This was such an awesome video!!!! This is something I’ve been so interested in for a long time! I just got 20 prairie bluebell egger and now I want to get those black copper Marans and I’m going to start breeding them like you!!
Congratulations on your new chickens, Carlos! 😄Prarie bluebells and black copper Marans are both excellent breeds. We wish you all the best with your new flock! 🐓
Thank you so much for these videos! Im about to get some of these beautiful creatures and I really had no idea the spectrum within! Birds are messengers of light and the secrets of the universe are nestled inside them! Nature is so poetic! Thank tou so much for sharing this sacred knowlege! So excited to get learning. Much love
We adore you! We respect the animals we harvest and are starting quail😍 Your knowledge and awe of the whole process and your delivery of your experience in these videos is extremely appreciated, easy to watch....and made us look for others with you in the video. Thank you so much!
I work at a known store that carry "Blue Heirloom" eggs, opened the carton, and was surprised to see blue eggs. The hues on these eggs are amazing, from the dark browns to the lighter colors. Learn something new everyday! Makes me wanna have a chicken coop 🐓🐣
You are realy good,, at teaching simple things that most people over look, and that makes it so must easier for beginners and refreshing for old timers... thak you, God bless
Super cool! I have had chickens for a few years now and real appreciate the way ya just kinda laid it all out nice and simple and easy to digest backed up with a genuine smile and love for chickens. Thanks! :)
Speaking of genetics, you are the twin of my ex and she is english or scottish with a splash or Creek indian. However she has an extreme southern drawl because she is from Appalachia. Great show by the way.
While farm and backyard raised hen’s eggs are different from the commercial eggs, the different colors of the shell does make a difference between them. White shelled eggs from hens raised in a farm are not much, if any different from the brown and other colored ones raised in the same farm.
We just orders our girls and are getting a breed called Azure. They lay blue eggs. I can't seem to find much info about them on the internet. Do you know anything about them? Love your video and your passion.
At 05:20 Franchesca explains what chicken breeds lay each of her gorgeous colorful eggs. For more information on chicken breeds and what kinds of eggs they lay, we recommend checking out their website, www.alchemistfarm.com.
“I DO NOT LIKE GREEN EGGS AND HAM. WOULD YOU LIKE THEM HERE OR THERE? I WOULD NOT LIKE THEM HERE OR THERE. I WOULD NOT LIKE THEM ANYWHERE. I DO NOT LIKE GREEN EGGS AND HAM. I DO NOT LIKE THEM, SAM-I-AM.”
What color of eggs will a hen lay if her father is Speckled Sussex (pink/light-brown egg color from hens), and her mother is a Whiting True Blue (bluish color egg)?
Hi Evelyn, we will have to reach out to Alchemist Farm to see what they use traditionally for chickens pine or cedar shavings, hay, or straw are used. For quail hay and straw can also be used as well as leaves and corn husks.
I have cream legbars. I want to get a rooster to pair with them to get a darker blue. What breed rooster should I get? Watching so many videos and reading from the internet. Seems no one really talks in detail about this. When they do, it isn't structured for those just learning. Very technical.
In fact, there's no difference in nutritional value or taste from any type of eggs, from organic to caged eggs. Yes, it is possible to change the fatty acid composition of the eggs with high linoleic fat content feed, the pastured chicken does not receive enough of this fat to make any difference. But, the pastured and organic system is a great strategy to make a more sustainable way to live, from the perspective of GHG emission, resource consumption, and food security. Also, the gene pool preservation of differents chicken breeds is important.
A tremendous amount of data suggests there are in fact differences in the nutritional value of commercial eggs and pasture/free range eggs. And while some people may not be able to detect a flavor difference, others can.
