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Hi all, I have decided on my poultry project to move the existing blue egg layers, to create a line or improve a line, for a saturated blue colored egg, med or large size, that maintains the healthiest, most productive chickens. I don’t know why, but this wild hair hit me and stuck. I know it will be hard. The most important for me is the deep blue color. I have searched for others online doing this but am not finding a community yet. I am a semi-retired mid 60’s dentist, new at this (2 years), but proven to myself I can keep them alive, healthy, hatch chicks and keep records. I currently have about 130 egg laying type chickens, ‘initially experimenting with hatchery breeds’ and self taught. I find Little genetic Predictability from the hatcheries. They make no claim to this either. I started recently with hatchery, Ameraucanas, Cream Legb and Whiting True Blues, planning to select the darkest blue eggs. I plan to cross the various genetic roos with the ‘bluest egg’ selected hens, keep records then check the progeny’s egg laying outcome. This sounds like something that Kenny T would not agree with. Feel free to comment. Should I ‘pick a breed ‘and just stay within the ‘genetic lines’ ( hatchery Ameraucaunas are often E Eggers genetically, and the cream legbars seem less vigorous) I went to the Ameraucana breeders site listed breeders, but they breed for show conformation, are far away and I am looking here for your Forum community recommendations for the most predictable, true ‘long term science based breeder of strains that lay blue eggs, whom I can pursue for ‘foundation stock’. I may have to drive across the country (from S Fla) or ship eggs…so looking for some objective, rigorous, advice! I prefer to spend more money and have more chickens than wait years longer the usual younger hobbyist. It takes a long time to do selective breeding and I’m not getting any younger 🙂 I appreciate your thoughts!! and THANKS for being here. J Reed
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