks!
Great video guys!
Thanks so much!
Blue eggs l love
😁
Very pretty eggs. My girls, ISA Brown, as the name implies, lay brown eggs of various shades and some speckled
I think they're all pretty!
I wanted to watch this but the audio is so quiet even at 100%
in your experience, does it make any difference if the feed has more copper in it? does that affect the strength of the blue egg color? Love the list of blue egg layers and hope to try out a couple new ones that you mentioned.
It really has no effect on shell color
Where can I find and buy the Azure Blue chickens? I live in Oregon, but I know that breeders can ship as well.
I believe Frey's Hatchery sells them.
Whiting True Blues were not developed for use of their feathers in fishing lures. The geneticist who developed them made his career breeding other breeds for fishing lures.
More learning from our viewers! Thanks!
@@HobbyFarmGuys I liked how comprehensive your video was. It included quite a few breeds I had not heard of.
Are the red, purple, green eggs similar to the blue eggs where its the same color inside and outside?
If it has blue coloring in the shell (blue & green eggs) it will be blue inside. Otherwise it will be white.
@@HobbyFarmGuys oh cool, thank you
What breed makes the bluest egg
Probably the Ameraucana, though it can vary quite a bit from hen to hen. The Aracauna, Whiting True Blue, Saphire Gem and some Easter Eggers can lay some deep blue eggs as well.
We have legbar, and amaricana how ever that one is pronounced
We have crosses from them now Ayam cremi rooster makes them a light green laying offspring not really noticeable
Our legbar will sit on a plastic light bulb if she has no eggs to sit on 😂
😂 Not uncommon!
Do blue layers have blue ear lobes?
They do not. Ear lobe color is often linked to egg color...but not always.