“I added one Bountiful Blue Egg Layer (at the time called Super Blue Egg Layer) on a whim. My chicks arrived May 8th and this one is the first to start laying at around 19 weeks. She gave me the first egg on the first day of fall!
She’s friendly and one of more curious chickens. Happy to be held and likes to jump on my back and roost on my shoulder! Funny girl. So far I have not experienced any broody behavior.”
“She is shy. She loves my pink fluffy sweater. She slept huddled under my sweater for hours while I watch TV. I took off one star because at this price point I would've preferred the healthier, friendlier, and quieter Black Copper Maran, but I wanted blue eggs which is why I am trying out this chick.”
“My March 2023 order was everything I paid for and more!
They (5) are friendly (would rather not be pick up, except for one) and including my ordered rooster!! I did gift away 3 chicks (to a needing family) with one being another rooster/straight run of my order since I had to reach the order-minimums. Five is the perfect number for my smaller coop! These young girls give me an egg a day and they are a light blue with about the same shade. The eggs started at small-medium size but now are medium - large size. They are 6months old now with their own run and coop!
They are super curious and beautiful little creatures to watch. They would rather stay outside in their very secure run vs going into their coop at night and also, stay out in the rain . They lay their eggs like champs in their nesting boxes. I can escort/herd them into their coop when I feel it necessary. I do need to get an auto-door just to let them out in the winter and I hope they will eventually put themselves to bed at night (as my other chickens do). I do not allow them to free-range with the others (they ALL have night lock-up) mostly because of my investment. These white beauties are friends with a mild hierarchy and with “Rooster” as the brave protector!
I would not say that they are overly messy but we have ducks, which are the messiest!! I adore their clean white slighted peppered bodies and the rooster is super-handsome with some yellow but faint streaks in his long feathers. He is “gentle enough” with his girls and they like him.
I had two go broody; one I caught early and the other was more of a challenge to break because I was slower in my attempts to stop it? The one I reacted to quickly only took one day in a pen of isolation, in our barn. The more difficult one broke my heart because she was miserable. I first tried ice under her and in her nest but that did not work, with two rounds of ice. Next she got two nights of isolation which really upset her. When she calmed, I put her back with her flock/family and that was too soon. Next attempt was soaking her in a container of water for about 15 minutes (a nicer-summer day) with cooler garden hose water. She was funny with the soak. She was the most relaxed she had been since going broody! She basically just floated with her legs dangling beneath her. I could remove my hands from keeping her inside the container. Next
we cuddle with a towel-dry and she was done - she joined her family as a happier non-hormonal and no longer a wanna be momma!
I have no plans for new baby chicks until these get older (no need to change things up since they get along so well) and their egg production declines. They were purchased, specifically feed and housed as our personal egg providers. But in the spring, when we are over-run with eggs I may sell the blue ones around Easter!!!
Sorry so long but wanted to share the details I could not find on-line during my search. My original choice for them was their weather tolerance since we live in Kansas with high and low temperature extremes and I wanted a nice rooster, to me !!!
DON’T HESITATE with this blend! The breeders knew exactly what they were doing with these blue egg layers!!!”
