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An Araucana egg (left) with white and brown eggs for comparison. The Araucana (Spanish: Gallina Mapuche) is a breed of domestic chicken from Chile. The name derives from the historic Araucanía region where it is believed to have originated. It lays blue-shelled eggs, one of very few breeds that do so.
For chickens that lay blue eggs, a pigment protein called oocyan is added when the eggshell is built, creating a blue shade, he says. ... “Easter Eggers” are mixed-breed hens that carry blue ...
The Ameraucana is one of the few chicken breeds to lay blue eggs. [7]: 11 It shows many similarities to the Araucana, including the pea comb and the blue egg gene.It is tailed, muffed and bearded, whereas the Araucana in the United States has ear tufts and is rumpless. [8]
For example, Martha's beloved Araucana chickens carry a specific gene that enables them to lay beautiful blue and green eggs. Alternatively, the Rhode Island Red breed of hen lays brown eggs due ...
It was thought to have the same red, white and blue colours as the Union Flag. [2]: 293 A coronation bantam was re-created in the 1980s. [8] The American Poultry Association recognises three colours: light, red and speckled. The red and speckled were added to the Standard of Perfection in 1914, and the light in 1929. [3]
Orpington hens lay about 180 light brown eggs per year, with an average weight of 53 g; [8]: 158 [15]: 66 bantam hens lay about 110 eggs, with a weight of some 40 g. [16]: 67 It was said that at one time Orpingtons were capable of laying as many as 340 [5]: 115 eggs per year. The decline in production was due to breeders selecting for looks ...
Hens that are allowed to roam in the sunshine also lay eggs that can contain up to 3-4 times the amount of vitamin D found in eggs laid by hens that raised conventionally.
A six-month-old pullet Head of a hen. The Dominique is of medium size, mature birds usually weighing some 5–7 lb (2.3–3.2 kg). The only recognized plumage coloration is cuckoo, sometimes known as "hawk" coloration, a regular pattern of light and dark – but not black and white – barring.