The Azur is bred for its unique blue egg shell color, good shell strength and excellent silver feather cover. The Azur is a robust and friendly bird, ideal for small scale and backyard egg producers, producing attractive and good quality eggs. Under the direction of Hendrix Genetics Layers, the current Azur laying hens have the advantage of having 50% of the genes coming from White Leghorns. Making her highly productive, with excellent feed conversion, egg quality and livability. Selection parameters focus on the importance of uniformity of the blue egg shell color, the eggshell breaking strength and the feather cover during the whole egg laying cycle. As a hybrid layer stemming from White Leghorns, they will easily produce over 280 eggs per year. A perfect addition to the backyard flock for the most unique blue egg we’ve seen.
Disclaimer: there is a 10% chance a Azur may lay a white egg, light brown egg or green egg.
The Azur is bred for its unique blue egg shell color, good shell strength and excellent silver feather cover. The Azur is a robust and friendly bird, ideal for small scale and backyard egg producers, producing attractive and good quality eggs. Under the direction of Hendrix Genetics Layers, the current Azur laying hens have the advantage of having 50% of the genes coming from White Leghorns. Making her highly productive, with excellent feed conversion, egg quality and livability. Selection parameters focus on the importance of uniformity of the blue egg shell color, the eggshell breaking strength and the feather cover during the whole egg laying cycle. As a hybrid layer stemming from White Leghorns, they will easily produce over 280 eggs per year. A perfect addition to the backyard flock for the most unique blue egg we’ve seen.
Disclaimer: there is a 10% chance a Azur may lay a white egg, light brown egg or green egg.