- Jun 4, 2012
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I've been waiting for the last two of my five hens to start laying, and on their 10-month hatch-date, I saw a fourth egg in the nesting box. I had thought that one of the two, Frida, was a Bantam Marans (she has lightly feathered legs), and the other is definitely a Brahma, so imagine my surprise to find a little white egg in the box, and Grace, my bantam Blue Andalusian, had already laid first thing this morning.
My questions:
Is it possible that Grace laid twice today? Or could a brown-layer's first egg be white? Or, does anyone have any idea what Frida might be??
Frida hasn't started squatting yet (she's by far the shyest of the flock), but Bettina the Brahma has, so I was expecting Bettina to be next. I'm very confused! Any suggestions would be most welcome, though of course, I love her no matter what she is! They were not guaranteed to be any particular breeds and may be mutts. I'm still curious, though, and was hoping for more color variety.
The new egg is on the left, with the little blood spot (the big one is from Stella, a red star; the little tan one is from a bantam frizzled cochin):
Here is the lovely Miss Frida today:
About a month ago:
My questions:
Is it possible that Grace laid twice today? Or could a brown-layer's first egg be white? Or, does anyone have any idea what Frida might be??
Frida hasn't started squatting yet (she's by far the shyest of the flock), but Bettina the Brahma has, so I was expecting Bettina to be next. I'm very confused! Any suggestions would be most welcome, though of course, I love her no matter what she is! They were not guaranteed to be any particular breeds and may be mutts. I'm still curious, though, and was hoping for more color variety.
The new egg is on the left, with the little blood spot (the big one is from Stella, a red star; the little tan one is from a bantam frizzled cochin):
Here is the lovely Miss Frida today:
About a month ago: