Colored Egg Laying Chicken Breeds

A basket of blue, chocolate and terracotta eggs is one of the best parts of keeping a backyard flock. These breeds lay eggs in colors you will not find at the grocery store.

Breeds by egg color

• Blue: Cream Legbar (auto-sexing chicks) and BBS Ameraucana
• Dark chocolate brown: French Black Copper Marans, some of the darkest eggs of any breed
• Dark terracotta, often speckled: Welsummer
• All of the above: the Colorful Egg Basket bundle

Building a colorful egg basket

Pair one or two colored-egg breeds with a white layer like the White Leghorn and a brown layer like the Rhode Island Red, and every collection run looks different. Egg color can vary from hen to hen and gets lighter over the laying season, so expect a range of shades. Colored-egg breeds usually lay about 150–200 eggs a year.

How ordering works

Mix and match any breeds to reach the 6-chick shipping minimum, and choose your hatch date at checkout. Shipped chicks are covered by our live arrival guarantee, and local pickup in Preston, MD has no minimum. 2027 orders open November 1, 2026.

Want to see every color side by side? Visit our chicken egg color chart.