Chickens?

luvmypercheron · 05-09-2006, 08:18 PM

okay, so we're looking to get more chickens. we have SO many people buying eggs that we can't keep up some weeks. so, we're looking for some good egg laying chickens. my aunt also would like some blue eggs. any suggestions...?? names and a pic would be great! thanks!

WetPaint · 05-10-2006, 05:21 AM

here is a link to information about Araucana chickens... they lay blue eggs..

http://www.skyblueegg.com/

and here is a link to a few images of the birds themselves...

http://www.browneggblueegg.com/Araucana.html

sheplovr · 05-10-2006, 05:25 AM

Sorry I cannot help with finding chickens, know nothing about them. Good luck in your search.

Goonhorse · 05-10-2006, 05:32 AM

Our Araucana lays more greenish eggs (though some people would say they were blue--it's more of a matter of opinion!), but she isn't that great of an egg layer. She'll go a few weeks laying an egg every day, and then she'll stop all together.

Here's a website that you can order them from: www.mcmurrayhatchery.com

luvmypercheron · 05-10-2006, 07:13 AM

so we probably don't want the araucana chickens then if they aren't reliable egg layers. hmmm...

any other ideas? we love brown eggs too, just want something different than we've been getting the past two years

AppalosaCowGirl · 05-10-2006, 07:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Goonhorse

Our Araucana lays more greenish eggs (though some people would say they were blue--it's more of a matter of opinion!), but she isn't that great of an egg layer. She'll go a few weeks laying an egg every day, and then she'll stop all together.

Here's a website that you can order them from: www.mcmurrayhatchery.com

my mom got them from there (www.mcmurrayhatchery.com) as day olds. most were roosters (my uncle surprised us with them and had bought a straight run) anyway we have both leghorns (the Best layers) and rode island reds. they all lay very well i do think that mom Really wants some aracuanas but we have like 19 hens already ...

our leghorns lay white an dthe reds lay brown... my mom likes to make a certain pattern in the carton "white, brown, white, brown," and so forth

luvmypercheron · 05-10-2006, 08:22 AM

we have reds now i believe.....or that's what they called them when we bought them. they lay yummy brown eggs, however we have 20 hens and would now like to add variety....they all look the same

HalterGirl_88 · 05-10-2006, 10:15 AM

Hey Ash my intern right now has a ton of chicks that are excellent egg layers. She has both chicks and egg layers depending on what you want. Chicks are like $2, and older ones are like $5.

luvmypercheron · 05-10-2006, 01:07 PM

what kind are they?

HalterGirl_88 · 05-10-2006, 03:20 PM

Rhode Island Reds

05-09-2006, 08:18 PM	#1
luvmypercheron Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,523 Images: 184	Chickens? okay, so we're looking to get more chickens. we have SO many people buying eggs that we can't keep up some weeks. so, we're looking for some good egg laying chickens. my aunt also would like some blue eggs. any suggestions...?? names and a pic would be great! thanks!

05-10-2006, 05:21 AM	#2
WetPaint Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: West Central Florida Posts: 258 Images: 72	here is a link to information about Araucana chickens... they lay blue eggs.. http://www.skyblueegg.com/ and here is a link to a few images of the birds themselves... http://www.browneggblueegg.com/Araucana.html __________________ "Humanity is now faced with a stark choice: Evolve or die... If the structures of the human mind remain unchanged, we will always, end up re-creating, the same world, the same evils, the same dysfunction." ... Eckhart Tolle

05-10-2006, 05:25 AM	#3
sheplovr Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: U.S.A. Posts: 646 Images: 22	Sorry I cannot help with finding chickens, know nothing about them. Good luck in your search. __________________ .The people who make a difference in your life are not the ones with the most credentials, the most money, or the most awards ~ they are the ones who care. www.vomschreknhaus.com

05-10-2006, 05:32 AM	#4
Goonhorse Senior Member+ Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Indiana Posts: 4,094 Images: 264 Blog Entries: 173	Our Araucana lays more greenish eggs (though some people would say they were blue--it's more of a matter of opinion!), but she isn't that great of an egg layer. She'll go a few weeks laying an egg every day, and then she'll stop all together. Here's a website that you can order them from: www.mcmurrayhatchery.com __________________ In the world ye shall have tribulation: But be of good cheer; I have overcome the world -John 16:33

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05-10-2006, 07:13 AM	#5
luvmypercheron Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,523 Images: 184	so we probably don't want the araucana chickens then if they aren't reliable egg layers. hmmm... any other ideas? we love brown eggs too, just want something different than we've been getting the past two years

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luvmypercheron Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,523 Images: 184	we have reds now i believe.....or that's what they called them when we bought them. they lay yummy brown eggs, however we have 20 hens and would now like to add variety....they all look the same

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HalterGirl_88 Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,611	Hey Ash my intern right now has a ton of chicks that are excellent egg layers. She has both chicks and egg layers depending on what you want. Chicks are like $2, and older ones are like $5.

05-10-2006, 01:07 PM	#9
luvmypercheron Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 1,523 Images: 184	what kind are they?

05-10-2006, 03:20 PM	#10
HalterGirl_88 Senior Member+ Join Date: Sep 2003 Posts: 1,611	Rhode Island Reds