Oddly colored eggs

[ORChick]

The newest 2 pullets, hatched out by a broody hen last May, have started to lay, and the color is the oddest egg color I've ever seen. Papa is a Barnevelder (dark brown eggs), and Mama an EE (green eggs); The first of the 2 started last week, and the nearest color description I can think of is "window putty" dark brown overlaid with green, I guess. Then her sister started yesterday, and hers are almost exactly the same color! This is very annoying, as I keep a mixed flock specifically so that I can easily tell who laid what (and who has stopped, or has thin shells, or whatever). They are mutts, for heaven's sake! Least they could do is vary their colors a tiny bit.










- Actually this little smiley has sort of the same color

 

[BarredBuff]

That sounds like a neat color!

 

[Wannabefree]

COOL! Golden-ish eggies! That is too funny! I bet folks would trip over themselves to get gold hatching eggs if you can figure out the next step to make them appear to be golden you could sell them like mad to those on BYC who want one of every color!

 

[ORChick]

COOL! Golden-ish eggies! That is too funny! I bet folks would trip over themselves to get gold hatching eggs if you can figure out the next step to make them appear to be golden you could sell them like mad to those on BYC who want one of every color!

Hmmm, no ... not golden ... putty colored. I'll have to take a picture. They really aren't very pretty, but they are very unusual. The pullets, however, are very pretty, as mixed up as they are. And their brother is gorgeous! He has little cheek tufts (from his Mama's side), and lots of red/orange feathers. For you classical music lovers out there - his name is Antonio (Vivaldi - the Red Priest) I need to go find the camera.

 

[doubleatraining]

Could they be Olive colored?

If so this cross is in HIGH demand for this color....people seem to really like the Olive-eggers. Without looking it up...I'm about 95% positive that you cross a dark brown egg layer rooster(BCM, Barnevelder, Welsummer) with some EE to get OE......

Congrats!

 

[ORChick]

I dunno ... I wouldn't say olive ... I really need to find the camera. Doesn't matter, really. The eggs, inside, are just as lovely as all the others. Last December I got a total of 2 (two ... TWO) eggs (from 4 hens) for the whole month. Today, on the 2nd day of the month, I have already got 9 eggs ... though from a total of 10 hens/pullets. My main complaint is just that they couldn't make them a little different so that I can keep track of who laid what. But, at any rate, it appears that I won't have to buy eggs for the Christmas baking