That is where the Ameraucana Chicken comes onto the scene. There are only 3 breeds of chickens that lay coloured eggs other than the typical white and various shades of browns.

This edition of the Happy Homestead talks about raising your own laying hens from hatching all the way up to full grown hens ...

That means the breed of hen will usually indicate what egg color will be produced. For example, Leghorn chickens lay white eggs, Orpington’s lay brown eggs and Ameraucana chickens lay blue eggs.

Don’t you just love beautiful black chickens? Breeders have developed black varieties of many types of chickens, some with gorgeous green or purple metallic sheens. From some of the heaviest chickens ...

The Haines family of Bethlehem Township raises chickens including Easter Eggers, which produce various colored eggs.

If egg prices and availability have you thinking of raising your own backyard chickens, know there is a mix of romanticism and realism with that idea.

Ameraucana chickens are a breed of chicken that are known for their egg-laying ability and their colorful appearance. They are considered to be good layers, with the potential to lay around 200 ...

With egg prices so high and Chicago and many suburbs allowing people to raise hens, some are thinking about backyard chickens.

According to Araucanas Online, today’s bird doesn’t much resemble its first ancestors, and is often confused with Ameraucana and Easter Egg chickens, which also lay blue eggs.

For example, Leghorn chickens lay white eggs, while Orpington’s lay brown eggs and Ameraucana lay blue eggs. And the “olive egger” breed lays … wait for it … olive-green eggs. But ...