Colorful egg layers

Distinct genes in each chicken breed determine eggshell color. Hens, regardless of color, require a well-balanced diet to lay eggs ... Read more

Half the fun of a backyard chicken flock is collecting eggs everyday, take that excitement up to ten with the addition of colorful egg layers

Easter Sunday is not the only time you can get to see colorful eggs. There are chickens out there who ... Read more

Have you ever wondered what breeds of chickens will lay a colorful rainbow of eggs? We've been slowly growing our flocks of chickens over the years specifically so we can have hens who lay a

Soooo, we’ve had the Top 5 Best White Egg Layers and Top 5 Best Brown Egg Layers, ahnnd now I am reviewing-- what I think-- to be the Top 5 Colorful Egg Layers!

Want to add a few blue egg layers to your flock? Here are a few of our favorite chickens that lay blue eggs.

Chickens that lay colored eggs add another layer of fun and excitement to raising backyard chickens. The eggs have the same flavor as white eggs, but finding the colored eggs make it like hunting Easter eggs every time you go to the hen house. Chicken egg colors vary from blue, green and brown can range from dark to light shades of the color. The reason behind the colored eggs is unclear, but most agree that chickens that lay colored eggs are doing so in a natural response to their…

Two terms you see a lot in this Rainbow Egging chicken world we live in are, “Easter Egger” and “Olive Egger”. These are catchy color terms for mixed breed chickens who can lay green eggs. The term Easter Egger has evolved to include any chicken who lays a non-typical egg color where the chicken that laid it doesn’t meet the standard of a documented breed. They are lovely mutts that have my heart, but those of us who breed for fun egg colors need to be diligent in labeling them as such…