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The color of the hens egg shell is not determined by the feed. The breed of the chicken is the determining factor of the egg shell color she will lay.
You can influence the color of the yolk inside the egg somewhat by a diet high in beta carotene.
Araucana chickens produce the blue egg because they extrude a bile high up in the oviduct as the shell is forming. Other breeds like Rhode Island Red hen eggs have the color introduced to a white shell further down in the oviduct. A fresh brown egg can have the brown color removed with some light scrubbing soon after laying, you cannot scrub off the blue of an Araucana egg as it goes all the way through to the inside of the shell. Look at the inside of any brown egg...It is white. If you look at the inside of a blue/green egg, it is the same inside as outside.
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Do all chickens need to mate to produce eggs?
No, they do not have to breed to lay eggs. If you don't get it, think of it this way: an egg is laid by a hen roughly every 25 hrs (it is a bit like a period, i suppose). The only difference breeding (mating) would make is whether the egg is fertilised (IE. If it would become a chick)
How do chickens help us?
Chicken is very useful to man. Chicken is a great source of protein. It is used for it's meat and for it's eggs. Chicken is also used for breeding.
Why is duck poop blue?
Some breeds of chicken can lay blue eggs - they are the Araucana and Ameraucana. Both lay blue eggs - and purebreds are very rare - especially the Araucana. However, EasterEggers (a mutt chicken, with a blue egg-laying ancestor) can lay blue or green eggs, but do not meet the standards for Araucanas or Ameraucanas.
What hormones does chicken farms give there chickens?
Growth hormones to make them bigger. I advice you to start buying natural or organic because the hormones can affect you. - not Derdeath's work Also they have hormones to make chickens lay eggs faster and hormones to make them want to have sex to reproduce -Derdeath
Do you need a rooster to get your chickens to start laying eggs?
No, they will lay eggs even if they don't have a rooster. If you want chicks however you have to have a rooster.Yes chickens doo. they start to lay eggs at about 6-8 weeks of age regardless if there is a rooster around or not. if you have a rooster you can not eat the eggs as they may be fertile. in extreem heat or cold chickens may not lay for a few weeks expectialy if the temprature changed quickley. chickens also go cluckey, wich means they want to become a mum. they will sit on the nest if the is a egg there or not and can die if it is very hot. it is then they must be taken of the nest by force. when nesting they can be quite frocious and peek you. they will also do this without a rooster. they are great to have around and make your home feel that little bit better.
Do they make eggs in equatorial guinea?
Chickens make eggs and there are lots of chickens in Equatorial Guinea. However, the bulk eggs for sale at the corner stores and at the grocery are probably imported.
How do they make eggs?
um........................the chickens lay them
Why eggs are fertilized?
To make more chickens.
How does Iowa make eggs?
Iowa is a state; they don't make eggs. Chickens lay eggs, it is biological not mechanical.
How do penguins make there eggs?
The same way chickens do.
How do you make eggs on alchemy classic?
Chickens and Grain
How do you make yok?
you will either have to go buy some chickens to make eggs or go buy some eggs and crack it open because in side the eggs are yoke so you cant really make the your self chickens need to make them
Can you make chickens in minecraft?
Well,you can't really MAKE chickens,but if you break eggs on a wall or floor by holding it and right clicking, then sometimes a baby chicken pops out of it.
If a chicken and a half laid an egg and a half how many would it take to make a dozen?
It takes 12 eggs to make a dozen. If 1.5 chickens produce 1.5 eggs, then 1 chicken produces 1 egg, and it takes 12 chickens to produce 1 dozen eggs.
Is it possible to make my eyes even bluer without contacts?
Using the right makeup can make your eyes appear bluer without wearing contacts.
How do you selectively breed chickens?
Make sure your hen with the large eggs is fertilized and collect the eggs for incubation. Keep both hens and cockerels, breed only from the first years hatch of the biggest eggs with the hens who lay the biggest eggs. It may take several years.
Do chickens have to have cockrels to make an egg?
No, only if you want fertile eggs. The hens will lay without a rooster.
