12+ *RARE BREED* Silverudd’s Blue (aka Isbar) Hatching Eggs

Description

12+ *RARE BREED*
The Breed
The chicken itself is black, blue or splashed in color.
Black
Silverudd blue chickens have peacock
iridescence
in their otherwise pitch black/ebony
plumage
. Their feathers shimmer in the sunlight. The hens are usually a solid black, the roosters display shimmering metallic
hackles
(neck) and saddle (back), usually adorned with silver, occasionally gold.
Blue
Silverudd blue chickens range from a pale grey-blue to a much darker blue, almost
indigo
tone. The hen can have one solid color, or have a blue tone with darker patches. The blue silverudd roosters display the same kind of metallic hackles and saddles in silver or gold as the black ones.
Splashed
Silverudd blue chickens have a white base color, with a blue spotted pattern throughout their feathers. They hatch as white or a creamy yellow, before their adult feather costume is grown out.
History
When Martin Silverudd passed away in 1986, the Silverudd blue breed was called "Swedish green egg layer." It was most likely not finished as a breed. Thus, the breed is today varying in size, egg shell color, and body size. The breed was initially (and wrongfully) called Isbar, but has later been renamed "Silverudd blue" to honour its creator.
To create the breed, Martin Silverudd used a smaller individual of the New Hampshire Chicken breed,
together with a Rhode Island Red.
To create the pale blue egg shell color, he used some Creme legbar
individuals. The characteristic blue color of the feathers probably is inherited from Australop
chickens.
The F
arm
Robert and Lisa Granger own and run the Granger Farm, a small family affair located on 14 bucolic acres in Granbury, Texas.
Robert, recently retired from cattle ranching, is a mechanical engineer with Luminant at Comanche Peak Nuclear Power Plant. He's always loved keeping animals, working on house projects and puttering around his place. He had chickens growing up and decided to keep them again, this time with a focus on some unique rare breeds.
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Lisa works in physical therapy. Her hobbies and interests include gardening and making jellies and jams from their peaches, boysenberries and grapes. She maintains a stained glass studio in their home and looks forward to the day she can retire and immerse herself in the world of creating with glass.
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Together, they have a blended family of six children and twelve grandchildren, who are their pride and joy.
With their rare breed flocks, their goals include producing the healthiest, hardiest birds that can both lay well and provide meat for the table; are beautiful to see roaming about the yard; and are family-friendly with pleasant personalities and non-aggressive roos.
Besides chickens, the Grangers keep bees, love to garden, and are always working on something! Robert's current project is a new well house/man cave/incubation station which so far has involved a lot of welding and flipping big, heavy things over with his tractor.