Sue Posted September 4, 2012 Share Posted September 4, 2012 I am just soooooo pleased with the eggs I am getting from this years experimental breeding for Coloured Egg layers. They really make for a lovely egg basket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LottyJ1 Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Wow those eggs are amazing! My French Marans has just started laying and her eggs are getting darker with each one - we have had three so far . they are so lovely makes me want to get a chook that lays green eggs and one for white! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakjon-98 Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 Wow! I love those dark green eggs The blue eggs are great too Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mollyripkim Posted September 5, 2012 Share Posted September 5, 2012 What a beautiful looking egg basket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted September 6, 2012 Author Share Posted September 6, 2012 Hi - and thanks for the compliments. Its taken a while, but each year the colours seem to get better and better. I need a name to call them, I thought the eggs looked like those sugared almonds, and cocoa covered almonds, and I wondered about Sugar'nSpice, but would love any suggestions. These are some of the girls who lay them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zakjon-98 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 I like the cuckoo one with the little tuft of hair With names how about Worcestershire olive, wocestershire blue etc depending on egg colour? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LottyJ1 Posted September 6, 2012 Share Posted September 6, 2012 They are lovely! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKMARCH Posted September 7, 2012 Share Posted September 7, 2012 Your eggs are beautiful and lovely hens too. Our pure breeds have turned out to lay mostly poor shelled eggs so got a couple of hybrids to boost them our columbine does lay blue eggs and looks wise is one of my favourites. Next year I would love a green egg layer and also a dark one as most of ours are pale/tinted I like being able to tell who has laid, it definitely helps to see if everythings well with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lewis Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Very Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted September 8, 2012 Author Share Posted September 8, 2012 Hi zakjon-98 Thanks for the good suggestion, unfortunately as they are a mix of breeds it doesn't seem possible to predict what colour egg each one is going to lay, though the dark ones do seem to be more brown or olive eggs, and the beigey ones more blue and green eggs. I shall consult my neice and nephew regarding the naming, they are both very interested in my chickens and ducks. I did also think the Sugar'nSpice name might be good as the old rhyme says What are little girls made of ? What are little girls made of ? Sugar n' Spice and all things nice That's what little girls are made of.... And I think my girls are rather sweet and nice. UKMARCH - the eggshells so far seem to be extremely high quality, being particularly smooth and dense, and even after the hens have been laying all season I haven't had any broken in the nest, and the youngsters produced perfectly formed (though of course rather small) eggs from the very first. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chestnutmare Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 Oo I do like your rainbow eggs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sue Posted September 8, 2012 Author Share Posted September 8, 2012 Thanks - it was you who told me how to post photos.....I was useless at it before that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
UKMARCH Posted September 8, 2012 Share Posted September 8, 2012 The eggs definitely look great maybe next year for me, I'm tempted to maybe even try to hatch some! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
