Re: green eggs

In article <dvfbhm$do4$1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>,
James Fidell <james@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
a_l_p wrote:
Gordon Henderson wrote:


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/ ;-)


Oh WOW! What do the red eggs come from? Do you keep Easter bunnies?

Surely bunnies don't lay eggs, of any colour :)

I'm guessing that the two dark eggs (which do look a little on the red
side, but are probably quite dark brown) are probably from a Welsummer
(top right) and Maran (bottom centre). The speckled brown one at the
bottom is certainly very similar to our Maran eggs.

Actually it's the other way round - the big speckled one is from the
Welsummer and the plain old brown one from a cuckoo maran... I was hoping
for darker ones from the maran, but lifes not always perfect!

Our other bird is a cuckoo cochin and she lays slightly darker eggs than
the Maran, but they have a fine speckling on them and are shiny!

See http://www.hendersonshappyhens.co.uk/ for the actual birds as well
as the eggs ;-)

Gordon
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