Cocotte is French....nothing like a French hen...or wife...whichever you can acquire...
Bleuette is an Ameraucana......who has decided that she would not not comply with the laying of greenish/blueish tinted eggs as expected when I purchased her. (Maybe the plane trip disturbed something in there?..lol)
PS: The very dark eggs are from Cocotte ( Marans breed)
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"nothing like a French hen...or wife...whichever you can acquire..."
Don't get me wrong, I do love our hens, but with regard to my French wife...
A thing of beauty is a joy forever:
Its loveliness increases; it will never
Pass into nothingness; but still will keep
A bower quiet for us, and a sleep
Full of sweet dreams, and health, and quiet breathing.
...from John Keats, 1818.
- Steve
Steve,
You brought tears to my eyes.....for which I thank you from the bottom of mon coeur!
How many eggs do you usually get per day? Do the hens have different temperaments as well as egg shell colors?
Today we got 3 eggs. The girls do not lay as much in winter.
O YES, there are differences between them......some are shy, some quite aggressive, some are more friendly....but all are....chickens!!!If you see what I mean. If I happen to drop a small object on the ground, they scurry away frightened to death, then they come back with the look of "whatever happened to you, can't you be careful?...You know we are delicate"
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