NWP's take on the endless array of color combinations possible from crossing and backcrossing blue and brown egg layers are known as our "Forest Eggers" as a ode to our love and respect for all things of nature. And within it, the endless spectrum of hues found in the most humble and mundane of organisms such as lichen and fungi, to the vibrance of newly sprouted plants, to the worn and weathered bark of old trees or decaying stumps. A gentle reminder to stop and unplug for awhile and just enjoy those most uncomplicated of things around you such as the beauty and fragility of a little egg.
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       Traditionally, many breeders start with a dark brown egg rooster such as a Marans and utilize well known blue-egg layers such as Ameraucanas, Cream Legbars, etc. 
       While we still take that approach to create the stunning dark green or "olive" eggs, we also like to create them in the less conventional way of using a blue rooster with brown egg laying hens of varying shades.
       And while these green eggs are not nearly as dark, this strategy often produces some incredibly unique and just as amazing egg colors that often go unfound as goals usually focus on getting deeper, richer olives or browns.
       But at NWP, backcrossing efforts are not so focused. We want *all* shades possible. We may take a deep olive layer and put her back with a blue rooster. Or put our minty or aqua blue-green layers back in with a Marans rooster.
​       The resulting progeny have proven to produce a kaleidoscope of egg color possibilities so much boarder than we had originally thought possible. Each generation, we keep uncovering new shades with each new hen that lays her first egg. And we're just getting started.

​​       ​NOTE: Due to the nature of chicken egg color genetics and using degrees of backcrossing, there's always the possibility to produce a brown or blue egg instead of green. The color of eggs you receive are not indicative of the egg color a hen chick may lay. One of the best resources regarding strategic egg-color breeding is located at this clickable link: THE SILVER HOMESTEAD
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Note: NWP does not take credit for the graphic below. This was an infographic shared on Facebook that does a really nice job of illustrating some of the breeding strategies we use.