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it does not matter the breed
the food that the chicken is fed matters ------ ------ That is completely wrong! several breeds of chicken lay colored eggs. the eggs are usually greenish or blue-green. Auracanas, Amerucanas, and cream legbars are all known to lay green or blue eggs. "Easter eggers" are mixed breeds that carry the gene for colored eggs.
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∙ 12y ago
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∙ 8y agoThere are far too many breeds to list each individually, but typically, red earlobes mean a chicken will lay brown/tinted/colored eggs, and white earlobes mean they will lay white.
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What can you feed a chicken so it will lay an egg with a purple shell?
What you feed Chickens does not determine the color of the egg. The color of the egg is determined by the variety of the chicken. For instance, while a white leghorn chicken will lay white eggs, a Brahma chicken will lay brown eggs and an Americana chicken will lay eggs that range from blue to green! there has been a recent discovery of a chicken variety that lays purple eggs, but not much information is available about them yet.
Is it true that a chicken will lay eggs the same color as its legs?
yes chickens can lay blue, green, red even purple eggs
Can cornish chicken lay eggs for breeding?
Any breed of chicken can lay eggs for breeding if they are fertilised.
What type of chicken do the males lay eggs?
No rooster can lay eggs.
Do white chickens lay a brown egg periodacally?
The feather color of a chicken does not affect the color of the eggs she lays. It is the breed of the hen that determines the egg color. A chicken that lays white eggs does not drop a brown egg every now and then either, a white egg layer will always lay white eggs. I have several white Araucana hens who lay Lavender colored eggs and a Black Cochin hen who lays light brown eggs (not black eggs)
Why does chicken lay their own eggs?
They lay eggs to reproduce, even if there is no male.
What is the significance of chicken leg color and egg color?
Leg color and egg color are only linked indirectly (by breed) and thus leg color cannot reliably be used as an egg color indicator. E.g. a Rhode Island Red hen (red/brown hen with yellow legs) will lay large brown eggs, but a Red Leghorn hen (also red/brown hen with yellow legs) will lay white eggs. In general, a better indicator of a chicken's egg color is her earlobes. (A chicken 'earlobe' is a round spot of skin just underneath the ear socket. It can be flabby or taut.) A chicken with red earlobes will typically lay brown (darker) eggs, where a chicken with white earlobes will lay white (lighter) eggs. Of course, there are exceptions to the rule. For help identifying a chicken's earlobe, see Related Links, below.
What color eggs do top hat chickens lay?
Top Hat chickens will lay white eggs only. Their eggs are mostly larger sized. Each Top Hat chicken should lay around 200 eggs each per year.
Why chicken lay eggs?
they lay eggs because they have no where to put them not like guys [humans] they have eggs
Does every chicken lay eggs?
no not every chicken does.
What colour eggs from a black tail chicken?
you can't tell the color of eggs by the color of a chicken's tail. with the exception of auracanas and americaunas (they lay green-blue eggs) you tell by the color of a chicken's earlobe. if it is white it lays white eggs...if it is red it lays a shade of brown eggs.
Does chicken lay eggs?
Yes
