Silverrudd's Blue
Silverudd's Blue was created in the 1980s by Martin Silverudd, a Swedish pastor. To create the breed, he used a small adult productive New Hampshire and a small adult productive Rhode Island Red. He must have used at least two more breeds. Descendants of the Cream Legbar he imported in the late 1950s were included in the breed to include the gene for blue egg shell. That gene, along with the brown egg genes that NH and RIR brought, gave the Silverudd's Blue egg its characteristic green color. The eggs vary in shade of green from dark olive to lighter moss green. Some eggs also have small brown speckles against a green background, and many chicken fans think Silverudd's Blue eggs are the most beautiful of any egg. Whether speckled or pure green, the Silverudd's Blue eggs are as fantastic and exotic as the birds themselves.