Shell color plays no part in egg quality or flavor.
Blue sapphire chicken egg color.
However they are a popular choice among chicken owners because they are friendly smart hardy and lay well in the winter.
The sapphire gem breed carries the dominant blue gene which is selected for the color of the plumage.
This hybrid chicken was purposefully bred both for its beautiful appearance and its high capacity for egg production.
This little engine that can produces year round and has been said to lay up to a whopping 290 eggs per year.
Advantages of the sapphire gem.
This breed of chicken lays large to extra large eggs in a variety of egg colors including blue green rose brown sage olive and cream.
You can eat blue chicken eggs.
Adapts to many climates.
It is a hybrid that contains the dominate blue gene and is known for being a good layer of large brown eggs.
The dominate blue gene.
There are however a few things to consider when it comes to that tasty factor.
Large brown eggs are the sapphire gem s specialty and it s a common misconception that this chicken lays blue eggs because she is often confused with the sapphire chicken a small white bird that lays bright blue eggs.
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The sapphire gem is a sex linked hybrid created by a breeder in the czech republic.
Imagine the excitement of peering into your nesting boxes and finding a rainbow of different colored eggs every day.
The easter egger is not a real breed but a mixed breed chicken that does not conform to any breed standard.