Yesterday Mrs. Hillbilly, her kids and her Mom stopped by to check out the garden. Her Mother is in town this week and is a great resource for gardening that’s for sure.
After we were done talking about okra, landscape fabric and roadside stands, we glanced into the chicken coop and noticed a chicken had laid a green egg. The first colored egg from our flock of chicks we brought home last fall.
But who laid the egg? Was it Peanut?
Hilda?
She was awfully chatty yesterday when I was inquiring around the coop as to who laid the beautiful green egg.
Or was it Matilda, our glam girl?
All I know is, Ameraucana chickens tend to lay blue or green eggs. But in rare cases will lay a PINK egg. We currently have 3 Ameraucana hens, and only one of them has started to lay. So there is hope.
We’ve had several Ameraucana chickens over the years, but they’ve all laid green eggs. So I’m hoping this year we will have one that lays blue eggs as well. I know the pink eggs are a total long shot, but Mrs. HB’s mom mentioned her husband had a hen that laid pink eggs when he was growing up. So I know there is hope.
{Mrs. HB stole my eggs and then dropped one}
What color of eggs do YOUR chickens lay? Have you ever had a pink one?
~Mavis
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Judy N. says
Hang onto your hope for a pink egg Mavis..My friend gets them all the time from her mixed batch of Araucanas..
Heidi says
I’m so happy that your new chickens are starting to lay. Beautiful eggs! I have one that lays a pink egg. We call it our “golden egg” as if it is a real treasure.
Boniface Joseph says
Well, I have one chicken recently laying green eggs, I presume to be an Ameraucana species. Could some one explain on the advantages of consuming blue eggs to human being?
Wildrat says
It makes your eyes bluer
Jill says
It ws definitely Hilda. Her comb is red, ripe and perfect for laying! Congratulations. One of our Amercaunas is back to laying as of today after taking the last 3 months off. It was early November since the last time Miss Paige laid.
Hamkittens says
Speaking of Hilda, i was browsing the internet, because i had no idea what breed my hen Roxy was, when i found a picture of Hilda. she looks almost EXACTLY like my hen! so thanks to you i know what breed Roxy is, and i can hope for green and maybe pink eggs!
Robin says
Ruthie and Puffy so far have laid blue eggs but now I am hoping for a green or dare I hope for a pink? Nice looking egg. The rest of our girls lay eggs in shades of brown.
Jenn says
It’s my understanding that Ameraucanas only lay blue eggs; Easter Eggers lay blue, green or pink. My guess is that you have an Easter Egger, not a true Ameraucana. Still a pretty girl and a gorgeous egg though!
http://www.cashsblueeggs.com/araucanaameraucanaee.htm?no_redirect=true
stacy says
Thanks for that link! I have a black hen with black legs who I’ve been trying to figure out what she is. She lays a blue egg. According to this link it looks like she’s an Ameraucana.
TikkTok says
Agreed! 🙂
Cecily says
I have 6 ameracaunas, 4 lay green and other two are pink and blue layers. I also have an olive egger that lays the coolest khaki colored egg.
CJ says
Then you have 6 easter eggers, ameraucana only lay blue eggs.
Loree says
We got our first colored egg on Friday too! It is just a hint bluer than your beautiful egg! We found out who laid it yesterday when we got another one! Hooray for colored eggs!
jubob says
we have 4 different types of hens and we get 4 shades of eggs, white ,beige, light brown, and speckled dark brown. it amazes us how they have gotten bigger and bigger with time. we cant imagine eating store bought eggs again, simply delicious.
JennH says
I thought that chickens’ eggs matched the color of their ears. It seemed to hold true for the chickens that my friends and families had. I suppose the color of the ears varies according to the breed. I don’t have chickens (yet). Do any of you know if this is true?
Julie - Gardening it Easy says
Several years ago I had three Araucanas. Two laid pink eggs and one laid green eggs. I had no idea they were that rare. I was actually hoping for green, so I was not as appreciative as I guess I should have been. I gave that flock away when I was too pregnant to keep fighting the foxes and skunks for the chickens and eggs. This year I am starting over again and have a very mixed flock with 2 Cuckoo Marans for their dark brown eggs and 2 Ameraucanas as well as 5 other chicks of varying breeds.
Jenni says
Hey Mavis,
Have you been to Costco lately and seen the cute little chicken tractors they have? They are up in the front area by the tv’s. I was standing there admiring it, thinking “Wow, $199 isn’t bad for that.” Then I realized you get 2 for $199! They are pretty small. If you see it, let me know what you think about it. And, how many chickens you think you can keep in one of those? Maybe 2? We are seriously thinking about getting chickens next spring, and this would be perfect. Tell Mrs. Hillbilly to take a look too, she might be interested.
Mavis Butterfield says
Thanks! I’ll tell her. 🙂
TikkTok says
Actually, you have Easter Eggers. 🙂 To breed standards, Ameraucana’s MUST have BOTH muffs and bears and ONLY lay blue eggs. If they come from a hatchery, they are EEs, even if they are sold as Ameraucanas.
Araucanas also lay ONLY blue eggs. They are rumpless, have ear tufts, and cannot have beards of muffs.
Here’s a good FAQ, with information like this: ” Perhaps 99 percent of chickens sold as Araucanas (or Ameraucanas) by commercial hatcheries are actually mongrels (aka Easter Egg chickens), meeting the requirements of neither breed. ”
http://www.ameraucana.org/faq.html
Kevin Timothy says
I have an Ameraucana pullet currently that I believe will be a hen. No eggs yet, but I was wondering if it’s normal for them to have small (or short) crowns.