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Title: BLUE EGG...........
Post by: Jean on April 13, 2011, 10:59:18 AM

(http://www.backyardchickens.com/forum/uploads/5845_egg2.jpg)

This egg has not been altered in any way and is exactly as it was when it popped out of the bird.

Title: BLUE EGG...........
Post by: Mike Gilbert on April 13, 2011, 11:25:49 AM

Wow!   How about a photo of the bird?  Never saw one that dark.   Any special diet?

Title: BLUE EGG...........
Post by: Jean on April 13, 2011, 11:28:43 AM

It\'s the first egg out of a lavender pullet.  I am sure the color will lighten considerably.

regular chicken food

Title: BLUE EGG...........
Post by: Blue Egg Acres on April 13, 2011, 11:42:29 AM

Wow! Everyones dream egg

Title: BLUE EGG...........
Post by: Jean on April 13, 2011, 11:43:38 AM

I thought it was one of those plastic easter eggs at first.

Title: BLUE EGG...........
Post by: Beth C on April 13, 2011, 12:44:50 PM

Wow - that is wild! Can\'t wait to see what the rest of her eggs look like!

Title: BLUE EGG...........
Post by: cedarpondfarm on April 15, 2011, 06:02:08 PM

Wow how about keeping us updated on this one

Title: BLUE EGG...........
Post by: Guest on April 16, 2011, 10:38:21 PM

Gorgeous!!! I wouldn\'t care if the pullet had a clean face, wry tail, and feathers on her shanks; she would have to be a keeper for me. LOL

Title: BLUE EGG...........
Post by: Beth C on April 17, 2011, 09:48:36 AM

Like the goose that lays the golden egg - those would probably bring a few grand a piece on BYC...

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Post by: John on April 17, 2011, 01:05:42 PM

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It\'s the first egg out of a lavender pullet. I am sure the color will lighten considerably.

I\'m sure you are right.  It is a novelty, but not a color that would be close to the average blue egg.  
The brown modifiers are not only there, but being her first egg it may have been a long time in being developed and laid.  That probably contributed to the darkness of the shell, just as brown eggs are darker brown when they travel more slowly thru the oviduct.  

Title: BLUE EGG...........
Post by: Cloverleaf Farm on April 17, 2011, 09:32:00 PM

I got to see this egg this weekend!  WOW!!!!  (It IS real!! haa haa haa)

Title: BLUE EGG...........
Post by: dak on April 18, 2011, 01:23:08 PM

Has this pullet produced a second egg yet?

Title: BLUE EGG...........
Post by: QUADCH on April 18, 2011, 07:33:04 PM

I\'ve got very similar color in my lavender bantams. I couldn\'t believe it. They are really turquoise blue