[CameronS]

What breeds of hen lay blue/green eggs?

[marigold]

Cream legbars, Aracaunas, are 2 that I know about. I have 3 cream legbars who lay lovely green blue eggs. I would like to get some darker blue eggs though. It is the cockerel that carries the colour gene. So I shall be looking for a cream legbar cockerel soon with good colour provenance.

[JoeMac]

Hi ,Columbines also lay these tinted eggs but about 10-20% lay standard eggs .

  Hope this helps

   Joe

[sanman]

Hi ,Columbines also lay these tinted eggs but about 10-20% lay standard eggs .

  Hope this helps

   Joe

Columbines are just legbar hybrids!

[CameronS]

Is there any breeds that lay sort of purple eggs?
I'm looking for something a bit different instead of my whites and browns

[wojciech]

If you cross Araucanas with commercial ight brown egg layers or Marans for dark brown you will get a light or dark khaki colour - I've seen eggs on Ebay from Marans that are dark khaki because the Araucana blue gene has been bred in and I've heard of people who've bred Araucanas with commercial hybrids getting these intermediate colour. The right colour for Araucanas is a light to mid blue but they've gone greenish due to interbreeding with other varieties. I've had a pi9nkish shade from my Araucanas on a few occasions but this is a rarity. I think that if you want an unusual colour you'll have to breed for it.

[marigold]

Croad langshans have a pink purple bloom on their eggs. It depends on the strain how purple it is.

[harry]

Arnt we daft, to choose and egg layer by the colour of the shell the bit we chuck away, as theres absolutly no difference inside between white, brown or any other shell. Having said that i got some fertile maron eggs to hatch, very dark chocolate brown eggs. i thought they look nice..... DAFT.

[marigold]

Arnt we daft, to choose and egg layer by the colour of the shell the bit we chuck away, as theres absolutly no difference inside between white, brown or any other shell. Having said that i got some fertile maron eggs to hatch, very dark chocolate brown eggs. i thought they look nice..... DAFT.

Its the artist in all of us that the colour of the egg appeals to. William Morris said
"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful”
Eggs that are beautiful and tasty are just about ideal. I  love giving boxes of multi coloured eggs to friends. They are often delighted and interested in the various hens which laid them. I think it also alerts people to what the commercial farming and food production systems is killing off.
Sorry, its a bit of a soap box but for me the colour of eggs is kind of a symbol of the joy of smallholding. My husband would quite agree with you though. He is much more interested in quality of eating and efficiency of production including value for money. We make a good team

[CameronS]

Thanks for all the replies, i'm still undecided as to which breed i am going to try and incubate 

[GreatDaneLover]

Hi Cameron my Collumbine lays blue eggs 

[doganjo]

http://www.poultry.allotment.org.uk/Chicken_a/egg_shell_color/index.php

This explains the genetics

Here's a list.
http://www.poultry.allotment.org.uk/Chicken_a/egg_shell_color/egg_shell_color.php

The there's this
http://wiki.answers.com/Q/What_can_you_feed_a_chicken_so_it_will_lay_an_egg_with_a_purple_shell

[CameronS]

as it turned out i didn't incubate any Blue/Green eggs, to expensive for a first time with an incubator, i ended up with 6 Cuckoo Maran, and one miscellaneous (a pot luck from our basket), blue eggs are still on the cards though, thanks for the links 

[harry]

does anyone know which birds lay chocalate cream eggs

[whitby_sam]

Isn't is the Cadbury Bantam?