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How to tell if the chicks are laying eggs when you have grown hens?

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Will I automatically know because of the size factor?  Or will I be confused and not know if I'm getting eggs from the chicks?  i put another nest box out there because the silkie went broody and I didn't know if the chicks would know what to do:)  there was one in there last night, but it could have been from the hens??  how would I know?  it didn't look very small, so I looked at the first eggs thread on here, and most were small.  but there were some that were normal sized it looks like.

1 Buff Orpington, 2 Cinnamon Queens, 4 Silkie, 2 dominiques, 2 black sex links, 3 EE's, and 2 Welsummers
 

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1 Buff Orpington, 2 Cinnamon Queens, 4 Silkie, 2 dominiques, 2 black sex links, 3 EE's, and 2 Welsummers
 

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Pullet eggs start very small and gradually size up over a period of weeks. It should be fairly obvious which ones are which.
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I have year old hens and pullets laying atm and I can tell the difference... Pullet eggs are little and cute. :)

I have 1 Barred Rock, 1 Partridge Rock, 1 Gold Laced Wyandotte, 1 Dark Cornish, 2 Silver Pencil Rocks, 2 Buff Brahmas, 3 Cinnamon Queens, 14 Easter Eggers, and 20-something eggs in the incubator.

 

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I have 1 Barred Rock, 1 Partridge Rock, 1 Gold Laced Wyandotte, 1 Dark Cornish, 2 Silver Pencil Rocks, 2 Buff Brahmas, 3 Cinnamon Queens, 14 Easter Eggers, and 20-something eggs in the incubator.

 

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thanks a bunch!

1 Buff Orpington, 2 Cinnamon Queens, 4 Silkie, 2 dominiques, 2 black sex links, 3 EE's, and 2 Welsummers
 

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1 Buff Orpington, 2 Cinnamon Queens, 4 Silkie, 2 dominiques, 2 black sex links, 3 EE's, and 2 Welsummers
 

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