Gem in the Box: Homestead Diamonds Araucana eggs.

Apart from mining, the Homestead Diamonds Team is expanding on its regenerative agriculture business, supplying Araucanas eggs to some top restaurants in Johannesburg.

These chickens also repair the land and build soil health at the mine, which supports our full-circularity principles.

Araucana Chickens:

If you’ve been thinking about raising a few chickens for eggs, consider the Araucana.

Although there are a lot of great egg-layers out there, such as Rhode Island Reds and Leghorns, few chickens are as delightful, especially if you have children.

This breed was originally developed in Chile. They have ear tufts and no tail because they are rumpless and lack the vertebrae supporting a tail. More interestingly, though, they lay blue eggs that are blue even on the inside of the shell.

The name Araucana is often incorrectly used in this country to describe any chicken that lays green or blue eggs, many of which are actually mixed breeds.

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