Love the egg! I hope mine is nice too, if be happy if mine was half as nice. I LOVE the brown speckles!Some have crests, some don't. The two I ordered from Meyer did not as they were EE/Marans crosses, but I have a friend that also has one from Meyer that is Legbar/Marans cross and does have a crest. My profile picture is my OE Nutmeg. She's all black, has been a wonderful mother hen and lays a super cute short and fat green egg. My second OE is blue and lays an olive, speckled egg. The pic really doesn't do it justice, her eggs are my favorite!
Beautiful chickens and eggs! Love them so much. I'm so excited for mine too start laying.Mine came earlier this year from Meyers and neither one had a crest. (one is the black one tucked away and the other is the blue one who is also tucked away.... they hate the camera) Both had a bit of feathers on the legs but they grew out of them. The other two chicks pictured are my BLRW (brown) and Blue andaludian (blue with touch of white on chest, dark beak)
Here they are when they were about.... oh.... 8-10 weeks? The black chick stayed black and has a muff, clean legs, and a peacomb. The blue is about the same except she doesn't have a muff and she had a bit of barring on her shoulders.
Today one of them (most likely the black one) laid me this olive colored egg. I have a white and a mint colored egg there for comparison. I'm very pleased with the outcome considering I normally have terrible luck with hatcheries (aka Cackle) and although many of my chicks came with a bit of pasty butt, I was able to take care of it and it all cleared up.
