different coloured eggs

[walldanzig]

Evening all

I recently bought some Aracuana eggs but afte candelling only one has took(boo) I bought them for the blue eggs. I was just wondering what over hens lay different colour eggs as I will have to buy some more and have another go

[its hilly]

Someone else will know more but I know Cream Legbars (blue or green)
Croad Langshan, (plumish)

[walldanzig]

Hmmm cream legbars you say

[its hilly]

Hmmm cream legbars you say

They're contagious I think..quite a few of us seem to have caught them lately.
If mine were laying you could have some eggs to hatch, never mind.

[Smoggy67]

Marans lay dark chocolate coloured eggs (apparently) - I aint seen any of mine, think my girls are too old...sob..

[walldanzig]

I have one Maran that will hopefully lay soon. I will have to scour ebay for cream legbar eggs thanks for the thought Hilly it's appreciated

[Smoggy67]

Henderson's Chicken Breed Chart

you could always use the hendersons chart

[walldanzig]

thanks smoggy thats brilliant what the heck is a chipmunky blue egger

[di]

I've got my heart set on some Croad Langshan eggs next year!Pinkish/plum eggs,docile hens(good for the kiddies.....and me!)and the boys get pretty huge so ideal dual purpose bird!....tis what I shall tell Andi when trying to justify the price of the hatching eggs!!!

Bephlam had some Olive coloured eggs to hatch...I think they were a Maran/Aracauna cross.

[walldanzig]

I looked at them Andi&Di but they dont have them on ebay

[RedThorn]

look for a thread started by Snadger in the last month or 2 as I seem to remember it went off on a tangent but the tangent covered coloured eggs and the breeds

[Bramble-Poultry]

Green/blue egg layers - silver black dorking, cream legbar, araucana,

White eggs, - dorking, dorbar, leghorn, houdan, gold legbar, white star.

Dark brown eggs - Copper maran, barnvelder, wellsummer.

Creamy eggs/ pale tinted - indian game, sussex, wyandotte, silkie, cochin

Normal egg coloured eggs - rhode island red, warren, hybrid layers.

Olive eggs - Wernlas olive, fenton blue and shortly the bramble version!!!

Pink eggs - croad langshan - not they are truley pink they are normal pale tinted egg overlaid with a pink/plumy hue which can vary from quite pale and unoticable to quite dark.

Hope that helps some - obvioulsy by no means an exhaustive list but still its a good few of the main breeds

[walldanzig]

Thanks Bramble that's just what I was looking for