Amazing blue eggs!!!

In a previous post from last year, I wrote about our gorgeous new chook which we think is an Araucana. Her eggs are a fabulous blue colour and created much interest (and surprise!) when she finally started to lay. It was interesting to compare our regular eggs (bantam eggs and from eggs from our Isa Brown chook) to our Araucan's. The kids talked about size, shape, texture and of course its amazing colour. 

It was a great learning opportunity for the kids and me. We discussed their understanding of what an egg is and why and how they are laid. There were many questions including what would it be like inside.

We also explored possible names for the colour of these beautiful eggs.

 

How would you describe the colour of these eggs?



The chook farmers for the week write the birthdate of each egg so that we can keep track of when they were laid.
They are used in our cooking program in Level 1 and 2.