Chances are you found out about chickens that lay blue eggs and you wanted them! Who wouldn’t?
 
You will have variation in egg color with your EEs. The colors shift from very pale blue, to pastel blue to a slight green tinge and even a slightly purple color.
 
Fun fact, egg shells are either white or blue! The brown color comes from an ‘overspray’ of pigment. That’s why if you scrub brown eggs the color fades.
 
Olive eggs and green eggs come from chickens that lay a blue shell with a brown overspray. The darker the brown, the deeper the olive or green color.
 
You won’t get quite as many eggs out of an EE as you will with a commercial laying cross but they do a good job filling your belly. They’re a medium breed, weighing in around 6-7 pounds and they are a dedicated egg breed.