I Never Knew Eggs Could Be So Beautiful
I said that I would NEVER do that
Today we visited a friend's house that raised a mixture of laying hens. So many that I don't even remember what she said. But she gave us a dozen eggs and I was astounding by the colors!
They are gorgeous!!
I am sold. I want some colorful egg layers when we get our flock!
Inspiration!
Now it is time to get to work on fixing up our house so that... we have our first Easter eggs by the end of this year!!
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The eggs are pretty much the color of the chicken.
And yes, you can get green eggs from a green chicken. (but they are really light green)
Also, the bantys, besides being really pretty, are nice and broody. They lay small eggs and are really nice chickens.
Now, for meat birds, cornish cross are the best. But, you really have to control their food if you want them to lay and hatch more of themselves. They will eat until they actually kill themselves. Heart attacks are not uncommon with these birds. Most people only give them so much mash, so they have to run out and forage for a while, before feeding them again.
You are totally right! I am learning so much about the bantys! :)
My birds 100% free range on 17 AC of land. The eggs we get are like that. We do not feed them store bought feed in the summer. In the winter we do my one bag of layers mash. My wife's mom told us that eggs are eggs. She was here for a visit over the the summer. She cooked us breakfast. That was when she told us that she got eggs from the store for a blind test. She mixed all the over easy so we or she could not longer tell what was what.
She had the first try. I could tell from the color of the yolk it was from are birds. SHE YELLED O THAT IS GOT TO BE FROM YOUR BIRDS!! It's so good and rich tasting. We cracked up. Now mom had 4 chickens. Funny how that works. She lives in town and she now has 4 families that have back yard birds. All from just eating my eggs.. I can tell you how good it makes me feel.
No clue why I am sharing this lol. Thanks for the post. God Bless.
hahaha!! That is a funny story! Love it. Thank you so much for sharing. :)
You cannot go wrong with laying hens. We have had some for 5 years and cannot imagine life without them. Once you have fresh eggs you will never go back to store bought
Lord let it be!!!! I can not wait for that day!
Chickens are the best first animal to start with on the farm or homestead.
Farm fresh free range eggs are second to none no matter what the color of the shell.
Good post
My favorite eggs are the greenish blue ones. We have some that lay those...
They really are so pretty. I never knew that an egg could be pretty. We certainly will be getting some that lay these kinds of eggs!