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THI’ve raised a lot of chicken breeds over the last 10 years and have definitely had some favorites.
Here are my top 5 if you’re looking to have a beautiful rainbow egg basket of your own.
1-The Black Copper Marans lays lovely chocolate eggs and is responsible for all the speckles in my egg basket.
2-The Easter Egger is a mixed breed bird that often has one blue egg gene. They typically lay a light green or blue egg (but you aren’t guaranteed either). Look for chicks with a pea comb. This is closely linked to the blue egg gene.
3-The True Ameraucana has two blue egg genes, beard, and muffs.
4-The Olive Egger is a mixed breed bird created by mixing a blue egg gene bird with a bird with chocolate egg pigment genetics (There’s no such thing as A chocolate egg gene).
5-The Delaware lays a tinted egg that’s often quite pink. This pink tint gives great contrast to all the other tones in my basket.
(I actually have several breeds that tie for this number 5 spot. Choosing only 5 is hard!😘)
Do you have a favorite breed that didn’t make my list??
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