Chickens and their egg colors

Chickens that lay colored eggs add another layer of fun and excitement to raising backyard chickens. The eggs have the same flavor as white eggs, but finding the colored eggs make it like hunting Easter eggs every time you go to the hen house. Chicken egg colors vary from blue, green and brown can range from dark to light shades of the color. The reason behind the colored eggs is unclear, but most agree that chickens that lay colored eggs are doing so in a natural response to their…

How do you get a basket full of beautiful colored eggs? By carefully selecting breeds that lay a range of colors. Learn more here.

Chicken breeds to raise for pretty eggs. Want different colors in your basket of fresh eggs? Check out these breeds for egg colors like blue, cream, pink, chocolate brown and speckled!

What are the best chickens for colorful eggs? In this post we will review the top 9 breeds that will give you a multi-colored egg basket. Chickens can lay many different colors of eggs including white, brown, chocolate, speckled, green, blue, pink and a even a purple-ish color. Egg color is determined by the breed of the chicken. And, while there are many different egg colors each breed or individual chicken will only lay one color of egg for their entire life.

Take a peek at our images of naturally colored chicken eggs and find out the breeds that lay them:

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Want to add a few blue egg layers to your flock? Here are a few of our favorite chickens that lay blue eggs.

The Secret to Colorful Eggs is Having a Diverse Flock of Chickens In order to have a rainbow egg basket, you will need several breeds that lay a large range of color. Diversity is key.

Have you ever wondered what breeds of chickens will lay a colorful rainbow of eggs? We've been slowly growing our flocks of chickens over the years specifically so we can have hens who lay a