What Kind Of Chickens Lay Blue Eggs (Or Green…Or Olive…)? [Podcast]

What kind of chickens lay blue eggs?   Well, you're about to find out.    If you're anything like me, then blue eggs are on your "to do" list this spring.    (Looking for more help raising chickens? Check out my book, Chickens: Naturally Raising A Sustainable Flock available on Amazon!)   Blue eggs are so much fun to have in your morning egg basket, and there are several kinds of chickens that lay blue eggs.   And in this podcast, you'll also discover some breeds that lay green and dark brown eggs, too.   LIKE THIS PODCAST? LISTEN TO THEM ALL HERE You'll learn:   The difference between Araucanas, Ameraucanas, and Easter Eggers How eggs get their color (and why all eggs are either blue or white) The genetics behind blue eggs Which breeds are perfect if you want green eggs   Links we discuss: Healthy Coop Boot Camp   Transcript: Hi there, and welcome to session 23 of What the Cluck?!, a podcast devoted to keeping chickens for fun and self-sufficiency.   I’m Maat from FrugalChicken, and in this episode we’ll talk about different colored eggs and what kind of chickens lay blue eggs in particular.   By the end of this episode, you’ll know about the different chickens you can choose from if you want a colored egg layer, what kind of chickens lay blue eggs, as well as the differences between them.   We’ll also talk about how eggs are colored, just in time for Easter.   This will be a valuable episode that’s also going to be a lot of fun, and full of information about chicken genetics, just to get a little nerdy about things.   Just as a reminder, you can get this episodes show notes at TheFrugalChicken.com/Podcast23, that’s podcast with the numbers 2 and 3.   READ NEXT: 10 ABNORMAL CHICKEN EGGS AND WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW   So stay with me!   Colored eggs are possibly one of the most fun parts of chicken ownership, and I personally like to keep these kinds of egg layers.   I’ve not had great luck keeping blue egg laying chickens around