When most people picture chicken eggs, the familiar whites and browns come to mind first But step into the world of backyard chicken keeping and you will quickly discover a far more colorful reality One shade stands out above the rest as the most prized and hardest to find The rarest color of chicken egg is the blue-green egg, most famously laid by the Araucana chicken So what makes this egg color so special, and which other breeds can fill your basket with color? Let’s take a closer look