I have 3 pet eastern box turtles. They are rescues. They love boiled eggs.
They also love tomatoes.
Post your colored egg pictures please :-))
Wow, they're really tearing that tomato up! I had no idea turtles would eat eggs either. They're cute!
Thanks. We really enjoy them. They will eat out of our hands. I rescued the last one from being eaten by rats. They chewed one of his feet off poor little guy. I call him Rat Bait. He is getting pretty tame now. Likes to have the top of his head rubbed. I also have Lucky, another boy. And Hinge is the little girl. I have had her the longest. She was itty bitty when I found her. She is growing nicely.
my Cayuga are finally putting some of the black coloring in their eggs now. These are all duck eggs
The green and the grey ones are really neat. I had no idea ducks could lay colored eggs.
I knew they layed green eggs. I had a muscovie that layed green ones. My Ancona lays dirty looking white ones. I had no idea any duck layed gray eggs. those are really neat!
We got our first Araucana egg today. These are the eggs I collected today from the Rhode Island Reds, Sex Link Reds and that first blue egg.
Notice that BIG egg in the front. WOW, from a 6 month old RIR.
that's a nice one Picabo
The Araucana egg appears to be the smallestest of the batch. Always great to get a blue egg though. The RIR red egg though is awesome. I have been reading that RIR are great layers.
The blue one was so small. I was excited to get that first blue one. The RIRs have been great layers so far.
First eggs are typically small. My Ameraucana pullets' eggs are now often as large as the older Buff Orpingtons'.
True Araucanas do lay rather small eggs though...they aren't very large birds. Not as small as a bantam, but smaller than most dual purpose breeds.
Picabo, what beautiful eggs, love all the shades of brown!
Hey there.... I have 3 Buff Orpington Hens, all laying nicely and egg a day with one of my free range girls playing hide and seek everyday with hers. Although they are all Buffs their eggs are very different in coloration. One lays a nice dark buff brown, one is a medium coffee with milk color , and the last an almost whitish tan. Is it normal for Buffs to have such a wide range of color in their eggs?
Mine lay various shades of light brown, but not as different as yours sound. Post a picture?
Picture this afternoon as soon as I get home!!!
they are really pretty in an egg basket but Now Im wondering if they are purebred!!! Oh well the eggs on a plate with bacon all look the same.. DEEE-licious!
Here ya go PorkPal! I was running a bit late today getting home but heres the photo. As you can see,, you'd never guess that all three hens are the same breed!
HERES MY GIRLS....OOOOPS.....About the time I snapped the camera "Flopsie" was off chasing a lizard!!! reptile Protein..Yum Yum!
Beautiful eggs! My Buff Orpingtons' eggs are mostly like the middle one or a little darker. Enjoy the variety.
Amazing the difference in egg color.
I keep trying to get pictures, but the kids are eating eggs as fast as the girls can lay them!