Re: green eggs

In article <dvf4v1$m9r$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
James Fidell <james@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have on my desk six Cream Legbar eggs, which are apparently supposed
to be green. They don't look too green to me at all though. Perhaps
like one of those "white, with the merest hint of green" paints you get
that only look at all green if you hold up something genuinely white
against them. The eggs were from the Devon Traditional Breed Centre
(www.dtbcentre.co.uk), so I'm hoping they're reasonably representative
of the breed.

I have a cream legbar out of the very same place and she's just
started laying. See http://www.drogon.net/clutch.jpg for a very crappy
mobile-phone photo of her first egg.

She's laid 3 so-far and they are all a nice pale pastel blue rather than
green. Sure you think they are supposed to be green?

Can anyone tell me how Cream Legbar eggs compare with Araucana eggs in
terms of intensity of colour?

A friend nearby has a pair of Araucanas and their eggs look the same
colour as my Legbars does...

I'll get a decent photo pf her eggs online soon - check
http://www.hendersonshappyhens.co.uk/ ;-)

Gordon
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