Story By: Delano Langras, Sub Editor: Michael Leidig,  Agency: Newsflash

This unique chicken breed stands out from the flock by its unusually-coloured green eggs and blue meat.

A Dutch farmer recently gave netizens a peek inside his farmstead, showing off the colourful meat and eggs of his Schijndelaar chickens.

Schijndelaars are a long-tailed chicken breed that originated in the Dutch town of Schijndel, hence the name.

It is the only Dutch breed that lays olive-coloured eggs and produces blue meat, which is what makes it so unique.

The chicken has the fibromelanosis mutation, a genetically determined hyper-pigmentation condition which causes the unusual colouring of the bird’s insides and eggs.

Mutations of the Fm gene result in the excessive accumulation of black pigment in the skin and several other tissues and organs.

Despite the appearance, the eggs and meat produced by the chickens are the same as that of other chickens.

One of the inventors of the Schijndelaar chicken was Ruud Kaasenbrood, local veterinarian and a member of First Schijndel Small Animal Organization (ESKV).

He told local newspaper Kaasenbrood: “The breed came to existence a decade ago while ESKV members enjoyed a beer together.

“On a beer mat we wrote down the breeds we had to combine and from that we created a chicken that could lay green eggs.”

Among the breeds they selected were Araucanas for their blue egg gene and Sumatras for their long bodies.

There is also a similar breed that originates from Indonesia called Ayam Cemani, characterised by its black feathers, as well as black intestines, muscle tissue, bones and organs, while their eggs take on a light beige colour.

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