It’s funny how people can get all freaked out when things are different from the norm. Case in point - Ameraucana chicken eggs. Our particular strain all lay eggs in varying shades of blue to olive green - not your usual barnyard brown or white variety. But - an egg is an egg! They look the same on the inside, taste the same, etc, and definitely come from chickens. People who buy our eggs, however, either want only the blue ones, or no blue ones at all.

One older man who buys from us even hypothesized that a special feed, supplied by the government, of course, caused the chickens to lay blue eggs. Never mind that other birds lay all different colors, this was a conspiracy! Hubby finally convinced him that the Ameraucanas eat the same as all the others.

Egg color doesn’t matter much to me, but I still find myself using mostly the blue eggs. My cornbread always seems to rise higher, or maybe it’s in my mind. For now, Dr. Seuss can have his green eggs and ham, I’ll stick to my blue!