these eggs were not dyed; different breeds of chickens lay different colored eggs.Submitted by PoppyToffee t3_1261or7 in pics
margueritjie t1_je90php wrote
Reply to comment by AnnoyedOwlbear in these eggs were not dyed; different breeds of chickens lay different colored eggs. by PoppyToffee
Yes not different breeds as OP says. Just one breed: the easter egger. :)
JustGimmeAnyOldName t1_je9d23d wrote
Easter egger is a generic term used by people who raise chickens for a bird bred with Araucana or Ameraucana to gain the colored egg laying gene. It isn't an actual breed at all. It's just a colloquial term.
Also, Easter Eggers specifically refers to the blue gene, and creates shades from blue to green. Some birds it doesn't take well at all, and they produce barely colored eggs. Others produce a bright brilliant blue.
Other colors, like the browns, reds, and pinks, come from other breeds of chicken like marans. I've even had barred rocks and orpingtons lay browns.
Easter egger though, is the chicken equivalent of a mutt, as long as the mutt contains the blue egg gene.
supplenupple t1_je9aja7 wrote
Easter eggers don’t lay brown, especially not the deep chocolate brown. That’s either marans, Bible elder or one other I can’t think of
ccwthrow t1_je9g7he wrote
I have an Oliver Eggers that didn't get the green-gene and so she lays dark brown like a Maran
ccwthrow t1_je9g46j wrote
This is incorrect.
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