As a bantam, it doesn’t lay many eggs or produce much meat, so it is mostly used for exhibition and as a pet. One of the only ...

In addition to the popular Ameraucana and Easter Egger breeds, several other chicken breeds lay blue eggs. These breeds are ...

Joseph Yoder raises chickens for eggs he sells at Shepherd's Market in Big Prairie. He warns raising laying chickens isn't ...

Soon, lucky chicken owners were swapping half a dozen fresh eggs for a bag of ... but for the intervention of the Wernlas Collection of rare breeds — plus renewed enthusiasm for blue/green/olive eggs.

The Ameraucana breed is famous for its beautiful blue eggs, up to 300 a year.. The Araucana chicken is another excellent layer of pale blue to bright, vibrant blue eggs. The Olive Egger is a cross ...

For chickens that lay blue eggs, a pigment protein called oocyan ... Most of the brown eggs in the U.S. are produced by a type of chicken breed called Rhode Island Red or Plymouth Rock, while ...