Tweet
I can't see any cons. But that's just me
-
-
con number one - the dorkings arent laying at the moment as they are in moult. not wonderful layers either so not expecting them to lay much until next year.
I notice on the rare breeds auction list i am going to on Thursday that they have some cream legbar eggs for auction if you want a blue egg layer? i could always get them and post off to you? PM me with details such as price limit, how many etc if interested.Comment
-
No problem Bramble, there are loads on eBay just thought I would try and buy from someone on the vine.Originally posted by Bramble-Poultry View Post
Am I right in thinking the Cream Legbars, some Dorkings and Auracanas are the only blue/green egg layers? I saw some of the blue Legbar eggs at an auction I was at recently and was surprised by the size of them......really large.
My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
Comment
-
They are a lovely bird - we were tempted into them as they are a blue egg layer and we wanted a blue egg layer, teh dorkings were never really for eggs but were purchased as a table bird - however as you do fell in love and so kept some back for breeding.
Unfortunatley our dorkings are not laying atm, actually not much is as we are in full moult in all of the runs, but a few are starting to trickle back into lay with the cochins back on full swing, so hoping the others will follow soon.
Yes think those are the only blue egg layers. Its only the silver black dorking that lays green/blue the others lay white!Comment
-
I think the eggs that Bephlam got were from a cross with one of the above & Marans...they lay an olive grren egg.the fates lead him who will;him who won't they drag.
Happiness is not having what you want,but wanting what you have.xxComment
-
ooo - interetsing - wernlas have developed an olive egg laye called the wernlas olive - wonder if its a similar cross!Comment
-
I have seen PINK eggs...........but I can't remember which chook they were from!
My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
Comment
-
croad langshan - lay a pinkish plum egg - is that the one you are thinking ofComment
-
STOP!!!!!!
I saw these in a poultry mag a while back...was desperately trying to forget about them until next year!!!the fates lead him who will;him who won't they drag.
Happiness is not having what you want,but wanting what you have.xxComment
-
hehehehehehe - poor di - its ok love keep trying to forget!!Comment
-
There is something called the Fenton Blue, another hybrid, which can lay a mixture of different coloured eggs, ranging from blue, to bluey green, to pinkish. I saw a picture of the eggs ages ago in a book or mag (can't remember which) but don't actually know what the hens look like. I believe the hens have been developed in Scotland, but don't know how widely available they are.Comment
-
They have a website - it's a cream legbar cross of some descriptionThe weeks and the years are fine. It's the days I can't cope with!
Comment
-
The Wernlas Olive looks like a cross between a cuckoo maran and a cream legbar or araucana. Quite unremarkable to look at - sort of murky cuckoo coloured. Theres a photo of the one I had stolen somewhere on the Vine!Originally posted by Bramble-Poultry View Post
The Fenton Blue was developed by Fenton Poultry in Somerset and The Chicken Garden in Stafford sell them I believe.
Jennie couldn't you develop a Bramble Blue or a Bramble Olive? I'll book some pullets from you!Last edited by Suechooks; 08-09-2009, 10:06 AM.Comment
-
Sue - the thought was running through my mind I have to admit. Just don;t tell Mike think he will have a fit if I tell him he needs to build another run or 3 ......Comment
-
I beleive that they are both cream legbar crosses - the wernlas is actually crossed with a cobar (cochin/barred plymouth rock) apparently according to wernlas themselves - I have to go on other peoples knowledge of the fenton blue as to what the legbar is crossed with.
Apparently though they are good layers around 250 per year according to wernlas!!
maybe next year I may dabble!!Comment
Comment