Use the chicken breed list below to help you choose the right chicken. This list includes all of the chicken breeds that are for sale at Cackle Hatchery. Click the name of the chicken breed for more information, to see an image of that breed and for purchasing options. Chicken Breed Name Egg Production Egg Color […]
Continue ReadingSearch Results for: barnevelder
How to Breed Olive Egger Chickens: 6 Questions Answered
![Olive Egger](https://www.cacklehatchery.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/07/Olive-Egger-150x150.jpg)
Olive Eggers — chickens that produce eggs with olive colored shells — are developed by mating a pure breed that lays eggs with blue shells with a pure breed that lays eggs with brown shells. Blue shells are blue throughout; brown shells have pigment only on the outside. The olive colored shell occurs when a […]
Continue ReadingWhy Do Chicken Eggs Come in Different Colors?
![Why Do Chicken Eggs Come in Different Colors?](https://www.cacklehatchery.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/Shell-Color.jpg)
Most eggs sold at the supermarket have white shells. So where do brown eggs and blue eggs come from? The color of the shell is determined by the breed of the hen that laid the egg. Most white eggs sold at the supermarket are laid by Leghorn hens. Many other breeds lay eggs with white […]
Continue ReadingDark Brown Egg Female Surplus
![Dark Brown Egg Pullet Surplus For Sale](https://www.cacklehatchery.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/dark_egg-150x150.jpg)
- Dark Brown Egg Female Surplus – Sold as Baby Chicks Only
Seasonal/Shipped Early Feb thru Mid August
Continue Reading