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post #1 of 6
2/6/08 at 5:35pm
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Does anyone have any pictures of typical wyandotte eggs?

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post #2 of 6
2/6/08 at 5:46pm

I don't have my camera handy, but I've got five hens; 2 SL Wyandottes and 3 Buff Orps.  The Wyandottes have a much smoother egg and more pure in color, like Nestle's Quick. Sometimes they are more pointed on one end and sometimes I can't tell the small end.  The BOs definitely have a rougher feeling egg and kind of streaky with white sometimes.  Like someone tried to paint it brown with a brush.
But that's just what I've noticed. These are my first chickens.

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post #3 of 6
2/7/08 at 6:39am

Here are a few from my SLW!  Sorry the picture isn't great, my DH has the good camera at work!  I took it in the carton so you can at least see the contrast of a color you know for sure what it is!  Hope this helps!

http://i249.photobucket.com/albums/gg221/erynschicks/eggsincarton.jpg

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post #4 of 6
2/7/08 at 9:18pm
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That does help a lot.  I really appreciate it.  I have never kept Wyandottes and didn't really know what color eggs they laid.

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post #5 of 6
2/8/08 at 5:49am

Wow, I think it must really vary by the individual or particular line.... our SLW lays a medium brown egg that is always chubbier than a normal-shaped egg. That is, it's more round, less elongated. It's a totally regular brown-grocery-store-egg color and texture, though.

On the other hand, my Australorp lays the most beautiful, pale beige, shiny, elongated egg, and I know that most people's Australorps lay regular brown eggs. So go figure!!!

Stacey

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post #6 of 6
2/8/08 at 10:44am

My girls just started laying!  Those were the very first eggs in that carton so I dunno if they will change a bit with time?  I know when my ducks started laying for the first time the eggs were smaller than after a couple of months of them laying...  smile

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