Araucana

And if you don't know your Royal Legbar from your Foghorn Leghorn, the firm helpfully explains the refined origins of the fowl: they are "from the renowned Legbar family and descended from the Araucana breed".

The chickens are kept in two separate flocks, each containing three different breeds – Vega Brown, California White Leghorn, and Araucana, the last of which lays blue eggs, which are prized by bedazzled Berkeleyans.

A designer araucana egg on top becomes dressing when sliced open.

One bright spot — the pastel-colored eggs of Araucana hens, back from their winter break.

"I will," quoth the barber: "but see, I have here three more for you, the Araucana of Don Alonso de Ercilla; the Austirada of Juan Ruffo, a magistrate of Cordova; and the Monserrato of Christopher de Virves, a Valentian poet."