Hi, I got chickens a few years ago. I have three at the moment. 2 lay brown eggs, and 1 lays a pale blue egg. *** mentioned earlier, trying to peel the hard boiled eggs is a challenge. We usually just use them for omlets, baking .... My brown egg laying chickens usually lay one egg a day, whole the blue egg layer is only every other day. They seem not to like change. When i move them from their ' summer house' ( a coop outside ) to their winter house ( a pen in my garage) they stop laying for a few weeks, the same goes for when i put them back outside again. During the winter i keep a heat lamp on them, and this additional light does cause them to produce a little more than when they are outside. WE feed them our left overs. There favorites are spaghetti and the water mellon rind, oh, and rice too. The kids fight over who is going to check for eggs each day ( with each other , not with me :P ) And my friends and co workers think its funny when i bring my surplus in to share with everyone. When we go away, i let the kids across the street take care of them, and they get to keep the eggs. Anyway, its a great experience.