chicken art?

One of my newer hens just started laying these greenish eggs. I thought it was an interesting. It seems like they want to get in on the WS 30 broken color action....BTW, I write the date on each one so we eat them in order and the ones on the bottom don't get too old. ; )

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Comment by Ningning Li on April 16, 2014 at 11:37: Britt, Thank you so much for your scietific explaination. My husband also let me tell you that he thanks you too for this interesting information. Let's enjoy life and enjoy painting.

Comment by Britt Greenland on April 16, 2014 at 9:57: Ningning, the egg color is genetic just as our eye color is genetic..usually predictable to a certain breed. So, the same chicken will always lay the same colored egg (maybe a little darker or lighter depending on diet). My hens are unknown cross-breeds, so I wasn't sure what colors they would give me!

Comment by Ningning Li on April 16, 2014 at 1:59: Britt, good idea. I just got some green eggs from the farm too. why they are green? they are deliciours.

Comment by Britt Greenland on March 10, 2014 at 16:00: Silvana,

I'm not sure what you can do. I have a dog, too, but the hens are in a large fenced area that the dog can't get into. Here is a good chicken forum ; ). www.backyardchickens.com

Comment by Silvana M Albano on March 10, 2014 at 9:51: We've also got hens, but for the time being they haven't laid eggs with green shells! Now, it's some time already that we cannot eat them because our dogs find the eggs first........!!!!!! Any ideas of what to do?(different fro closing the hens up and tying our dogs!)

Comment by Britt Greenland on March 10, 2014 at 5:50: Ann, I haven't cracked one open yet, but I suspect they are all the same color yolks ; ). Although, Colleen likely knows--if her hens are free rangers, that the egg yolks of hens with access to grass are a higher chroma deep golden orange-yellow, which is indicative of the higher Omega 3 fatty acids present. Green eggs and ham, anyone?

Comment by Colleen McCafferty on March 9, 2014 at 23:31: I hope our new hens don't start to lay green eggs! I wouldn't know whether to eat them or not. But you are right - maybe they have heard about the broken color challenge! :-). BTW we date our eggs too for the same reason.

Comment by Ann Turner on March 9, 2014 at 20:42: Are the yolks different colors?,ie cad yellow med., cad yeliow light. . .Lemon yellow. . .ocher. . .Naples yellow :D