The temperatures here are in the low 30s today. It’s snowing. It’s blowing. My fingers are so numb from working outside cleaning the chicken waterers, I can hardly feel them. But despite the cold, the snow and the wind, one courageous little chicken mustered up the courage to lay her first egg today.
Along with the daily collection of six eggs from the red, black and leghorn chickens I found a small, bluish-green surprise. It could only have been from one of the two Easter egg chickens.
Now the question is, which Easter egg chicken produced this winter surprise?
Was it Meredith?
Meredith
Or was it Dorothy?
Dorothy
The chickens aren’t talking. They’re wily that way.
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December 5th, 2009 at 3:33 pm
Dorothy is lovely. What breed is she?
December 5th, 2009 at 3:37 pm
Hi Rick,
Actually, they call both Meredith and Dorothy Easter egg chickens! Go figure.
Robin
December 5th, 2009 at 3:54 pm
I was talking to a small chicken farmer recently. (He isn’t small and his chickens aren’t small but his farm is.) I told him I was interested, like most of the world it seems, in having a few chickens in my back yard. I think I have enough space and I know I have enough privacy. He said to me “fine idea…just don’t turn them into pets.” I smiled and thanked him, and as I walked away I though “well of course I would turn them into pets.” Meredith and Dorothy are quite beautiful. (PS: Loved your remark on Garden Rant … “I strongly suspect the reason there is such a dearth of good garden hardgoods is that gardeners are, by and large, cheap.” Made me laugh!
December 5th, 2009 at 4:12 pm
It’s a very pretty egg, regardless of who laid it!
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December 5th, 2009 at 4:19 pm
I’ve seen a green chicken egg. It is really different looking. I wonder if it tastes differently from the white and brown eggs.
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December 5th, 2009 at 4:55 pm
I’m curious too! Does it taste the same?
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December 5th, 2009 at 6:27 pm
I don’t raise chickens but benefit from the bounty of a nearby neighbor who does. Each week, we visit to buy a dozen eggs in the same lovely colors and sizes as yours. A while back, we went to eat at a restaurant with friends who ordered eggs. The anemic yolks and rubbery whites neither looked nor tasted anything like the eggs raised by chickens with love.
December 5th, 2009 at 8:48 pm
The neighbors whose chickens we tend to when they need us lay eggs like that. Sometimes they look more blue and other times they have a slight greenish tint. We like to call them green so we can honestly say we eat green eggs and ham.
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December 6th, 2009 at 3:14 am
Love the blue/green egg! Our four hens are hanging in there with the cold so far but it’s brrrr cold out there!
December 6th, 2009 at 5:47 am
Hi Robin! I have 5 Easter Egg chickens, along with some other types. But they are still young (about 2 months), they haven’t started laying yet. I can’t wait for their eggs! Meredith and Dorothy are so pretty! Our Easter Egg chickens are still developing their colors and feathers – I notice they are changing colors alot these days as they mature, but I think they will be darker like Meredith. I’m also in MD – it is nice to find a local MD blog online!
December 6th, 2009 at 4:42 pm
Hi Robin,
I’m still trying to talk my husband into a few chickens. He knows they will be named (of course) and be pets. Is there any other way! Your pictures are fantastic. I buy my eggs (all colors like yours) at our local co-op. And yes! they are totally different than what you get in a restaurant.
December 6th, 2009 at 5:39 pm
Hi Robin, what beauties those hens are! My daughter who raises chickens always called hers easter eggers. I thought she was making it up, but that must really be the name. Nice looking eggs. You could make a line of paints with those colors.
Frances
December 6th, 2009 at 5:41 pm
Hi Robin, what beauties those hens are! My daughter who raises chickens always called hers easter eggers. I thought she was making it up, but that must really be the name. Nice looking eggs. You could make a line of paints with those colors.
Frances
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December 7th, 2009 at 7:13 am
I am soooo envious – would love a garden big enough for chickens…you don’t know how good you’ve got it :0)
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December 7th, 2009 at 7:51 am
What a pretty blue egg!
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December 7th, 2009 at 11:29 am
Lovely Eggs! I believe that the original name for Easter Egg Chickens is Araucana Chickens and they originated in Chile. We also get “easter eggs” from a gent at my husband’s work. They taste the same – fresh!
December 7th, 2009 at 5:38 pm
What beautiful eggs! And lovely chickens!
December 8th, 2009 at 8:39 am
By the glean in her eye, I say it was Meredith! H.
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December 9th, 2009 at 8:54 am
i fondly remember as a youngster having chickens and eating the fresh eggs. mother preferred having the smaller chicken with feathers on their legs. it was a lot of fun just watching them. when i got on my own i eventually ended up with some. those pictures brought back some fond memories.
December 10th, 2009 at 10:03 am
Ariconan chickens produce blueish green eggs. I did a tile job once for a woman who raised them. She gave me a dozan of the most beautiful eggs I have ever seen. Nell
December 13th, 2009 at 11:09 am
The eggs are beautiful and so are “the girls”.