different-colored-chicken-eggs Archives

Pysanky Eggs and Dyeing Your Eggs

April 12, 2022 · Backyard Poultry Contributor · Eggs & Meat, Recipes

Use natural dyes to color eggs. For more of a challenge, try pysanky eggs or using the shells as part of a recipe.

Blood in Chicken Egg: What Does It Mean?

March 10, 2022 · Backyard Poultry Contributor · Eggs & Meat

Learn what it means when you find blood in a chicken egg and all of the conditions that can cause blood spots to appear.

Chickens as Pets: 5 Kid-Friendly Chicken Breeds

January 25, 2022 · Lisa Steele · Chickens 101

Raising a flock of backyard chickens as pets with “benefits” is a fun, fulfilling activity that the whole family can get involved in.

Why are There Different Colors of Eggs

July 4, 2021 · Backyard Poultry Contributor · Eggs & Meat

I was interested in discovering WHY different eggs are different colors; I have researched what exactly causes this. It’s fascinating stuff!

All About Araucana Chickens

May 17, 2021 · Backyard Poultry Contributor · Chickens 101

The Araucana chicken has some bizarre features; they are rumpless and have ear tufts. Oh yes, and they lay blue eggs. These rumpless birds are missing more than just tail feathers; they are missing the entire coccyx.